Industrial and Systems Engineering – Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems and Engineering

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Ethel Percy Andrus
Gerontology Center 240
(213) 740-4893
FAX: (213) 740-1120
Email: isedept@usc.edu
usc.edu/dept/ise
Chair: Julia L. Higle, PhD

Associate Chair: Kurt Palmer, PhD

Faculty

Daniel J. Epstein Chair in Industrial and Systems Engineering: Sheldon M. Ross, PhD

Epstein Family Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering: Jong-Shi Pang, PhD

Gordon S. Marshall Early Career Chair in Engineering: Qiang Huang, PhD

David Packard Chair in Manufacturing Engineering: Stephen C-Y Lu, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science)

Dean’s Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering: Behrokh Khoshnevis, PhD

Helen N. & Emmett H. Jones Professorship in Engineering: Milind Tambe, PhD (Computer Science)

TRW Professor of Software Engineering: Barry Boehm, PhD (Computer Science)

Professors: Ali Abbas, PhD (Public Policy); Barry Boehm, PhD (Computer Science); Maged Dessouky, PhD*; Randolph Hall, PhD; Julia Higle, PhD; Carl F. Kesselman, PhD (Computer Science); Behrokh Khoshnevis, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering; Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Stephen C-Y Lu, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science); Najmedin Meshkati, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering)*; James E. Moore II, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering; Public Policy); Jong-Shi Pang, PhD; Sheldon M. Ross, PhD; Suvrajeet Sen, PhD (Electrical Engineering; Computer Science); Milind Tambe, PhD (Computer Science); Detlof von Winterfeldt, PhD (Public Policy)

Associate Professors: Yong Chen, PhD; Qiang Huang, PhD; Mansour Rahimi, PhD

Assistant Professors: John Gunnar Carlsson, PhD; Ketan Savla, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering-Systems); Phebe Vayanos, PhD

Adjunct Professors: Paul J. Kern; Michael Mann, PhD; Neil Siegel, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professors: Tasos Sioukas, PhD; Marilee Wheaton, MS

Research Professor: Yigal Arens, PhD

Research Associate Professor: Fernando Ordoñez, PhD (Computer Science)

Research Assistant Professor: Greg Placencia, PhD

Adjunct Research Professors: Wanda M. Austin, PhD; Mohamed I. Dessouky, PhD

Associate Professors of the Practice of Industrial and Systems Engineering: Geza Bottlik, Engineer, PE; Nitin Kale, MS (Information Technology Program); Kurt Palmer, PhD*

Senior Lecturers: Cesar Acosta-Mejia, PhD; Dana Sherman, Esq. (Civil and Environmental Engineering); Richard Vawter, MS (Information Technology Program)

Emeritus Professors: Gerald A. Fleischer, PhD, PE; Homer H. Grant, MS; Ralph Keeney, PhD (Data Sciences and Operations); Peter Will, PhD (Astronautical Engineering, Chemical Engineering)

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Honor Societies

Alpha Pi Mu

Alpha Pi Mu is the industrial engineering honor society. Qualifications for election are: juniors in the upper onefifth of their class; seniors in the upper one-third of their class; master’s degree students who have completed at least one-third of the courses required for their degree and rank among the top 10 students in all ISE master’s degree programs; and doctoral students recommended by the department chair. The adviser is Kurt Palmer, associate professor of the practice of industrial and systems engineering, (213) 740-5960.

Omega Rho

Omega Rho is the operations research honor society to recognize academic excellence in operations research and encourage study of operations research, management science and closely associated disciplines. Election is by nomination only during the spring semester.

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Undergraduate Education Program Mission

The mission of the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering undergraduate program is to:

• Provide students: the skills and knowledge to obtain employment and achieve leadership with the industrial and systems engineering profession or to proceed with graduate education; the intellectual resources to continue life-long learning; and the knowledge of professional ethics and critical reasoning skills necessary for contributing to society.
• Provide employers of industrial and systems engineering professionals with candidates who are technically competent, business aware, collaborative, able to communicate effectively, and ethically grounded.
• Maintain and enhance the reputation of the Epstein department within the engineering, business and academic communities.

Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives

Graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering program are prepared to achieve any of the following accomplishments:

• Obtain employment in an organization that values people who demonstrate both technical competence and business awareness.
• Pursue graduate or professional education.
• Assume a leadership role in their employment organization or community.
• Utilize critical reasoning, collaboration and creativity to contribute to society.

Undergraduate Program Criteria

The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering prepares graduates to design, develop, implement, and improve integrated systems that include people, materials, information, equipment and energy. The curriculum includes in-depth instruction to accomplish the integration of systems using appropriate analytical, computational, and experimental practices.

For additional information, visit usc.edu/dept/ise.

Graduate Degree Requirements

Health Systems Management Engineering Program

This degree is in revision, and applications are not currently being accepted. Interested students should consider the Health Administration (MHA)  program in the USC Price School of Public Policy .

Master of Science in Product Development Engineering

This interdisciplinary program is offered jointly with the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering . The program is available via distance education. See the listing under Product Development Engineering .

Master of Science in Systems Architecting and Engineering

See the listing under Systems Architecting and Engineering . The program is available via distance education.

Dual Degree Program (MS, Electrical Engineering / MS, Engineering Management)

See listing in the Electrical Engineering  section.

Engineer in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Requirements for the Engineer in Industrial and Systems Engineering are the same as set forth in the general requirements .

Graduate Certificates

Graduate Certificate in Network Centric Systems

See listing under Systems Architecting and Engineering . The program is available via distance education.

