Management Systems Engineering

Management Systems Engineering focuses on transdisciplinary fundamental and translational research that studies the design, management and sustainment of complex engineered systems, socio-technical systems, and management systems. These engineers seek to understand critical interactions and interdependencies between systems and their environments, with a particular focus on resilience of systems. They develop engineering methods informed by other scientific domains, research sponsors, and collaborators from industry, government, and academia that they apply to a diverse portfolio of scenarios with a sensitivity to societal and educational impact. Their research methods encompass a broad set of design and analysis tools, including quantitative and qualitative methods.

Management Systems Engineering faculty have extensive expertise and experience in the following topics:

Systems science, analysis, and engineering
- Complexity science, decision analysis, model-based systems engineering, problem formulation, system architecture and design, system dynamics modeling, systems thinking, and verification and validation
Enterprise systems engineering
- Enterprise design, enterprise engineering, enterprise transformation, continuous process improvement, performance measurement science, and strategic performance measurement, management, and modeling
Economic production theory
Policy analysis
Service science
Technology management

They apply their expertise to energy and environment systems; critical, resilient, and safe infrastructure systems; manufacturing systems; service systems (with a particular focus on healthcare systems); and space systems.

Ph.D. concentrations

Management Systems Engineering

Management systems engineering is the application of engineering design and analysis methodologies and tools to management systems. One of the primary objectives of this area is to advance the theory and science of designing and understanding of complex management and engineered systems.

Master's degrees

Systems Engineering

Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field that integrates many different engineering specialties into a total engineering effort to ensure an efficient and effective product (system) output. Systems engineering analyzes the operational needs of industrial, business, and government enterprises and applies scientific and engineering technology to develop the integrated hardware and software required to meet those needs.

Management Systems Engineering

The management systems engineering curriculum exposes students to a breadth of industrial engineering topics at the graduate level, depth in management systems engineering topics, and technical electives in specialized areas within industrial engineering and other areas.

Certificate program

Mission Engineering

The graduate certificate in Mission Engineering teaches students engineering methods to design, develop, and assess complex system-of-systems using mission engineering tools and practices in combination with the tactical insights of operational planning.

Areas of research

Encompassing Complexity Science
Decision Analysis
Model-based Systems Engineering
Problem Formulation
System Architecture and Design
Systems Dynamics Modeling
Systems Thinking
Verification and Validation

What do systems science engineers do?

Systems science engineers design, analyze, optimize, and deploy complex, networked technological systems that ensure efficient and safe operations.

Where do alumni in this area work today?

Systems engineer, CISCO
Investment management systems delivery manager, Vanguard
Systems engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Senior program manager, Lockheed Martin

Ph.D. concentrations

Management Systems Engineering

Management systems engineering involves the application of engineering design and analysis methodologies and tools to management systems. One of the primary objectives of this area is to advance the theory and science of designing and understanding complex management and engineered systems.

Areas of research

Encompassing Enterprise Design
Enterprise Engineering
Enterprise Transformation
Continuous Process Improvement
Performance Measurement Science
Strategic Performance Measurement, Management, and Modeling

What do enterprise systems engineers do?

Enterprise systems engineers support and develop processes and systems for quick and accurate responses to customers. They offer solutions to technical problems by providing systems configuration recommendations.