Welcome to the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) ! The ISE department offers both undergraduate (B.S.) and graduate (M.S., M.E.A., Ph.D.) programs.  A broad range of industrial engineering topics are covered, particularly in the areas of Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics, Management Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, and Operations Research.  Both the undergraduate and graduate programs are regularly included in U.S. News & World Report's annual listing of the Top 10 Industrial and Systems Engineering Departments in the nation. The undergraduate program is ranked #6, and the graduate program is #7 in 2018.

ISE News

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Jay Merkle

ISE alumnus, Jay Merkle '88, has been named the new head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office
 (December, 2018)

Dr. Subhash Sarin was awarded as a Distinguished Alumni for the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State (November, 2018)

APM

The Virginia Tech student chapter has been selected as a winner of the INFORMS 2018 Student Chapter Annual Award at the Cum Laude level (November, 2018)

Student Spotlights

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Announcements

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Check out our Fall 2018 Newsletter!

We are excited to be accepting nominations for the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Academy of Distinguished Alumni. Nominations can be submitted here (electronically).

Check out our newest undergraduate student spotlights!

Undergraduate Program

Graduate Programs

Extended Campus Graduate Programs