Graduate Certificate in Optimization and Supply Chain Management

This abbreviated interdisciplinary program is offered jointly with the Department of Data Sciences and Operations in the USC Marshall School of Business. See here for program requirements.

Graduate Certificate in Systems Architecting and Engineering

See listing under Systems Architecting and Engineering . The program is available via distance education.

Graduate Certificate in Transportation Systems

This abbreviated interdisciplinary program is offered jointly with the Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the USC Price School of Public Policy. See listing under Civil Engineering .

Graduate Certificate in System Safety and Security

Applications for this program are not currently being accepted.

Programs

• Industrial and Systems Engineering (BS)

• Engineering Management Minor

• Analytics (MS)
• Engineering Management (MS)
• Industrial and Systems Engineering (MS)
• Operations Research Engineering (MS)

• Health Systems Operations Graduate Certificate

• Industrial and Systems Engineering (MS/MBA)

• Industrial and Systems Engineering (PhD)

Courses

• ISE 105 Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering
• ISE 220 Probability Concepts in Engineering
• ISE 225 Engineering Statistics I
• ISE 232 L Manufacturing Processes
• ISE 310 L Facilities and Logistics
• ISE 315L Engineering Project Management
• ISE 327 Six Sigma and Lean Operations
• ISE 330 Introduction to Operations Research: Deterministic Models
• ISE 331 Introduction to Operations Research: Stochastic Models
• ISE 344 Engineering Team Management
• ISE 370 L Human Factors in Work Design
• ISE 382 Database Systems: Concepts, Design and Implementation
• ISE 390 Special Problems
• ISE 404 Business and Intellectual Property Law for Engineers
• ISE 410 Planning and Scheduling
• ISE 422 L Configuring Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
• ISE 426 Statistical Quality Control
• ISE 435 Discrete Systems Simulation
• ISE 440 Work, Technology, and Organization
• ISE 455 Lx Enterprise Information Portals
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy
• ISE 470 Human/Computer Interface Design
• ISE 482 Engineering Database Applications
• ISE 487 Lx Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence
• ISE 488 x Managing Supply Chains with Advanced Planning and Optimization
• ISE 490x Directed Research
• ISE 495a x Senior Design Project
• ISE 495bx Senior Design Project
• ISE 499 Special Topics
• ISE 500 Engineering Management Decisions and Statistics
• ISE 502 Construction Accounting and Finance
• ISE 507 Six-Sigma Methods and Applications
• ISE 508 Health Care Operations Improvement
• ISE 510 Advanced Computational Design and Manufacturing
• ISE 511 L Mechatronic Systems Engineering
• ISE 512 Software Management and Economics
• ISE 513 Inventory Systems
• ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management
• ISE 517 Modern Enterprise Systems
• ISE 520 Optimization: Theory and Algorithms
• ISE 525 Design of Experiments
• ISE 527 Quality Management for Engineers
• ISE 528 Advanced Statistical Aspects of Engineering Reliability
• ISE 529 Engineering Data Analytics
• ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics
• ISE 532 Network Flows
• ISE 536 Linear Programming and Extensions
• ISE 538 Elements of Stochastic Processes
• ISE 539 Stochastic Elements of Simulation
• ISE 543 Case Studies in Systems Engineering
• ISE 544 Management of Engineering Teams
• ISE 545 Technology Development and Implementation
• ISE 549 Systems Architecting
• ISE 551 Foundations of Data Management
• ISE 554 Innovation and the Engineering Enterprise
• ISE 555 Invention and Technology Development
• ISE 556 Stochastic Systems
• ISE 560 Analysis of Algorithms
• ISE 560 Analysis of Algorithms
• ISE 561 Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects
• ISE 562 Value and Decision Theory
• ISE 563 Financial Engineering
• ISE 564 Performance Analysis
• ISE 565 Law and Finance for Engineering Innovation
• ISE 566 Financial Accounting Analysis for Engineering
• ISE 567 Collaborative Engineering Principles and Practice
• ISE 568 Machine Learning
• ISE 570 Human Factors in Engineering
• ISE 573 Work Physiology
• ISE 574 Probabilistic Reasoning
• ISE 576 Industrial Ecology: Technology-Environment Interaction
• ISE 580 Performance Modeling and Simulation
• ISE 581 Negotiation For Engineering Management
• ISE 582 Web Technology for Industrial Engineering
• ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems
• ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology
• ISE 587 Risk Analysis
• ISE 589 Port Engineering: Planning and Operations
• ISE 590 Directed Research
• ISE 594a Master’s Thesis
• ISE 594b Master’s Thesis
• ISE 594z Master’s Thesis
• ISE 599 Special Topics
• ISE 620 Advanced Topics in Applied Stochastic Models
• ISE 630 Foundations of Optimization
• ISE 631 Linear Programming
• ISE 632 Network Flows and Combinatorial Optimization
• ISE 637 Equilibrium Programming
• ISE 638 Stochastic Optimization
• ISE 645 Uncertainty Modeling and Stochastic Optimization
• ISE 651 Seminar in Industrial and Systems Engineering
• ISE 670 Advanced Analysis of Algorithms
• ISE 671 Randomized Algorithms
• ISE 690 Directed Research
• ISE 790 Research
• ISE 794a Doctoral Dissertation
• ISE 794b Doctoral Dissertation
• ISE 794c Doctoral Dissertation
• ISE 794d Doctoral Dissertation
• ISE 794z Doctoral Dissertation