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Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering

About the Department


Industrial engineering entails designing, controlling, and managing complex systems and procedures for using production resources (people, information, equipment, and materials). The applications of industrial engineering principles can be found in manufacturing, healthcare, delivery and financial services, airlines, space programs and so on.

 

The Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering offers two fully-accredited B.S. degree programs in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering. In addition, the department has Master's programs in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, Information Systems & Technology, and Dual Degree program in I&SE and MBA.

 

You can follow the links in the sidebar for more information on our department, our faculty and their research, and the different degree programs we offer.



News and Events


November 08, 2007 - New Named Scholarship Fund Honors Dr. Kachhal
Every couple of years, the department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) makes a special effort to bring groups of alumni back to campus. This year all IMSE alumni were invited back -- and enjoyed a very special surprise.  
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November 07, 2007 - Dr. Yung-wen Liu helping Henry Ford Health System to develop Simulation Models for Racial Disparity in Mammography
 

Dr. Yung-wen Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, is working with several researchers from Henry Ford Health System on development of the Markovian simulation models and cost-effectiveness methods for investigating long term (five-year) benefits gained through the increase of the annual mammography rate for the African-American employees in the United States.   The benefits include the increases of life expectancy and quality adjusted life years (QALYs), decreases of medical care costs, missing employment hours and turnover costs.

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Industrial & Systems Engineering graduate program (MSE-ISE) will be offered online beginning with the Fall 2007 semester
The College of Engineering & Computer Science will offer its Industrial & Systems Engineering graduate program (MSE-ISE) via distance learning technologies beginning with the Fall 2007 semester.
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The A. Adnan Aswad
Transfer Scholarship

Scholarship is awarded each year from an endowment given by Dr. Aswad, former professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department.


Award: One tuition award of $3,000 for the academic year, not renewable.

 

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Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Industrial Engineering Video


 

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Gives a glimpse of the exciting work Industrial Engineers do everyday at Disney Parks around the world