Industrial and Operations Engineering is concerned with integrated systems of people, machines, environments and information. Drawing upon their specialized skills in mathematical, physical, and social sciences (together with principles and methods of engineering analysis), industrial and operations engineers specify, predict, and evaluate systems. Applications arise in industrial and manufacturing systems as well as a variety of nonindustrial settings, ranging from health care and education to financial and governmental organizations.

The wide range of tasks an industrial engineer is called upon to perform requires knowledge of operations research, ergonomics, management engineering, statistics, manufacturing engineering, and computer information processing.

Facilities

The department has well-equipped laboratories in human performance, industrial systems, plant flow analysis, quality control, and computation.

In addition to the facilities on campus, the department has excellent relationships with various firms within the Ann Arbor-Detroit area so that students are exposed to actual operating industrial, service, and other business systems.

Accreditation

This program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone (410) 347-7700.