Industrial and Systems Engineering B.E.
Program Details
Degree
Bachelor of EngineeringAvailable
On campusIn an interconnected and data-driven world, modern society relies on increasingly complex systems. Industrial and Systems Engineering is about improving the efficiency and effectiveness of these systems to solve relevant, real-world problems.
What is Industrial and Systems Engineering?
Industrial and systems engineering draws people who are curious, insightful and driven by engineering interfaces because industrial and systems engineering considers multiple users and interactions when designing and improving systems. It asks the engineer to think about many factors at once: How can one design this solution so that it will be sustainable? How much will it cost to implement this solution? How many people will need to staff or support this solution? How long will this solution take to implement?
Solutions are determined through simulation, which is a technique that allows engineers to examine something that would be difficult to study directly. It is also done through optimization, allowing one to provide the most optimal solution for almost any mathematical scenario you can think of, from determining the location of manufacturing facilities to staffing production lines to designing a system to better interact with its user. It is a field of study that produces manufacturers, CEOs, designers, data scientists, government workers, bankers, healthcare professionals and everything in between!
Today, engineers with strong roots in engineering and science, and data analysis acumen are needed to improve technology and processes in enterprises. The bachelor of engineering (B.E.) in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) program at Stevens prepares you with cross-disciplinary, big picture systems perspectives and knowledge to engineer, develop and maintain complex systems in multiple industries including manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, transportation, energy, finance, entertainment, service and more.
About the Industrial and Systems Engineering Program at Stevens
In the ISE program, you’ll learn how to design, manage and implement solutions to improve quality, performance and efficiency. You'll develop a skillset to learn how to do things better at the enterprise level such as how increase customer satisfaction, improve efficiencies, decrease costs and reduce waste in enterprise operations. By the time you complete the ISE program, you will be well positioned to drive entire organizations toward success, making them invaluable technical leaders in industry and government with the application-driven toolkit enabling you to seek and implement solutions to enterprise system challenges.
Students in the Industrial Systems and Engineering program have the opportunity to delve into complex systems study at the Center for Complex Systems & Enterprises (CCSE) Immersion Lab. Students also have an opportunity to interact with world-class researchers from the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) on relevant research topics.
Sample Core Courses
The Industrial Systems and Engineering course curriculum includes:
Informatics and Software Development
Innovative System Design
Data Mining & Applied Machine Learning
Analysis of Networks and Games
An ABET Accredited Program
This undergraduate program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
The Difference at Stevens
Faculty at Stevens understand that tomorrow’s engineers require the skills to use data to build modern, efficient systems. That's precisely why our Industrial and Systems Engineering program is data intensive. SSE faculty teach students how to extract useful data from information enterprises and how to apply it in mathematical models and analytical tools to gain insight to inform problem solving and decision support.
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Message From the Director
Dr. Kathryn Abel, Dr. Kathryn Abel, Undergraduate Industrial & Systems Engineering Program Director
"Industrial and systems engineers are increasingly in demand for their valuable systems approach to complex, highly interconnected products and processes. Stevens industrial and systems engineers bring an in-depth knowledge of data analytics to their distributed decision-making approach that allows them to address unstructured problems and create innovative, optimized and impactful solutions that help businesses adapt to new technologies and situations that increase efficiency while reducing industrial costs.
"The curriculum is designed to teach and focus students on:
Thinking about the ways in which technology can help organizations accomplish goals
Applying systems analytics and data science to engineering design
"This creates engineers with a larger perspective on systems. With the capability to use data to develop a big-picture model of systems, analyze problems and optimize system quality and performance, our ISE graduates are assets to enterprises."
Important Info for ISE Students
Enrollment and Graduation Data
Program Mission
The mission of the Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial and Systems Engineering Program is to provide an education based on a strong engineering core, complemented by studies in systems and data science, to prepare the graduate to work on cross-disciplinary systems and be able to assume positions of increasing technical responsibility.
Program Educational Objectives
The objectives of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) program can be summarized as follows:
Develop, implement and improve systems comprised of people, processes, hardware or software elements that are innovative, reliable and cost-efficient.
Use ISE tools to address real world problems and create solutions consistent with societal needs including economic, ethical and environmental considerations.
Provide leadership for, and communicate effectively within, data-intensive, multidisciplinary team-based environments in diverse and dynamically changing organizations.
Continue to develop skills in engineering, technology management, business and other Industrial and Systems Engineering related fields.
Student Outcomes
By the time of graduation, Industrial and Systems Engineering students will have:
An ability to identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
A fundamental knowledge and an appreciation of the technology and business processes necessary to nurture new technologies from concept to commercialization.
Graduates of the Industrial and Systems Engineering program often pursue the following career paths:
Industrial engineers
Systems engineers
System integration engineers
Quality engineers
Project engineers
Sales & marketing engineers
Field engineers
Systems planners
Systems analysts
The top hiring firms for Industrial and Systems Engineering graduates are:
Accenture
AT&T
Cisco
IBM
Lockheed Martin
Verizon
The average starting salary for Industrial & Systems Engineering graduates from 2019-2022 is $74,250.
Job Placement
Industrial & Systems Engineering graduates from the Class of 2022 had a 100% Career Outcomes Rate.
Accelerated Master's Program (AMP)
The School of Systems and Enterprises participates in the Accelerated Master's Program (AMP) designed for Stevens undergraduate students who also want to pursue a master's degree. Many engineering and science students wish to jointly pursue a master of engineering in Engineering Management or Systems Engineering with their undergraduate degree. Admission criteria to the program are junior standing, an application, and a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0. The advantage of the AMP program is an undergraduate and graduate degree in a reduced time period (five years).
Cooperative Education
The Cooperative Education Program at Stevens provides real-world experience to students while they pursue their education. The success of the program is built on the capabilities and enthusiasm of the co-op students and the challenging work assignments provided by the co-op employers. About 30% of ISE students are enrolled in the Cooperative Education Program. At Stevens, we believe that cooperative education is first and foremost a powerfully effective educational process. Co-op is built on a theory/practice model of learning that unfolds through five increasingly sophisticated work assignments. In addition to the educational benefits, co-op helps student clarify and test their career goals and earn money to pay part of their college expenses.
Industrial and Systems Engineering Senior Design Projects
Seniors in the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Program at Stevens Institute of Technology have an opportunity to complete a Senior Design capstone course, working on real industrial problems of practical importance. ISE students participate in a yearlong senior capstone project that gives them a chance to put their skills into practice on real-world projects. Some projects are sponsored by companies and faculty members, while others are initiated by team members who had an innovative idea on which they wanted to work. Students apply engineering design methodology, using both analysis and synthesis, to solve these open-ended problems. The range of design problems are generally multidisciplinary with ISE students on teams with engineers from other disciplines.
Sponsor a Senior Design Project
Sponsoring a project allows companies and organizations to:
Gain insight into company challenges from new perspectives, with nominal outlay
Team up with Stevens' highly-ranked engineering department and students
Develop partnerships with key faculty with potential for larger future collaborations
By becoming a senior design project sponsor, companies and organizations benefit from having a team of three to four senior students examine their engineering problem. Projects that companies may not currently have the time or facilities to pursue become the top priority of a team of engineering design students. Project work includes problem definition, alternative designs, design solution, cost analyses and more.
Previous Projects:
2023 Ansary Champions: Ocean Cargo Increasingly Safe Thanks to This Industrial & Systems Engineering Team
2019: SSE Students To Show Off Their Research At Innovation Expo 2019
From Our Students
Dr. Jose Ramirez-Marquez focuses his research on the development of mathematical models for analysis and design of resilient systems. His rwork explores how data visualization can be used to understand community based behavior and improve decision-making. As associate editor of a national journal, Ramirez will enhance Stevens’ voice in matters related to quality and reliability engineering.
The winning 2023 Ansary Competition team is helping the U.S. Coast Guard streamline its process of identifying potentially hazardous cargo containers before they are loaded and launched onto the open sea, preventing catastrophic environmental and economic damages.
Student-athlete Laura Mathews set numerous school records in track while simultaneously thriving in the Industrial & Systems Engineering program. She was a key contributor to the victorious Maritime Security 2023 Ansary Entrepreneurship Competition team that collaborated with the United States Coast Guard.
A team mentored by SSE professor Philip Odonkor placed first and second in award categories in a national data challenge for its comprehensive analysis of relationships and patterns in Chicago's climate, energy usage, building stock and demographics.
Dr. Jose Ramirez-Marquez focuses his research on the development of mathematical models for analysis and design of resilient systems. His rwork explores how data visualization can be used to understand community based behavior and improve decision-making. As associate editor of a national journal, Ramirez will enhance Stevens’ voice in matters related to quality and reliability engineering.
The winning 2023 Ansary Competition team is helping the U.S. Coast Guard streamline its process of identifying potentially hazardous cargo containers before they are loaded and launched onto the open sea, preventing catastrophic environmental and economic damages.