Industrial Engineering and Management, MS
Master's in Industrial Engineering and Management
Curriculum
The MSIEM may be earned by one of two plans:
Plan 1
- Coursework with thesis
- Minimum of 30 hours
- Includes 24 hours of coursework and 6 hours of research
Plan II
- Coursework without thesis
- Minimum of 33 hours
- May include culminating experiences (independent study, internship/practicum)
All MS plans require the selection of a track. The IEM department currently supports a variety of courses in one general track and three specialty tracks:
- General Industrial Engineering (GIE)
- Engineering Management (EM)
- Operations Research (OR)
- Supply Chain & Logistics (SCL)
Research and Faculty
Austin Buchanan is an Associate Professor of IEM and focuses his research on solving combinatorial optimization problems in networks, particularly those having connectivity or distance constraints. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation (including an NSF CAREER award), and his papers have appeared in the journals Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, Mathematical Programming Computation, INFORMS Journal on Computing, and Networks, among others.
Admissions
Admission to the Graduate College is required of all students pursuing the MS or PhD degree. Graduation from an industrial engineering bachelor’s program (4-year program) with scholastic performance distinctly above average, qualifies the student for admission to the School of Industrial Engineering and Management as a candidate for the master's program. Graduates from related disciplines may be admitted if an evaluation of their transcripts and other supporting materials by the School of Industrial Engineering and Management indicates that they are prepared to take graduate-level course work in industrial engineering, or can be expected to do so after a reasonable amount of prerequisite work.
