Industrial and Systems Engineering Department
Jacqueline Reynolds Mozrall, Department Head
(585) 475-7142, Jacqueline.Mozrall@rit.edu
The industrial and systems engineering department offers four degree options to meet the diverse interests of students seeking to continue their engineering education. These options include:
- master of science in industrial engineering
- master of engineering in industrial engineering
- master of engineering in engineering management
- master of engineering in systems engineering
TYPICAL SCHEDULED ISE COURSE OFFERINGS
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| 0303-620 Engineering
Economy
0303-701 Linear Programming 0303-703 Logistics Management 0303-726 Contemporary Production Systems 0303-727 Advanced Manufacturing Engineering 0303-760 Product/Process Development and Design 0303-765 Databases for IS 0303-766 Manufacturing Systems 0303-790 Fundamentals of Sustainable Design |
0303-702 Integer and
Nonlinear
Programming 0303-710 Systems Simulation 0303-729 Advanced Systems Integration 0303-731 Advanced Topics in Ergonomics and Human Factors 0303-734 System Safety Engineering 0303-758 Design of Experiments 0303-784 Project Management 0303-791 Lifecycle Assessment and Costing |
0303-704 Logistics
Management
0303-711 Advanced Simulation Techniques 0303-720 Production Control 0303-732 Biomechanics 0303-792 Design for the Environment 0303-801 Design for Manufacture |
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
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The master of science degree in industrial engineering allows students to customize their course work while working closely with industrial engineering faculty in a contemporary, applied research area. Faculty members are currently conducting applied project and research work in the areas of contemporary manufacturing processes/systems, ergonomic/biomechanical analysis, optimization, sustainable design and development, systems engineering/product development, systems integration/information systems, and systems simulation. The MS degree in industrial engineering will be awarded upon the successful completion of a minimum of 45 quarter credit hours, the equivalent of nine courses and a 9-credit-hour thesis.
Master of Engineering Degrees
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The master of engineering degrees in industrial engineering, systems engineering, and engineering management allow graduate students to align their course work with their professional goals. These programs provide applied, practical degrees that allow students to gain breadth across several different areas or focus on one area. Close cooperation with other engineering departments and the E. Philip Saunders College of Business assures the student a wide selection of courses, as well as a unique opportunity to build a program that supports his or her professional interests. The master of engineering degrees will be awarded upon successful completion of a minimum of 48 quarter credit hours, which is equivalent to 12 courses and includes an engineering capstone experience.
Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering
The master of engineering in industrial engineering focuses on the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. The program emphasizes specialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical, physical, computer, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design. The overarching goal of industrial engineering is the optimization of the system, regardless of whether the activity engaged in is a manufacturing, distribution, or a service-related capacity. The student graduates with a variety of skills in the areas of applied statistics/quality, ergonomics/human factors, operations research/simulation, manufacturing, and systems engineering.
Master of Engineering in Engineering Management
This program’s curriculum is a combination of engineering courses from the industrial and systems engineering program and management courses from the E. Philip Saunders College of Business. The program combines technological expertise with managerial skills to focus on the management of engineering and technological enterprises. Students in the engineering management program will understand the technology involved in engineering projects and the management process through which the technology is applied. The objective of this degree program is to provide a solid foundation in the areas commonly needed by managers who oversee engineers and engineering projects. In addition to industrial engineering expertise, students will gain valuable knowledge in organizational behavior, finance, and accounting.
Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering
The master of engineering in industrial engineering focuses on the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, equipment, and energy. The program emphasizes specialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical, physical, computer, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design. The overarching goal of industrial engineering is the optimization of the system, regardless of whether the activity engaged in is a manufacturing, distribution, or a service-related capacity. The student graduates with a variety of skills in the areas of applied statistics/quality, ergonomics/human factors, operations research/simulation, manufacturing, and systems engineering.
Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering
This program concentrates on the industrial and systems engineering courses that cover the science and technologies of decision making in a complex world in order to optimize the overall system rather than any one subsystem. Systems engineering is concerned with improving the decision-making process by utilizing statistics, simulation, optimization, and computer science skills to enhance the design, control, operation, and understanding of systems. This discipline has shown rapid growth in both its development and recognition as a distinct field of engineering.
Facilities
The industrial and systems engineering department is located in the James E. Gleason building, within the Kate Gleason College. The department houses several state-of-the-art laboratories in support of the college’s graduate programs, including the Brinkman Machine Tools and Manufacturing Lab, the Toyota Production Systems Lab, the Human Performance Lab, the Advanced Systems Integration Lab, the Sustainable Engineering Research Group (SERG) Lab, the Print Research and Image Systems Modeling (PRISM) Lab, and a general computer lab.
Ample computing facilities reside within each of these specialized labs, as well as a dedicated PC computer lab. These labs offer an extensive library of software to support industrial engineering research and project work, including conventional word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications (e.g., Microsoft Office), database management (e.g., Microsoft ACCESS, FoxPro), data acquisition (e.g., Lab View), statistical analysis (e.g., Minitab, SAS), facilities layout (e.g., AutoCAD, Factory Flow, Factory Plan), manufacturing (e.g., MasterCam Cambridge Engineering Selector Software,), optimization, (e.g. ILOG OPL-CPLEX, LINDO), systems simulation software (e.g., Solver, AytoMod, AutoSched, ProModel, Arena), and lifecycle assessment and costing tools (e.g., SimaPro).
Admission requirements
Admission into the graduate programs within industrial and systems engineering requires a BS degree in an engineering discipline and a 3.0 grade point average. Exceptions are made for the related fields of math and physics. Students with other backgrounds are considered for admission only after completing significant undergraduate course work in the engineering sciences. All applicants should have a fundamental knowledge of computers and probability/statistics.