ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
Undergraduate Students: 94
Master’s Students:32
Doctoral Students:68
Faculty Members:13
GRADUATE DEGREES
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
The Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (M.S.I.E.),
Master of Science in Systems and Engineering Management
(M.S.S.E.M.), Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems
and Engineering (M.S.M.S.E.), the Doctor of Philosophy
in Industrial Engineering, and the Doctor of Philosophy in
Systems and Engineering Management programs prepare
competent industrial engineers and engineering managers for
industry, consulting, university teaching and research.
Doctor of Philosophy:
Industrial Engineering
Systems and Engineering Management
Master’s and Ph.D. programs incorporate courses taken in
each of the five specialty areas below.
Master of Science:
Industrial Engineering
Systems and Engineering Management
Systems theory, decision theory, industrial cost analysis,
advanced engineering economics, performance improvement
in organizations, project management, and productivity
management.
CONTACTS
Dr. Hong Zhang, P.E.
Interim Department Chair and Professor
hong-chao.zhang@ttu.edu
Dr. Simon Hsiang, P.E., C.P.E.
E.L. Derr Professor
Graduate Admissions Inquiries
simon.hsiang@ttu.edu
Engineering Management:
Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering:
Occupational biomechanics, work physiology, industrial
ergonomics, environmental hygiene, cognitive engineering,
human performance, human computer interaction, and
occupational safety.
Manufacturing and Quality Assurance:
Manufacturing
engineering
and
design,
computer
integrated manufacturing/CAD/CAM, process analysis and
economics, automated manufacturing and process planning,
programmable control systems.
Operations Research:
Simulation modeling, scheduling and sequencing, just-intime production systems, inventory and production control,
linear and nonlinear programming, network analysis, artificial
intelligence and expert system.
Statistics and Quality Assurance:
Design of experiments, statistical data analysis, reliability and
maintainability, on-line and off-line quality assurance, and
total quality assurance.
DISTANCE PROGRAMS
The Master of Science in Systems and Engineering Management
(M.S.S.E.M.) and the Ph.D. in Systems and Engineering
Management programs are offered both on campus and by
distance education and are designed to prepare graduates
for positions in technical management. Details regarding
admission and degree requirements are available from the
department.
Department of Industrial Engineering | Box 43061 | Lubbock, TX 79409-3061
T 806.742.3543 | F 806.742.3411 | www.ie.ttu.edu
Industrial Engineering Research
Faculty Research Specializations
Dr. Mario Beruvides, P.E.
Dr. James Smith, P.E., C.P.E.
Management of Technology,
Engineering Management, White-Collar/
Knowledge Performance, Measurement,
Production and Quality Systems
Engineering, Applied Ergonomics
Occupational Ergonomics Including Work
Physiology, Biomechanics, Workplace
Design, Manual Materials Handling,
Anthropometry, Human Strength Assessment
AT&T Professor
Professor
Dr. Weilong Cong
Dr. Milton Smith, P.E.
Rotary ultrasonic machining of high
performance materials, Renewable energy
manufacturing, Traditional and nontraditional
machining processes in semiconductor
manufacturing, Additive manufacturing
of metal and composite materials
Production Scheduling and Control Including
Sequencing and Scheduling Algorithms,
Simulation Modeling of Manufacturing
Systems, Design and Evaluation of Production
Systems, Impact Testing of Materials Including
Hail and Explosive Propelled Objects
Assistant Professor
Professor
Dr. Jennifer Cross
Dr. Joseph Urban
Lean Manufacturing, Teams, Performance
Measurement, Product Development,
Design and Management of Engineering,
Service and Healthcare Operations
Software Engineering, Executable Specification
Languages, Prototyping Software Systems,
Web Based Software Tools, Engineering
Education, Computer Languages, Data
Engineering, Distributed Computing
Associate Professor
Professor
Dr. Ismael Regis de Farias Jr.
Dr. Susan Urban
Operations Research, Optimization,
Mixed-Integer Programming
Distributed Data Management and Integration,
Complex Event Processing, Integration of
Event and Stream Processing, Distributed
Rule and Transaction Processing, Active/
Reactive Behavior in Distributed, Data-Centric
Applications, Object-Oriented Data Modeling
Associate Professor
Professor
Dr. Simon Hsiang, P.E., C.P.E.
Dr. Shiren Wang
Human Factors/Ergonomics, Cognitive
Engineering, Occupational Biomechanics,
Virtual Reality, Modeling and System
Design, Data Mining, System Identification,
Human Safety and Reliability
Design and Manufacturing of Multifunctional
Nanocomposites, Synthesis, Processing
and Characterization of Low-Dimensional
Nanomaterials, NanotechnologyEnabled Energy Conversion and Storage,
Nanomanufacturing, Modeling and
Simulation of Manufacturing Process
E.L. Derr Professor
Associate Professor
Dr. Timothy Matis
Dr. Hong Zhang, P.E.
Operations Research, Stochastic Processes,
Queueing Theory, Ad-hoc Communication
Networks, Conceptual Learning Theories
and Virtual Learning Environments
Computer-Aided Manufacturing, CIM, CAPP,
CAD/CAM, FMS, Knowledge Engineering and
Expert Systems, Production Simulation, MRP
I and II, Concurrent Engineering Design
Associate Professor
Interim Department Chair and Professor
Dr. Patrick Patterson, P.E., C.P.E.
Professor
Biomechanics, Physical Ergonomics, Cognitive
Ergonomics, Computational Intelligence, HumanComputer Interaction, Rehabilitation Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering | Box 43061 | Lubbock, TX 79409-3061
T 806.742.3543 | F 806.742.3411 | www.ie.ttu.edu