Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with Manufacturing Focus

Course Requirements

NOTE: Course descriptions can be found in the Graduate Bulletin.

Core Group

All courses in this group must be taken.

• IE 550: Manufacturing Systems
• IE 571: Product Design, Manufacturing Specifications, and Measurements
• IE 527: Additive Manufacturing, or IE 560: Manufacturing with Materials, or IE 597K: Machine Process Design and Theory

Domain Groups

A minimum of three courses must be taken from the domain groups; there is no restriction on the number of courses taken from each group.

• Domain I: Design and Manufacturing Processes
  IE 546/M E 546: Designing Product Families
  IE 560: Manufacturing Processes and Materials
  IE 563: Computer-Aided Design for Manufacturing
  IE 572: Discrete Part Metrology
  IE 597X: Weld Design and Performance
  IE 597X: Manufacturing Process Engineering
  IE 597X: Global Manufacturing

• Domain II: Manufacturing Systems and Automation
  IE 551: Computer Control of Manufacturing Systems
  IE 556/M E 556: Robotic Concepts
  IE 567: Distributed Systems and Control

• Domain III: Computational Methods and Analysis
  IE 522: Discrete Event Systems Simulation
  IE 540: Manufacturing Systems Simulation
  IE 582: Information Technology for Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  IE 597X: System Informatics and Statistical Learning in Quality Engineering

Additional Information

• Transferring Academic Credits
• Registration Requirements
• Typical Time Sequence
• Qualifying Examination
• Doctoral Committee
• English Proficiency Examination
• Comprehensive Examination
• Dissertation Requirements
• Final Defense