Industrial & Systems Engineering
According to the recently published U.S. News & World Report rankings for graduate programs, the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is ranked in 7th place. The Virginia Tech undergraduate program now ranks #10 in the nation.
Department Head, G. Don Taylor, attributes these rankings to the efforts, "of our world-class faculty, our dedicated staff, our first-rate Advisory Board, and a very supportive Dean of Engineering." He couldn't be prouder of the Department's joint achievements, and he looks forward to the future with great anticipation.
Dr. Jaime Camelio among Four to Receive Illuminator Awards
BLACKSBURG, Va., April 29, 2013 –The recipients of the inaugural Virginia Tech Illuminator Award have been announced.
Subhash Sarin honored with 2013 Alumni Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising
Subhash Sarin, the Paul T. Norton Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has received the university's 2013 Alumni Award for Excellence in Graduate Academic Advising.
Engineering students gather on Saturdays for Deep Dives
On a cold Saturday morning in February 2013, a dozen or so College of engineering students assembled in a second floor lab at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. A snowstorm was forecast, but they hunkered down for a chance to brainstorm and put the university’s “Hands-On, Minds-On” approach to education to work in a single-day event known as Deep Dive.
UPS continues support of engineering program for 17th year
BLACKSBURG, Va., March 12, 2013 – The United Parcel Service Foundation has for the 17th consecutive year awarded an academic grant to Virginia Tech’s Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the amount of $40,000 for 2013.
Virginia Tech contracts with Australian university in effort to reduce U.S. construction injuries
BLACKSBURG, Va., Feb. 14, 2013 –According to the latest statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor, almost two U.S. construction workers on average die, per day, while on the job. In 2011, 721 fatalities were recorded, the second highest of any U.S. industry.
Grant to expand graduate training in construction occupational safety and health
BLACKSBURG, Va., Feb. 15, 2013 – Virginia Tech's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering has received a five-year $470,703 grant from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to expand its graduate education to address construction-related occupational safety and health.
Contact Us
Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (0118)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
250 Durham Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-6656
Fax: (540) 231-3322
E-Mail: ise@vt.edu