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Industrial and Management Systems Engineering

Graduate Program Summary

Graduate Degrees Offered

M.Eng.*; M.S.; Ph.D.**
Areas of Study
Engineering Management; Ergonomics; Manufacturing Processes and Systems; Operations Research; Production

*Also available online with a concentration in Engineering Management
**Ph.D. is offered through the Unified Ph.D. Program in Engineering with a specialization in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering

Application Checklist

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Application Deadline
     Fall: February 15     Spring: September 15     Summer: March 31

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Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Research Labs

Students benefit from a high degree of hands-on experience in numerous research centers and laboratories like in the Center for Nontraditional Manufacturing Research, Packaging Lab, Center for Ergonomics and Safety Research, and Distal Upper Limb Lab.

Description of Program

The Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering offers a Master of Science with areas of emphasis available in systems management, operations research, human factors, manufacturing systems, and manufacturing processes. A well-equipped ergonomics laboratory is available for teaching and research in the area of human factors. Students also have access to a computer-integrated manufacturing laboratory and to one of the few nontraditional manufacturing laboratories in the United States.

The department also offers distance courses via the Internet.

Contact

Graduate Chair
Ram Bishu
rbishu1@unl.edu
402-472-3495
Department Address
175 Nebraska Hall
Lincoln NE 68588-0518
Department Website
http://imse.unl.edu/

Faculty and Research

Stephanie Adams Quality Control; Organizational Management; Work Teams and Technology
John Ballard Discrete Systems; Engineering Educational Systems Design
Ram Bishu Ergonomics; Quality Control; Information Processing; Statistics; Design of Experiments
F. Fred Choobineh Design and Control of Manufacturing Systems
David Cochran Occupational Safety and Health; Musculoskeletal Disorders; Cumulative Trauma Disorders
M. Susan Hallbeck Laparoscopic Surgical Tools; Evaluation of a 7/8 Piano Keyboard; Ergonomics
Richard Hoffman Industrial Packaging; Computer Networks; Facility Design; Robots; Project Management Control
Erick Jones Logistics; Total Quality Management
Kamlakar Rajurkar Traditional and Nontraditional Manufacturing Processes; Modeling and Analysis
Michael Riley Safety; Ergonomics
Paul Savory Discrete-Event Software; Healthcare Management; Engineering Education
Robert Williams Abrasive Flow Machining; Rapid Prototyping; Tooling; Nontraditional Finishing Processes
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