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MS Degree Requirements
Credits: The MS degree requires a minimum of 30 credits.
Depending on the MS option that a student chooses, either 18 or 21 credits
must be taken from the ISE department at Rutgers – these courses
begin with the number 540.
Seminar: Each student must register three semesters for
the ISE seminar (540:691 or 692), a zero credit course. In the ISE seminar,
speakers from industry and academia present their latest research. The
seminar course is pass/fail.
Thesis: Students may elect to write an MS thesis in place
of six credits of coursework. The thesis is a closely supervised project
of original research. Most of our masters theses have been published in
leading ISE journals. The administrative steps for students who write
an MS thesis follow:
MS thesis proposal:
- By the end of the first year identify an advisor.
- Select a committee of at least three members of the ISE program.
- Set the date with the committee, reserve the conference room, and provide
an abstract to the graduate secretary to distribute to faculty and graduate
students. Submit proposal form electronically to the Graduate Director.
- Distribute the written proposal at least one week in advance to committee
members.
- Give a formal 30-minute presentation on your proposal.
MS
thesis defense:
- Prepare the Admission to Candidacy Form for the MS degree, which can
be obtained from the ISE office.
- Fill in all your courses and submit it to the ISE office for verification.
- Set the date with the committee, reserve the conference room, and provide
an abstract to the graduate secretary to distribute to faculty and graduate
students. Submit defense form electronically to the Graduate Director.
- Distribute the written proposal at least ten days in advance to committee
members.
- Give a formal one-hour presentation on your thesis.
MS
Options: The ISE program offers four MS options:
• Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Manufacturing Systems Engineering
• Quality and Reliability Engineering
• Information Technology
The
options vary in the proportion of required and elective courses. The advisor
must approve all elective courses. Students who have taken a required
course to fulfill undergraduate requirements may substitute an additional
elective in place of the required course. For example, if a student has
taken Computer Aided Design (a required course in the Manufacturing Systems
option) as an undergraduate, the student obtains a waiver for the course,
in writing, from the Graduate Director. The student does not retake it
in raduate school but selects an additional elective such that the total
number of graduate credits is 30.
The options are summarized in the following table and then described below.
| Requirement |
ISE |
Mfg |
Quality |
Info
Tech |
| Total
credits |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
| Min.
ISE credits |
21 |
21 |
18 |
18 |
| Seminar
3 semester |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Thesis
option |
Yes |
by
arrangement |
Yes |
by
arrangement |
| Required
courses |
15 |
24 |
21 |
27 |
| Elective
courses |
advisor
approval |
advisor
approval |
advisor
approval |
advisor
approval |
1.1. Industrial and Systems Engineering Option
The Industrial and Systems Engineering option is the most flexible option
allowing students the opportunity to select electives focusing on their
areas of interest. The required courses provide a firm foundation in mathematical
modeling, simulation, and production systems. The option requires 30 credits
with at least 21 credits from the ISE program.
Required courses:
540:510 Deterministic Models in Industrial Engineering
540:515 Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering
540:555 Simulation of Production Systems
540:560 Production Analysis
960:590 Design of Experiments (starting with students entering fall 2003)
1.2.
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
The Manufacturing Systems Engineering option offers students a rich specialty
in automation and manufacturing processes. A special feature of the Manufacturing
Systems option is the required course Manufacturing Project, a 3-credit,
hands-on course where each student performs independent laboratory research
in manufacturing.
This option requires 30 credits of course work. Students take 8 required
courses. At least 21 credits must be taken from the ISE program.
Required Courses:
540:552 Manufacturing Project
540:555 Simulation of Production Systems
540:560 Production Analysis
540:568 Automation and Computer Integrated Manufacturing I
540:572 or 487 Mfg Processes and Control or Automated Manufacturing Systems
540:573 Advanced Manufacturing Processes
650:388 or 506 Computer Aided Design
960:590 or 540 Design of Experiments or Statistical Quality Control (starting
with
students entering fall 2003)
1.3. Quality and Reliability Engineering
The Quality and Reliability option, offered in cooperation with the Statistics
department, prepares students with a specialty focusing on design of experiments,
process control, reliability and quality management.
