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Welcome to the industrial and systems
engineering department at
Rochester Institute of Technology.
Here, we offer students, researchers,
and industry access
to cutting edge technology and facilities.
Our mission is to provide an education that
integrates experiential learning
and applied research,
with a student centered approach resulting
in graduates who make immediate and long
lasting contributions in manufacturing,
service, government, and academia.
We offer distinctive opportunities to launch
careers in engineering, management,
consulting, manufacturing, health care,
and education.
The ISE department also offers
graduate degrees that provide
in-depth exploration of industrial and systems
engineering.
And related fields such as manufacturing
and sustainable engineering.
My current area of research involves
developing solution approaches for solving
hard combinatorial optimization problems
using machine learning techniques.
The implications of my research
is to advance the current state of solution
approaches to tackle really hard problems that
could have an impact in the society.
Without the help of the ISE department,
my research would not be possible.
Here at our department
we offer four graduate degrees.
We have
a PhD
in mechanical and industrial engineering,
and ME in engineering management,
and MS in industrial and systems engineering,
and an MS in sustainable engineering.
My research outcome will be to improve
the design of exoskeletons.
I had a lot of freedom
in choosing my research topic.
Most of my work involves different domains
and my work
is really
interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary.
RIT has been really great in terms of letting
me choose different areas for my research.
Our programs are super flexible.
We have maybe three or four required classes
for each of our four grad programs.
And then students fill up the other five
to six classes with courses that
fit their interests.
My colleague, Jakob Hamilton and I
work on the area of metal additive
manufacturing.
Sam and I are responsible for running
the metal 3D printer down in the Brinkman
laboratory.
Our responsibilities include
running experiments to determine what
laser powers and laser speeds
can produce high strength materials.
Honestly, the labs we have access to at the
ISE department are awesome.
We have access to so many interesting machines
that have such great capabilities
that we can pretty much do whatever we want
and achieve all our research goals
and purposes.
We have a large variety of labs.
We have additive manufacturing labs,
we have augmented reality lab,
we have a biomanufacturing lab,
there's a human factors and ergonomics lab,
we have a production systems lab.
And what's really great about them is they're
super hands on.
And our students get to spend
a lot of time in them.
I'm really confident about the current degree
I'm pursuing at RIT.
And it's going to prepare me
for the real world.
And the reason is like I'm working on problems
which are of real importance and the resources
at RIT would make sure that I'll be prepared
for the better future.
The ISE program is preparing me to go
into industry by setting me up with research
background and getting me access to state
of the art equipment
that companies enjoy seeing on your resume.
This is preparing me for the real world
by teaching me how to do research
and how to achieve critical thinking
in the area of science and technology.
So, what you're going to get from an ISE degree
at RIT is a degree that's delivered by world
class faculty that are caring.
It will be super flexible
and it's going to prepare you
for what your career goals are.
Whether you're a graduate student
or an organization looking for ways to improve
their processes
or responding to the changes in the industry,
ISE at RIT offers a wealth of knowledge,
technology, and opportunity.
We welcome you to come and take a tour,
meet with our faculty
and learn about what industrial and systems
engineering has to offer at
Rochester Institute of Technology.
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