Graduate Studies Information Portal
Graduate Studies Information Portal
The Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering provides a premier educational experience for our students. We’ll give you the opportunity to convert ideas to reality, and enhance the economic development and quality of like of not just our nation, but the world!
Fitts-Woolard Hall
Demand for industrial engineering has never been higher. The high tech economy of North Carolina and the nation demands a steady flow of industrial engineering graduates to maintain the nation’s leadership in a global economy and the ISE Department continues to grow to help meet demand. In the new Fitts-Woolard Hall on Centennial Campus, ISE faculty and students will use the additional classrooms and state-of-the-art laboratories to further research and education excellence.
Degrees
Our department is among the top 10 public programs in the nation (US News) and offers the following degrees:
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Master of Science (M.S.; thesis required)
- Master of Industrial Engineering (M.I.E.; non-thesis)
- Master of Industrial Engineering (M.I.E.) ONLINE
- Master of Engineering Management (MEM)
- Master of Engineering Management (MEM) ONLINE
- Dual MIE/MBA degree jointly with the Poole College of management
Specialize Your Degree
Our graduate program produces students who excel in both industry and academia. They are innovators, educators, and even a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. We offer a wide range of focus areas for our students:
Meet our Faculty
Chen’s research studies human performances and uses human factors and ergonomics frameworks as the foundation. She also implements technologies such as virtual reality to explore potentials in improving the health and safety of various populations
Paul Cohen’s work has focused on the modeling of plastic deformation processes, development of new tooling materials and tribology. His more recent research has examined properties and processes at the nano-scale.
His research interests include Micro/Nano manufacturing, multi-scale mechatronics and manufacturing systems, and multi-scale biomedical manufacturing.
Fang’s research interests includes fuzzy systems and neural networks for intelligent human-machine decision making. He has been working with his research team on building intelligent manufacturing and management systems for US textile and furniture industries.
Fang’s research interests lie in the field of industrial data analytics for High-Dimensional and Big Data applications in the energy, manufacturing, and service sectors.
His current research interests include problems in operations research, particularly, in integer programming and discrete optimization, and in quality engineering and robust design.
Hajibabai’s research lies in the areas of systems analytics and optimization, and supply chain logistics. Her main emphasis is on sustainable transportation systems.
Dr. Harrysson is the Director of the Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics (CAMAL) housed by the ISE department, which houses the first Electron Beam Melting (EBM) machine in the world. CAMAL is currently involved in research with numerous industries as well as providing faculty and students with prototyping services.
Her research interests are mathematical modeling of stochastic dynamic systems with an emphasis on statistics and decision analysis as applied to health care, public health, and humanitarian logistics.
Michael’s research interests include logistics network design, freight transportation, material handling, warehousing, and metaheuristics.
Russell King has consulted for many companies including Ford Motors, The Gap, Dillards Department Stores, and the Institute for Defense and Business.
Yuan-Shin Lee serves as the Director of the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center (SMIC) at NC State University. The SMIC Center is to link manufacturers, industrial technology vendors, systems integrators and equipment providers with academia, demonstrating and driving research and innovation that scales to all of US manufacturing.
His research is focused on queuing theory, applied probability and stochastic modeling, with applications to service systems, especially call centers, healthcare systems, and manufacturing systems.
Her goal is to address fundamental research barriers in moving from estimates of efficacy to estimates of the effectiveness of interventions or policies by explicitly considering individual patient preferences when the underlying patient population is heterogeneous.
Brandon McConnell leads the Military Operations Research Group consisting of Operations Research and ISE students interested in military and national security challenges. He also mentors and advises the active-duty and veteran students from OR and ISE
Dr. Nam teaches and conducts basic and applied research in human factors and ergonomics engineering to advance the science of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with a broad perspective on the application of systems and information engineering to human-centered technologies, including brain-computer interfaces and rehabilitation engineering.
