Highlights

ISE researchers and their collaborators from five other institutions will soon engage in research on new construction safety and health
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Dr. Christian Wernz and Andrew Henry won Third Place in the INFORMS Service Science Section Best Paper Award
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ISE Takes First Place in APM Outstanding Chapter Competition for 2008-09!
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2008-2009 Material Handling Student Design Competition won by ISE students
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Winchester's summer research program focuses on diversity, science of human computer interaction
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New staff member to support Harris Manufacturing Processes Laboratory
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Students make own biodiesel derived from waste vegetable oil to fuel vehicles
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Graduate Student, Brian Mayer, participates in two big Adventure Races
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Recent Alumn selected as the Army Chief of Weapons Branch, Human Factors Integration Division
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"I chose to enter the ISE department at VT because I found it to be a very diverse field with numerous employment opportunities and also because it is very people oriented." Alyssa Tetkoski

"I chose ISE at VT because it is the most versatile degree in my opinion. It allows me to do whatever I want after college and be successful." Rory Brannan

"With my ISE Education, I would like to use the engineering technical knowledge I have gained, combined with a masters in business administration, to lead a technology-oriented company." Justin Love

Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Fast Facts

Rankings

U.S. News & World Report
- #5 Undergraduate tied with Cal-Berkeley
- #4 Graduate
ISE is the highest ranked department in the college of engineering

Locations:

Blacksburg, Virginia (New River Valley of Southwest Virginia)
Falls Church, Virginia (National Capital Region of Washington, D.C.)

Faculty & Staff

Currently 25 Full-Time Professors
- 8 Full Professors (6 chaired professors, 2 NAE (National Academy of Engineering) members)
- 10 Associate Professors
- 7 Assistant Professors
11 Research Professors, 9 at Software Technologies Laboratory (STL)
9 administrative staff, 6 laboratory staff

Students

380-400 undergraduate students (Sophomore, Junior & Senior classes only)
170 Masters Students
90 PhD Students (Average GRE 1471/1600 for analytical & quantitative)

Degrees

BS in ISE with possible minor in business
MS and PhD in ISE with four option areas:
- Management Systems
- Manufacturing Systems
- Operations Research
- Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics
Masters in Engineering Administration (MEA)
MS or ME in Systems Engineering
International Dual Masters with Ecole des Mines de Nantes in France
Recently approved general ISE option for MS degree

Diversity

4 female faculty members, 2 African-American faculty members
35% of Bachelors degrees to women,65% to men
65% white/caucasian, 35% other groups

Budget & External Research Funding

External Research Expenditures of over $4 million
Total Budget of approximately $9 million annually
ROI for research portion of professorial salaries is approximately 5.6

Space

39,471 sq ft of COE allocated space or 1595 sq ft/FTE plus 5,973 sq ft of space in the CRC in Blacksburg. Additional space in Falls Church.

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Externally Funded Centers

Center for High Performance Manufacturing (State of Virginia)
Center for Innovation in Construction Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (NSF)

Accreditation:

ABET http://www.abet.org

Areas of Specialization:

ISE at VT is known for its breadth of coverage of the industrial and systems engineering disciplines.
Focus areas include operations research, production systems (e.g. manufacturing), human factors engineering and ergonomics, systems engineering, management systems engineering.
Application domains include virtually all work and recreation systems such as transportation, construction, health care, safety and security, retail, chemical, manufacturing, etc.

What is a Hokie?

http://www.vt.edu/about/hokie.php

Why Orange and Maroon?

http://www.vt.edu/about/hokie.php