Students operate a driving simulator.
Transforming transportation and service systems
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graduate student runs test in health care lab.
Improving healthcare system outcomes
4/17/24
faculty member and graduate student look at mapping software.
Strengthening the resilience of critical infrastructure
4/15/24
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Optimizing security and defense systems
4/26/24
Chi Zhou and students in manufacturing lab.
Enhancing advanced manufacturing processes and design
4/17/24
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We provide students with unique skills in data analytics, optimization, simulation, logistics, and human factors engineering to address important societal challenges in healthcare, security and defense, critical infrastructure resilience, transportation, and advanced manufacturing.

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Our academics are consistently ranked among the top industrial and systems engineering degree programs in the U.S.

No. 22 for Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Programs (overall), U.S. News & World Report

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Alumni Making a Difference
Maggie Ma is a Certified Human Factors Professional and a Technical Fellow in Human Factors Engineering at Boeing. She has substantial experience in conducting applied human factors research to improve aviation safety through developing various safety programs.
2/8/24

Maggie Ma, PhD '05

The Boeing Company

Dr. Richard Stone joined the faculty of mechanical and industrial engineering at Iowa State in 2008. The core of his research is in human performance enhancement in both physical and mental domains.
2/8/24

Richard Stone, PhD '08
Associate Professor, Iowa State University

Dr. Claire Nelson is Ideation Leader of The Futures Forum, a research and education practice specializing in bringing the power of strategic foresight, and the discipline of sustainability engineering to challenges facing diverse organizations and communities.
2/8/24

Claire Nelson, BS '79
Ideation Leader, The Futures Forum

Oyinkansola Akintan is driven to apply industrial engineering methodologies to design and implement systems that improve the efficiency in the manufacturing of products and general business operations.
2/8/24

Oyinkansola Akintan, BS '11
Senior Operations Analyst for Gabriel & Co. NY

Sean Cunningham works for Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California, where he leads a team of supply chain analysts and software developers responsible for delivering advanced analytics and supply chain management apps.
6/29/23

Sean Cunningham, BS '89

Intel Corporation

Dr. Chase Murray's research interests are in the area of operations research, with a particular focus on military applications related to airborne surveillance and reconnaissance. His other areas of interest include vehicle routing and scheduling, pricing, and revenue management.
10/30/24

Chase Murray, PhD '10

Associate Professor, University at Buffalo

Jiun-Yin (Irene) Jian is a Senior Human Factors Engineer at Leidos, Transportation Solutions Air Traffic program. She has also held positions in human factors at Shell Oil Company, Lockheed Martin, and WS Atkins.
2/8/24

Jiun-Yin (Irene) Jian MS' 96 Senior Human Factors Engineer, Leidos

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