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Welcome to the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
In our department, personalized counseling and informal relationships are commonplace between students and professors. All courses are taught by faculty members. Classes are typically small, averaging 15 students, allowing for a close interaction between students and professors. The combination of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Department provides a broad range of topics and career opportunities in both manufacturing and service industries.
What do Industrial Engineers do?
- Industrial Engineers figure out how to do things better.
- They engineer processes and systems that improve quality, productivity and efficiency.
- Industrial Engineers make significant contributions by saving money, while making the workplace better for fellow workers.
Industrial Engineers contribute to :
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Ensuring that the mail arrives on time
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Streamlining an operation room
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Distributing products worldwide
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Reducing lines and waiting times at amusement parks
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or manufacturing superior automobiles
Where do Industrial Engineers work?
- Enterprises where day to day operations involve complex interactions between people, materials, information, equipment, and energy need Industrial Engineers.
- Manufacturing firms hire industrial engineers to improve manufacturing efficiency; companies as diverse as Coca Cola, IBM, Levi Strauss, Nike, The Gap, Microsoft, and Boeing, just to name a few
- Service Industries hire large numbers of Industrial Engineers to improve operational efficiencies; enterprises as diverse as the Post Office, Federal Express, CVS, Walt Disney World, hospitals, airlines, banks, railroads, communications companies, and social services.
A great career starts with a good education.
The undergraduate curriculum in Industrial Engineering includes:
- Science and Mathematics
- Engineering Sciences
- Quantitative Courses and Computing
- Industrial Engineering Courses
- Systems Engineering Courses
- Manufacturing Engineering Courses
- Economics and Finance
Evening Program
The B.S. Program is also offered as a part-time evening program. This is the only program in Rhode Island through which a B.S. in Engineering can be obtained entirely through evening courses.
Systems Engineering
The department offers a graduate program in Systems Engineering. The Master's Program has an emphasis on service and enterprise systems and manufacturing systems. It will provide students with an understanding of advanced systems and the criteria that can influence them. Armed with this knowledge, students will be in a pre-eminent position to contribute to virtually any company they choose.
The Master's Program takes a multidisciplinary approach to Systems Engineering. The program consists of core courses in Systems Engineering, together with electives in three main areas:
- Service and enterprise systems
- Manufacturing systems
- Distributed network systems
In addition to coursework, a six to nine credit thesis is required
for full-time students.
Facilities
The Department is well equipped for both teaching and research with several laboratories. In all cases faculty and students utilize equipment and facilities to support research programs and learning activities. These laboratories include:
Manufacturing Laboratory contains a variety of manufacturing equipment and machine-tools.
Metrology Laboratory contains a variety of general purpose measuring equipment and is temperature/humidity controlled.
Computing Laboratory currently contains 12 modern computers, with LCD monitors, a laser printer and a scanner.
Casting Laboratory has a sand testing facility and equipment for making sand molds and for the melting and casting of metals, mainly aluminum.
Minimum Weight Structure Laboratory has two computer workstations that are equipped with Solidworks and ABAQUS. It is also equipped with an Instron testing machine that allows evaluation of the capabilities of a manufactured structure.
Driver Performance Laboratory is equipped with state–of-the-art driving simulation facility that has been mostly used to conduct human factors research on driver behavior.
Engineering Design Innovation Studio is used by interdisciplinary teams including both engineering students and business students to enhance their learning in various courses. Equipment in this lab includes a Dimension SST rapid prototyping machine, two Emco ConceptTurn55 tabletop lathes, and two EMCO ConceptMill 55 tabletop mills, and a plastic injection molding machine.
The Driver and Vehicle Tracking and Monitoring Laboratory develops tools for and conducts on-road research related to driver performance evaluation using a variety of technologies. These include eye movement data collection, improvements to GPS based driver and vehicle position monitoring, video assisted gaze position identification among others.
General-purpose office facilities are provided by the Department. All labs and offices have both wired and wireless internet access.
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