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
Chenang Liu is an Assistant Professor of IEM and focuses his research on engineering-oriented data science for the design, analytics, and operations of various complex engineering systems. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology (OCAST), and U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). His papers have appeared in the Nature Communications, Physics of Fluids, IISE Transactions, IEEE Transactions, ASME Journals, SME Journals, Annals of Operations Research, 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.
