Industrial Engineering

VISION

A leading center of Industrial Engineering education renowned for its excellence and innovation in continuously developing Vanguards with professional competence, research aptitude and personal social responsibility.

MISSION

To produce globally competitive Vanguards who lead in conceptualizing and implementing effective and economical service and manufacturing systems optimization designs through providing practical and advanced knowledge in sciences, engineering and management.

GENERAL GOAL

To nurture students to lead in the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. Graduates of the Industrial Engineering program are expected to be capable in applying appropriate scientific and mathematical competence in solving diverse contemporary management problems.

DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES

A graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) program:

a. Must be proficient to design, improve and install effective and economical systems of business resources in manufacturing and service firms.

b. Must have the passion for excellence and quest for innovation, and must be trainable, self-motivated, competitive and capable to lead others.

c. Must be prepared for graduate work and research in at least one area of the IE field of practice like manufacturing systems engineering, operations research and optimization, human factors engineering and management systems.

d. Must be responsive to the needs of the society as well as be proactive in upholding the profession.

e. Must be able to plan, develop and manage work standards, statistical process control systems, production planning and materials control systems, manufacturing and service facilities, operations research models for production and operations, and information systems.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

a. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, physical and information sciences, and engineering sciences to the practice of industrial engineering.

b. An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.

c. An ability to design, build, improve, and install systems or processes which are efficient, effective, as well as robust to meet desired needs within identified constraints.

d. An ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.

e. An ability to recognize, formulate, and solve engineering problems.

f. A recognition of professional, social, and ethical responsibility.

g. An ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing using the English language.

h. An understanding of the effects of engineering solutions in a comprehensive context.

i. An ability to engage in life-long learning and an understanding of the need to keep current of the developments in the specific field of specialization.

j. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and engineering tools necessary for engineering and business practice.

k. An ability to perform services in the form of analysis, design, preparation of plans, specifications, estimates, and implementation of work standards, statistical process control systems, production planning and materials control systems, manufacturing and service facilities, operations research models for production and operations, and/or information systems.