Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial and Systems Engineering
Today, engineers with strong roots in engineering and science, and with capability in data analysis, are needed to improve technology and processes in enterprises. The Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) program at Stevens prepares students with cross-disciplinary, ‘big picture’ systems perspectives and knowledge to engineer, develop and maintain complex systems.
The industrial and systems engineering (ISE) program at Stevens is a rich educational experience that provides students with a broad-based engineering education and with a specialization in data analysis aspects of the industrial and systems engineering fields.
Industrial and systems engineers (ISEs) take a cross-disciplinary ‘big picture’ systems perspective of engineering problems. ISEs are concerned with designing, managing, and implementing solutions to improve quality, performance and efficiency. They reduce waste in all forms that do not generate value. In essence, ISEs figure out how to do things better; increasing customer satisfaction and internal efficiencies and decreasing costs.
ISE is systems oriented: It analyzes the interaction and interplay between components in complex system networks (of humans, machines, and processes). Complex systems require modeling to understand variability. These models are used in the overall system development process and incorporated into system designs to enable optimized and robust operations.
ISEs are engineering professionals trained specifically to be productivity and quality improvement specialists, where they examine the entire system to make sure that people and things move together as efficiently and effectively as possible.
The Stevens ISE program is data driven; teaching the extraction of useful data from the plethora of information businesses collect and using this data in mathematical models and analytical tools to gain insight for problem solving and decision support.
ISEs have the ability to impact people’s lives through their improvement of existing systems or creation of new systems in commercial and government segments. ISEs have a broad reach and can apply their skills to address problems and opportunities in many sectors (including manufacturing, service, aerospace, healthcare, transportation, energy, finance, and entertainment) and settings (including sales, marketing, information systems, personnel and manufacturing).
ISEs fill positions as industrial engineers, system engineers, system integration engineers, quality engineers, project engineers, sales engineers, field engineers and application engineers, as well as analysts, consultants, and planners.
Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial and Systems Engineering Mission and Objectives
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. The objectives of the 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.
Industrial and Systems Engineering Curriculum
Term I
| CAL 103 | Writing and Communications Colloquium | 3 |
| CH 115 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CH 117 | General Chemistry Laboratory I | 1 |
| ENGR 111 | Introduction to Engineering Design & Systems Thinking | 4 |
| ENGR 116 | Intro to Programming & Algorithmic Thinking | 3 |
| MA 121 | Differential Calculus | 2 |
| MA 122 | Integral Calculus | 2 |
Term II
| CAL 105 | CAL Colloquium: Knowledge, Nature, Culture | 3 |
| ENGR 122 | Field Sustainable Systems with Sensors | 2 |
| MA 125 | Vectors and Matrices | 2 |
| MA 126 | Multivariable Calculus I | 2 |
| MGT 103 | Introduction to Entrepreneurial Thinking | 2 |
| PEP 111 | Mechanics | 3 |
| Science Elective | 3 |
Term III
| ENGR 211 | Statics and Introduction to Engineering Mechanics | 4 |
| ENGR 245 | Circuits and Systems | 3 |
| ISE 224 | Informatics & Software Development | 3 |
| MA 221 | Differential Equations | 4 |
| PEP 112 | Electricity and Magnetism | 3 |
Term IV
Term V
| ISE 350 | Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| EM 365 | Statistics For Engineering Management | 4 |
| ENGR 311 | Design with Materials | 4 |
| SYS 501 | Probability and Statistics for Systems Engineering | 3 |
| Humanities | 3 |
Term VI
| BT 244 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| IDE 399 | Engineering Economics & Project Management | 2 |
| ISE 322 | Engineering Design VI | 2 |
| ISE 345 | Modeling and Simulation | 3 |
| ISE 357 | Elements Of Operations Research | 3 |
| SYS 581 | Introduction to Systems Engineering | 3 |
Term VII
| IDE 401 | Senior Innovation II: Value Proposition | 1 |
| ISE 423 | Engineering Design VII | 3 |
| ISE 457 | Operations Research - II | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 |
| Technical Elective | 3 |
| Technical Elective | 3 |
Term VIII
| IDE 402 | Senior Innovation III: Venture Planning and Pitch | 1 |
| ISE 424 | Engineering Design VIII | 3 |
| ISE 451 | Analysis of Networks & Strategies | 3 |
| ISE 490 | Data-Mining and Applied Machine Learning | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 |
| Humanities | 3 |
Notes:
(1) Science Elective can be selected from the following list.
- CH 116, BIO 181, PEP 201 (embedded lab), EN 250, PEP 151, PEP 152, PEP 242, PEP 336, PEP 351, NANO 200, CE 240.
(2) Technical Electives must be a 500-level EM, ES, ISE, SES, SSW, or SYS course. Additional courses can be selected with the approval of the student’s advisor. See this list of common, though not exhaustive, choices.
(3) General Electives are chosen by the student, can be used toward a minor or AMP option, and can be applied to research or approved international studies. Selected from available courses offered by programs in SES, SSE, SOB and HASS. Approval from the student’s advisor and the course instructor may be required.
(4) Humanities: BT 244 can be taken any semester and is part of the humanities requirement. Please see Humanities Requirements for additional requirements.