The faculty take special pride in our graduate program; a program
that provides our students with almost complete coverage of the
field of industrial and systems engineering (ISE). Graduate study
in ISE is available in the general areas of operations research,
production (manufacturing) systems, management systems, and human
factors engineering and ergonomics, and PhD candidates drill much
deeper into these areas of study. We also offer two other degrees,
the Master of Engineering Administration (MEA) and a master's
degree in Systems Engineering.
The breadth of our program is further enhanced by the breadth and
depth of research and of research sponsors. The ISE department
has, or is affiliated with, dozens of research laboratories and
centers, providing research and application experiences for
graduate students. While working on a valuable advanced degree,
most students are focused on a challenging problem for the
improvement of systems, people, or society itself!
Dr. Sherali, member of the National Academy of Engineering, meeting with a student who joined our Ph.D. program after completing our dual degree MS partnership between ISE at VT and Ecole des Mines de Nantes in France.