His research interests span theoretical, computational, and applied aspects of mathematical programming, focusing on multilevel stochastic optimization problems arising in public health policy making, personalized medical decision-making, and healthcare delivery. He is also interested in developing efficient algorithms for large-scale combinatorial problems in bioinformatics.
Rock works in the areas of nickel product development, new melting technologies, powder metallurgy, additive manufacturing and process modeling.
Shashaani’s current research focuses on building data-driven, predictive models that account for the uncertainty that is present in the real systems.
Shirwaiker’s 3D Tissue Manufacturing research group focuses on advancing the science and technology for scalable manufacturing of engineered tissues. They study the fundamental relationships between 3D biofabrication processes, biomaterials, and critical-to-quality attributes of engineered tissues, and develop new tissue manufacturing strategies and platforms.
He directs the Data Intensive Manufacturing Laboratory (DIME Lab His specific technical expertise is in digital design and fabrication, cyber-physical systems in manufacturing, additive manufacturing and biofabrication processes.
Julie Swann is the department head and A. Doug Allison Distinguished Professor of the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Swann has conducted research, outreach and education to improve how health and humanitarian systems operate worldwide.
Javad Taheri has been teaching and doing research in the industrial engineering field at NC State for more than the two decades. He has successfully redesigned a number of units within the health system, including the chemotherapy unit, gastrointestinal endoscopy unit, and emergency room.
For most of his academic career Uszoy has worked in production planning and control and supply chain management, especially with the semiconductor industry.
Wan’s research focuses on the areas of data, simulation, and blockchain. On the data side, she concentrates on simulated data and internet data trying to find the algorithm by first analyzing them.
Harvey West has a background in materials science and engineering and is very involved in the characterization and testing of metal and polymer parts fabricated by additive manufacturing. Harvey manages two labs equipped for chemical analysis, static and fatigue testing, metallography, and particle size analysis.
His research interests are generally in the areas of biomechanical modeling, optimization, simulation and data mining with respect to human daily activities to promote workplace and at-home injury prevention and driving safety.
Tour Our Labs
NC State ISE researchers use the latest mathematical tools and approaches in their labs to make new discoveries. Our labs include:
- Brain-Computer Interface and Neuroergonomics Lab
- 3D Tissue Manufacturing Research Group
- Fuzzy and Neural Group
- Processes Lab
- Biomechanics Lab
- Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab
- Automation Lab
- Blockchain Simulation Lab
Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab
The Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab is interested in studying the interactions between humans and VR/AR. We want to know how users perceive and behave in VR and AR, and how they are different from the real world (aka physical environment).
The Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics (CAMAL)
The mission of CAMAL is to be a pioneer in the areas of research and development of rapid prototyping and advanced manufacturing.
Advanced Manufacturing Lab
The Advanced Manufacturing Lab features state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and controls, including high-speed pick-and-place equipment, logic controllers, and both industrial and collaborative robots. It also is equipped with the latest technologies in material forming/shaping, molding, removal, casting and joining equipment.
Meet Our Ph.D Students
Our Ph.D. students and our research are changing the world of advanced manufacturing, operations, and service sectors. We are pushing the boundaries of 3-D printing, regenerative medicine, and health systems engineering. Our graduate program produces students who excel in both industry and academia. They are innovators, educators, and even Nobel Peace Prize recipients.
Live in Raleigh
Year after year, Raleigh, NC ranks among the five best places in the country to live and work. With moderate weather (71°F Avg temp), it’s only two hours from the beach and three hours from the mountains. Raleigh is both welcoming to families and individuals alike and is proud of its well-educated workforce and multi-cultural environment.
Application Process
Ready to apply to NC State ISE’s Graduate program?
We accept applications from undergraduate majors in engineering. Degrees in the behavioral, physical and mathematical sciences are also welcomed. You will need to have some experience in:
- Mathematics (calculus and matrix/linear algebra)
- Computer science
- And statistics for most entry-level graduate courses
Also, physical, behavioral and management sciences (economics, business, accounting) experience is desirable.