The Quality and Reliability Engineering option requires 30 credits with
at least 18 from the ISE program. Following are the required courses:
Industrial and Systems Engineering:
540:560 Production Analysis
540:585 Systems Reliability Engineering I
540:685 Systems Reliability Engineering II
540:580 Quality Management
Statistics
960:540 Statistical Quality Control I
960:542 Life Data Analysis
960:590 Design of Experiments
1.4.
Information Technology
This new option was first offered in fall 2002. The option in Information
Technology educates students in the design, implementation, and improvement
of information systems in the manufacturing and service industries. Students
will be trained in system integration, that is, utilizing technologies
in software engineering, system design and analysis for the purpose of
building a robust enterprise where information systems are seamlessly
integrated into the enterprise functions. The option requires courses
across disciplines including industrial and systems engineering, computer
science, information technology, information systems and telecommunications.
The typical student will have a BS in engineering and possibly industrial
experience. We encourage part-time and full-time students. Curriculum
offerings will be designed such that prior coursework in information technology
is not required. Emphasis will be placed on fundamental knowledge that
provides skills for professional workforce needs.
IT is a combination of technologies for collecting, transmitting, processing
and storing data for information dissemination. The faculty in Industrial
and Systems Engineering have been involved in funded IT research in topics
including: manufacturing enterprise integration from the devise level
to the Internet, from the product design level to the supply chain, and
capacity planning and performance analysis of client/server systems and
communications networks.
The capstone experience in
the option is the course 540:542 Enterprise Integration. This course will
be offered for the first time in the fall 2003. The course brings together
students’ knowledge from various information technology fields including
networking, software engineering, system performance analysis and database
design, for the purpose of developing an automated enterprise system.
The course emphasizes both practical and methodological aspects of system
design and integration.
The Information Technology
option requires 30 credits with at least 18 from the ISE program. There
are 27 required credits and 3 elective credits.
Industrial & Systems Engineering
540:485 Manufacturing Information Systems
540:540 Computational Methods in IE
540:542 Enterprise Integration
540:555 Simulation of Production Systems
540:568 Computer Integrated Manufacturing I
Electrical & Computer
Engineering
332:543 Communication Networks
Computer Science
332:573 Data Structures & Algorithms (198:503)
198:505 Computer Structures
Graduate School of Business
010:622 Internet Technology
2.
Ph.D. Degree Requirements
The program offers a Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Students complete the following requirements to graduate: course requirements,
the written qualifying examination, the thesis proposal, and the dissertation
defense. Details of these steps are summarized in the following table
and then discussed below.
A student with an MS degree in Industrial Engineering or a closely related
field takes the qualifying examination after the first year of study.
The total period of study is approximately 4 years. Students with backgrounds
other than Industrial Engineering and students who have only a BS degree
upon entering the program may take longer.
| Requirement |
Ph.D
after B.S. |
Ph.D
after M.S. |
| Total
credits |
72 |
54
+18 transferred |
| Research
credits |
24 |
24 |
| Course
credits |
48 |
30 |
| Seminar
3 semesters |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minimum
ISE credits |
30 |
21 |
| 600
level ISE credits |
12 |
12 |
| Dissertation |
Yes |
Yes |
| Qualifying
exam |
Yes |
Yes |
| Thesis
proposal |
Yes |
Yes |
| Required
courses |
DOE |
DOE |
| Elective
courses |
advisor
approval |
advisor
approval |
2.1. Course Requirements
A Ph.D. student entering with a BS degree takes 48 credits of course work
and 24 credits of Ph.D. dissertation research. Of these 48 course credits,
30 must be in the ISE program.
A student entering the program with an MS from another university may
transfer up to 18 credits (for appropriate courses with approval of the
Graduate Director). The student takes at least another 30 credits of course
work at Rutgers with at least 21 credits in the ISE program. The procedure
for transferring credits is given in Section 6.
