Industrial & Systems Engineering Department provides

• State of the art industrial and systems Engineering education and training of the highest quality to all students at the undergraduate and graduate levels; and
• Applied research and outreach programs to government agencies and industries.

Message from Chair

"To become a world class undergraduate and graduate program in Industrial and Systems Engineering that focuses on the integration and management of resources and knowledge for the manufacturing and service industries."

The mission of the ISE Department is to teach, conduct research, and serve the community through professional and technology development. The ISE Department intends to constantly increase educational quality and opportunities for students that foster creativity, leadership, responsibility, the habit of individual inquiry, and the capacity for lifelong learning. The ISE Department is committed to providing graduates who improve the quality of life and meet the needs of the manufacturing and service industries. The ISE Department strives to attain a level of research and scholarly productivity befitting a major research university and warranting national and international recognition for excellence.

The departmental mission is consistent with the view of Industrial and Systems Engineering as an academic discipline and the needs of our student body as discussed in Section B.1. The Department mission and the program educational objectives derived from it (the next section) are consistent with the broader institutional mission of the University and the College of Engineering.