Senior Design Students working at Ergotron

Where Engineering Meets Business

What is ISyE?

Industrial and systems engineering focuses on the design, planning, and management of complex, large-scale systems such as global supply chains, healthcare delivery systems, financial services systems, and other critical business infrastructures.
 

ISyE professionals are system-level thinkers who possess unique — and marketable — problem-solving backgrounds that integrate science, engineering, management, and mathematics. Their skills are sought after by a wide range of industries, governments, and nonprofit organizations alike.

What Makes a "System"?

  • Large, complex, and open
  • Includes multiple stakeholders (i.e. firms, consumers, governments)
  • Draws upon multiple infrastructures (i.e. natural resources, transportation, telecommunication)
  • Involves technology, management, and public policy
  • Has broad societal implications

Popular ISyE Industries

Manufacturing
Make production systems more efficient, cost-effective, and safe.
Transportation
Optimizes complex processes for efficiency, using tools like modeling and simulation.
Healthcare
Optimize healthcare systems to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance patient care.
Retail
Optimize retails systems to make shopping smoother, more profitable, and technologically advanced.
Hospitality
Optimize guest experiences and operational efficiency using data, analytics, and process design.
Defense
Focus on efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and innovation in defense manufacturing, logistics, and operations.
Energy
Optimize how we produce, use, and save power by focusing on process efficiency.
Finance
Use a quantitative approach to improve efficiency and profitability in investment and tech.
Aerospace
Optimize systems and processes to reduce waste and improve safety in production and maintenance.

Students in ISyE:

  1. Are critical and analytical thinkers
  2. Desire to apply engineering, math, and computing toward solving business problems
  3. Have interest in business and management, but prefer a technical focus
  4. Enjoy working collaboratively and in teams

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