The ISE Department provides advance, state-of-the-art knowledge and practice in the field of systems engineering and is committed to providing the highest quality education for our graduate and undergraduate students. The faculty is involved in many research projects funded by the NSF, Department of Defense, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Army ARDEC, NJ Commission of Science and Technology, and industrial companies. Students learn to model, simulate, optimize, integrate and analyze various complex systems. Students also participate in group projects in systems application areas such as manufacturing, telecommunications, aviation and transportation.

Rutgers ISE areas of specialty in system engineering include: