Industrial Engineering

Degrees Offered:
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Industrial Engineering 

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GRADUATE FACULTY

P. Cohen, Department Head

Director of Graduate Programs:
R. E. King, Box 7906, 5-5186, king@ncsu.edu, Industrial Engineering

A. Doug Allison Distinguished Professor:  S. D. Roberts
Clifton A. Anderson Distinguished Professor:  R. Uzsoy
Distinguished University Professor of Industrial Engineering for International Competitiveness:  S. E. Elmaghraby
Edgar S. Woolard Distinguished Professor:  P. Cohen
Henry A. Foscue Distinguished Professor:  C. T. Culbreth Jr
James T. Ryan Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering and Furniture Manufacturing:  T. J. Hodgson
Walter Clark Professor of Industrial Engineering:  S. C. Fang

Professors: M. A. Ayoub, R. H. Bernhard, Y. Fathi, D. B. Kaber, R. E. King, Y. Lee, D. J. Marcellin, R. J. Narayan, J. R. Wilson, R. E. Young; Emeritus Named Professors: A. L. Prak; Emeritus Professors: J. R. Canada, T. Johnson, R. G. Pearson, W. A. Smith; Associate Professors: G. D. Buckner, O. A. Harrysson, T. L. Honeycutt, S. M. Hsiang, M. G. Kay, D. P. Warsing; Research Associate Professors: J. Taheri; Adjunct Associate Professors: D. R. Cormier, N. J. Currie, R. Stoll; Emeritus Associate Professors: E. Sanii; Assistant Professors: B. Denton, J. Dong, J. S. Ivy; Adjunct Assistant Professors: N. Couch, L. B. Davis, D. G. Humphrey; Teaching Professors: H. L. Nuttle; Teaching Associate Professors: S. D. Jackson, J. P. Lavelle

Fields of Graduate Instruction - Industrial Engineering

The graduate faculty of the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering supports academic and research interests in four areas:  (1) manufacturing systems (manufacturing processes, medical device manufacturing systems, CAM, CIM, robotics, automation, rapid prototyping and concurrent engineering); (2) production systems (logistics systems, supply chain management, scheduling, inventory control, materials handling, facility design, furniture manufacturing and management, quality control, and engineering economics); (3) systems analysis and optimization (health systems, stochastic processes, simulation, mathematical programming, and soft computing); and (4) ergonomics (human performance, occupational safety, and biomechanics). The department faculty actively supports independent graduate degree programs in operations research, integrated manufacturing systems engineering, and financial mathematics.

Admission Requirements: Applications are accepted from undergraduate majors in engineering and in the behavioral, physical and mathematical sciences who meet prerequisites in calculus and linear algebra, computer science, and statistics.

Master's Degree Requirements: The M.S. degree requires 30 credit hours and involves depth of study in a specified area of concentration, nine hours in a minor, and six hours of research credit. The Master of Industrial Engineering (M.IE.) degree may be obtained by course work only; project work is optional. A minimum of 33 credit hours is required for the M.IE.

Doctoral Degree Requirements: This degree requires 72 credit hours of course and research work beyond the Bachelor's degree. Undergraduate students with superior credentials may apply directly to the doctoral program and bypass the master's degree. For students who have completed the Master's degree, typically 30 to 36 hours of additional course work are required. A departmental written qualifying examination is required.

Student Financial Support: Research and teaching assistantships are available on a competitive basis to early applicants. Fellowships that supplement assistantship stipends are available to U.S. applicants with superior credentials. Award priority is given to Ph.D. and then to M.S. applicants.

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