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 value driven.
  • 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:

  1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
  2. 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.
  3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze, and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
  7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
  8. 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

CH 115General Chemistry I

3

CH 117General Chemistry Laboratory I

1

ENGR 111Introduction to Engineering Design & Systems Thinking

4

ENGR 116Intro to Programming & Algorithmic Thinking

3

HASS 103Writing and Communications Colloquium

3

MA 121Differential Calculus

2

MA 122Integral Calculus

2

PRV 101First Year Experience

1

Term II

ENGR 122Field Sustainable Systems with Sensors

2

HASS 105Knowledge, Nature, Culture

3

MA 125Vectors and Matrices

2

MA 126Multivariable Calculus I

2

MGT 103Introduction to Entrepreneurial Thinking

2

PEP 111Mechanics

3

Science Elective

3

Term III

ENGR 211Statics and Introduction to Engineering Mechanics

4

ENGR 245Circuits and Systems

3

ISE 224Informatics & Software Development

3

MA 221Differential Equations

4

PEP 112Electricity and Magnetism

3

Term IV

ENGR 212Design of Dynamical Systems

4

ENGR 234Thermodynamics

3

ISE 225Data Infrastructures

3

MA 225Infinite Series

2

And

MA 226Multivariable Calculus II

2

Or

MA 231Nonlinear Optimization

2

PRV 20XFrontiers of Technology

1

PRV 20XFrontiers of Technology

1

Term V

EM 365Statistics For Engineering Management

4

ENGR 311Design with Materials

4

ISE 350Logistics and Supply Chain Management

3

SYS 501Probability and Statistics for Systems Engineering

3

Humanities

3

Term VI

BT 244Microeconomics

3

IDE 399Engineering Economics & Project Management

2

ISE 322Engineering Design VI

2

ISE 345Modeling and Simulation

3

ISE 357Elements Of Operations Research

3

SYS 581Introduction to Systems Engineering

3

PRV 20XFrontiers of Technology

1

Term VII

IDE 401Senior Innovation-II:Value Proposition

1

ISE 423Engineering Design VII

3

ISE 457Operations Research - II

3

G.E.
General Elective

3

T.E.
Technical Elective

3

T.E.
Technical Elective

3

Term VIII

IDE 402Senior Innovation III: Venture Planning and Pitch

1

ISE 424Engineering Design VIII

3

ISE 490Data-Mining and Applied Machine Learning

3

EM 551 /ISE 551 Analysis of Networks and Strategies

3

G.E.
General Elective

3

Humanities

3

Notes:

(1) Science Elective can be selected from the following list.

(2) Technical Electives must be a 500 or 600-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.

(5) SUCCESS Core CurriculumStudents must complete requirements including PRV 101, and three (3) courses from PRV 201, PRV 202, PRV 203, PRV 204, PRV 205.