Welcome to the Youngstown State University (YSU) Industrial & Systems Engineering program webpage. We offer a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering. This program offers a strong background in mathematics, the sciences, management principles, and principles of engineering analysis and design. Also, in addition to receiving a quality education in this program, many students participate in co-op or internship job assignments during their time with us, making them highly marketable upon completion of their degrees. Graduates of the program enjoy placement in many areas of the diverse industrial engineering job market.
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Cory Brozina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator
Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Phone: (330) 941-3028
E-mail: scbrozina@ysu.edu
Moser Hall 2020
The industrial and systems engineer functions as a problem-solver, innovator, coordinator, and agent of change in a wide variety of positions in manufacturing industries, service industries, and government. The industrial and systems engineer's unique background combines a study of science, mathematics, and management principles with the principles of engineering analysis and design to provide access to a wide variety of flexible technical and managerial careers.
The aim of the industrial and systems engineering program is to produce graduates who secure professional engineering positions, practice the profession ethically and effectively, maintain their professional competency through lifelong learning, and advance in one of the many technical and managerial career paths available to industrial and systems engineers.
The program prepares its students for these accomplishments by providing them with a broad scientific and engineering base via courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and the engineering sciences. In addition, courses in the social sciences and the humanities develop sensitivity to the social context within which the profession must be ethically practiced. Finally, industrial and systems engineering courses in the areas of manufacturing systems, human-machine systems, management systems, and management science develop the technical expertise required by professional practice.
Program Educational Objectives
The industrial and systems engineering program at Youngstown State University is committed to offering its students a high standard of educational training. In fulfillment of its mission, as well as the missions of the College of STEM and the University, the program has established educational objectives that ensure graduating engineers have the educational knowledge and skills to practice industrial engineering effectively. The objectives of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Program are for our graduates to be:
- Professionals who are technically competent in modern industrial engineering based careers, as well as other emerging disciplines.
- World citizens who exhibit leadership qualities in their chosen disciplines, and who pursue continuing education through advanced degrees, certifications, licensure, etc.
- Active contributors to their professions, industries and/or communities.
Student Outcomes
The curriculum is structured to achieve the following outcomes as prescribed by ABET:
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
- an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
- an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies
Industrial and Systems Engineering Annual Enrollment and Graduation Data
The Industrial and Systems Engineering BE Program has been accredited by the engineering accreditation commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
Term Enrollment
Fall 2012 35
Fall 2013 40
Fall 2014 38
Fall 2015 46
Fall 2016 54
Fall 2017 78
Fall 2018 78
Academic Year Degree Awarded
2012-2013 10
2013-2014 15
2014-2015 10
2015-2016 16
2016-2017 14
2017-2018 18
Industrial and Systems Engineering Laboratories
The industrial and systems engineering laboratory spaces are located in Moser Hall and are equipped with hardware, software and networks to serve experiences within the curriculum that are hands on, team based, and communications or computational intensive. Laboratory experiences develop capabilities to design detailed components and to integrate solutions into large scale systems. Successively more challenging assignments are taken on throughout the curriculum and culminate in comprehensive experiences in the capstone facilities design sequence.
The industrial and systems engineering program makes optimum use of the Engineering Computing Complex, which is equipped with state-of-the-art computation, design, and communication hardware and software of a multi-disciplinary nature.
The ISE Project Laboratory is focused on team-based activities throughout the curriculum and particularly serves the methods engineering, human factors engineering and facilities design areas. At its core is a network of computing stations equipped with modern industrial and systems engineering software. Data collection and processing software supports video analysis of human performance, workspace and manufacturing cell design, facility layout, flow analysis and line balancing. The goal of this laboratory is to be able to cover any topic from the planning of initial resources for a start-up enterprise to the distribution of goods and services in global networks.
The Automation Laboratory Suite is a collection of spaces where students at all levels can learn and achieve together with an opportunity to make sustainable contributions to an initial or on-going project experience. It encompasses programmable robots, programmable logic controllers, vibratory bowl feeders, reciprocating feeders, power conveyors and numerous actuator and sensing devices.
The Manufacturing Laboratory Suite consists of several spaces containing equipment for rapid prototyping, casting processes, plastic injection molding and blow molding processes, CNC machining processes, sheet metal processing and instrumentation for inspection, measurement, and testing.
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Cooperative Education
The industrial and systems engineering program strongly encourages its students to actively participate in the optional cooperative education program. The parallel co-op arrangement which combines work and study each semester is recommended. However, full-time employment in the summer can also be included. Students must register for a co-op course and submit documentation as specified by professional practice office. Currently a substitution of one elective course with three co-op experiences is allowed.
Advisement
The industrial and systems engineering program specifies mandatory advisement. Every student in the program is advised every semester before his or her registration. Students cannot finalize their registration without approval of the faculty advisor or program coordinator.
