Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering

Degree: Master of Engineering, Master of Engineering Science
Major: Industrial Engineering
Hours: 30

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Industrial Engineering Overview

The ��ϱ�� Master of Engineering or Master of Engineering Science Degree in Industrial Engineering will sharpen your skills and prepare you for an exciting career improving complex systems. You may find career opportunities in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, transportation, retail, software and finance.

The Master of Engineering Degree in Industrial Engineering at ��ϱ�� is a non-thesis, 30-semester-hour program designed to suit the needs of the practicing engineer. The Master of Engineering Science Degree in Industrial Engineering at ��ϱ�� maintains a world-class reputation for research and graduate program excellence. This thesis-option program prepares you to work independently in your discipline. You'll select a thesis committee and a director who will guide you as you prepare to defend and present your research.

As a student, you will study and research a wide range of topics including manufacturing, automation, data mining, optimization, supply chain management, project management, safety, human factors and reliability. These programs will teach you the industrial engineering techniques and software skills needed for the job market. Most full time industrial engineering graduate students receive support from the department via scholarships with instate tuition or assistantships.

Courses You May Take

Stat Decision Making: Analysis of data to help the engineer/executive make decisions. Evaluations of performance claims, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, ANOV, design of experiments.

Special Topics (Programming): An investigation into specialized study in advanced areas of engineering under guidance of a faculty member. This course may be repeated for credit when topics of investigation differ.

Automated System Engineering: To provide students in engineering with knowledge about the industrial automation and process control in the manufacturing industry: control system, PLC, sensor and actuator, auto-id, flexible manufacturing system, assembly line and automatic inspection.

Operations Research: An introduction to the construction of mathematical models for organizational systems to aid executives in making decisions. Linear programming, network flow programming, dynamic programming, queuing theory.

Comp Integrated Manufacturing: Advanced concepts in computer aided design and manufacturing to include geometric modeling in a 3D solids environment, analysis of engineering design problems, robotics, computer numerical control, and manufacturing control systems. Course includes a design project.

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Career Paths

As an industrial engineer, most of your work will center around the ultimate goal of helping production or manufacturing processes to run more efficiently. To be an effective industrial engineer, you need to be comfortable in a leadership role and possess the ability to work with a team. Around 70% of industrial engineers work at manufacturing companies, and many have specific areas of specialization, such as assembly, raw-product processing or administrative practices.