Students are required to take the following courses:
• At least four ISE courses at the 600 level
• Design of Experiments (960:590)
2.2. The Qualifying Examination
The comprehensive exam tests students on their knowledge of the five core
courses in Industrial and Systems Engineering, i.e.,
540:510 Deterministic Models in Industrial Engineering
540:515 Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering
540:560 Production Analysis
540:585 Systems Reliability Engineering I
642:593 Mathematics Fundamentals in Industrial Engineering
Doctoral
students take all sections of the qualifying exam after completing one
year of course work. Under special circumstances students may obtain permission
to take four sections after the first year and complete the remaining
section the following year.
The exam is given the second week of the fall semester. Students are asked
to sign up to take the exam approximately one month in advance.
Each part is an open book exam that is 3 hours long. Students are required
to respond to all questions.
All students are required to take the course 642:593. Students must take
all the exams but may choose not to take the other courses.
The exams focus on the topics covered in the courses. The questions, however,
test the depth of your knowledge. It is not necessary to worry about obscure
details. However, it is necessary to know in depth the material from the
courses.
A professor is assigned to compose and proctor each exam. The graduate
committee that is chaired by the Graduate Director determines the final
results. We will notify you of the results within two weeks of the exam
at the latest.
If a student fails one or more sections of the exam, the graduate committee
may recommend that the student repeat those sections. If a student fails
several sections and shows a serious lack of comprehension, the graduate
committee may recommend that a student withdraw from the program. Students
may only repeat an exam one time.
2.3. The Thesis Proposal
This is an oral examination that focuses on the student's dissertation
proposal. The student will be questioned on the proposed research and
knowledge relating to the research area. Here is a checklist of items
in preparation for the thesis proposal:
? Select a committee of at least four members. At least three must be
members of the ISE program and at least one must be an outside member,
i.e., a qualified person in industry or academia outside the ISE graduate
program.
? Set the date with the committee, reserve the conference room, and provide
an abstract to the graduate secretary to distribute to faculty and graduate
students. Submit the proposal form electronically to the Graduate Director.
? Distribute the written proposal at least one week in advance to committee
members.
? Prepare the Admission to Candidacy Form, which can be obtained from
the ISE office.
? The presentation should be approximately one hour long. The committee
approves the proposal by signing the Candidacy Form at the conclusion
of the proposal presentation.
? Hand deliver the candidacy form signed by your committee to the Graduate
School, 25 Bishop Place, New Brunswick.
After the proposal is approved
the student becomes a Ph.D. Candidate.
2.4.
Dissertation Defense
The Ph.D. dissertation is expected to be an original and significant contribution
to the field of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Upon completion of
the dissertation, the student defends it at an open oral examination.
Successful performance at the oral examination is the last requirement
of the Ph.D. degree.
Here are some items that must be taken care of by the student before the
dissertation defense.
- Set the date with the committee, reserve the conference room, and provide
an abstract to the graduate secretary to distribute to faculty and graduate
students. Submit the defense form electronically to the Graduate Director.
- Distribute the written dissertation at least ten days in advance to
committee members.
- Obtain your Admission to Candidacy Form from the Graduate School and
complete the form. Your committee members sign this form to approve the
dissertation.
- Defend your dissertation. The presentation should be approximately one
hour long.
- Submit your thesis to the Graduate School carefully checking that you
have followed the prescribed format.
Transfer of Credits
Up to nine credits of course work may be transferred from another school
towards an MS degree with the approval of the Graduate Director. Up to
18 credits of course work may be transferred towards the Ph.D. degree.
Students may arrange the transfer after they have accumulated 12 credits
at Rutgers. The form for transfer of credit is available in the ISE Office.
Faculty Advisors
For MS or Ph.D. students involved in thesis research, your advisor is
the faculty member guiding your research. For all other students, such
as first year students and MS students not participating in thesis research,
the Graduate Director serves as advisor.
Identifying a research advisor is one of the most critical responsibilities
of a student who intends to get involved in research. The first step is
to find out the research areas of the faculty. A brief description appears
in this handbook. You are encouraged to make appointments with faculty
members and ask them about their research. If a seminar, article, or course
particularly interests you, speak to faculty in that area of research.
After a general area has been identified and a faculty member has agreed
to advise you, please inform the Graduate Director. You should identify
an advisor and a general research area before the end of the first year
at Rutgers.
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