Accreditation
The Industrial Engineering BE program has been accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org/
Industrial & Systems Engineering Program
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST YEAR REQUIREMENT -STUDENT SUCCESS | ||
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar | 1-2 |
| or SS 1500 | Strong Start Success Seminar | |
| or HONR 1500 | Intro to Honors | |
| General Education Requirements | ||
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3-4 |
| or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 with Support | |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| Mathematics requirement (met through MATH in the major) | ||
| Arts and Humanities (6 s.h.) | ||
| PHIL 1561 | Technology and Human Values | 3 |
| PHIL 2626 | Engineering Ethics | 3 |
| Social Science (6 s.h.) | ||
| PSYC 1560 | General Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 1500 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Natural Science (2 courses; one with lab) (6-7 s.h.) Met by courses in the major | ||
| Social and Personal Awareness (6 s.h.) | ||
| FNUT 1551 | Normal Nutrition | 3 |
| COUN 1587 | Introduction to Health and Wellness in Contemporary Society | 3 |
| Industrial Engineering Courses | ||
| ISEN 3710 | Engineering Statistics | 3 |
| ISEN 3716 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| ISEN 3720 | Statistical Quality Control | 3 |
| ISEN 3723 | Manufacturing Processes | 3 |
| ISEN 3724 | Engineering Economy | 3 |
| ISEN 3727 | Simulation of Industrial Engineering Systems | 3 |
| ISEN 3736 | Methods Engineering | 2 |
| ISEN 3736L | Methods Engineering Laboratory | 1 |
| ISEN 3745 | Accounting for Engineers | 3 |
| ISEN 4821 | Capstone Design 1: Manufacturing and Service Systems | 3 |
| ISEN 4822 | Capstone Design 2: Logistics Systems | 3 |
| ISEN 5801 | Operations Research 1 | 3 |
| ISEN Electives (4 courses from the list below)) | 12 | |
| Advanced Quality for Engineers | ||
| Automation | ||
| Human Factors Engineering | ||
| Operations Research 2 | ||
| Competitive Manufacturing Management | ||
| Other Engineering Courses | ||
| ENGR 1500 | Engineering Orientation | 1 |
| ENGR 1550 | Engineering Concepts | 2 |
| ENGR 1560 | Engineering Computing | 2 |
| CEEN 2601 | Statics | 3 |
| ECEN 2614 | Basics of Electrical Engineering | 3 |
| MECH 2641 | Dynamics | 3 |
| STEM Recommended Electives: | 4 | |
| Engineering Communication with CAD | ||
| Engineering Materials | ||
| Programming and Problem-Solving | ||
| Manufacturing Practices I Laboratory | ||
| Mathematics Courses | ||
| MATH 1571 | Calculus 1 | 4 |
| MATH 1572 | Calculus 2 | 4 |
| MATH 2673 | Calculus 3 | 4 |
| MATH 3705 | Differential Equations | 3 |
| or MATH 3720 | Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory | |
| Math Elective | 3 | |
| Science Courses | ||
| CHEM 1515 & 1515L | General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| PHYS 2610 & 2610L | General Physics 1 and General Physics Laboratory 1 | 5 |
| PHYS 2611 | General Physics 2 | 4 |
| Total Semester Hours | 122-124 | |
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| ENGL 1550 or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 or Writing 1 with Support | 3-4 |
| MATH 1571 | Calculus 1 | 4 |
| CHEM 1515 & 1515L | General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| ENGR 1500 | Engineering Orientation | 1 |
| ENGR 1550 | Engineering Concepts | 2 |
| Semester Hours | 14-15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| MATH 1572 | Calculus 2 | 4 |
| PHYS 2610 | General Physics 1 | 4 |
| ENGR 1560 | Engineering Computing | 2 |
| Semester Hours | 13 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ISEN 3710 | Engineering Statistics | 3 |
| ISEN 3724 | Engineering Economy | 3 |
| MATH 2673 | Calculus 3 | 4 |
| CSIS 2610 | Programming and Problem-Solving (others with consent of Program Coordinator) | 4 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| Semester Hours | 17 | |
| Spring | ||
| ISEN 3716 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| ISEN 3736 & 3736L | Methods Engineering and Methods Engineering Laboratory | 3 |
| PHYS 2611 | General Physics 2 | 4 |
| CEEN 2601 | Statics | 3 |
| GER Elective (SS) | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ISEN 3723 | Manufacturing Processes | 3 |
| ISEN 3727 | Simulation of Industrial Engineering Systems | 3 |
| ISEN 3745 | Accounting for Engineers | 3 |
| ECEN 2614 | Basics of Electrical Engineering (others with consent of Program Coordinator) | 3 |
| MECH 2641 | Dynamics | 3 |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ISEN 3720 | Statistical Quality Control | 3 |
| ISEN Elective 1 (Spring) | 3 | |
| ISEN Elective 2 (Spring) | 3 | |
| MATH Elective | 3 | |
| GER Elective (SS) | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ISEN 4821 | Capstone Design 1: Manufacturing and Service Systems | 3 |
| ISEN 5801 | Operations Research 1 | 3 |
| ISEN Elective 3 (Fall) | 3 | |
| Science Elective | 3 | |
| GER Elective (SPA) | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ISEN 4822 | Capstone Design 2: Logistics Systems | 3 |
| ISEN Elective 4 (Spring) | 3 | |
| GER Elective (SPA) | 3 | |
| GER Elective (AH) | 3 | |
| GER Electivee (AH) | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120-121 | |
Required STEM and Electives
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| Rquired Stem Hours | ||
| ENGR 1500 | Engineering Orientation | 1 |
| ENGR 1550 | Engineering Concepts | 2 |
| ENGR 1560 | Engineering Computing | 2 |
| CSIS 2610 | Programming and Problem-Solving | 4 |
| CEEN 2601 | Statics | 3 |
| ECEN 2614 | Basics of Electrical Engineering | 3 |
| MECH 2641 | Dynamics | 3 |
| MECH 1560 | Engineering Communication with CAD | 2 |
| MECH 2606 | Engineering Materials | 3 |
| Recommended GER Electives | ||
| SOC 1500 | Introduction to Sociology (SS) | 3 |
| PSYC 1560 | General Psychology (SS) | 3 |
| PHIL 1561 | Technology and Human Values (AH) | 3 |
| PHIL 2626 | Engineering Ethics (AH) | 3 |
| FNUT 1551 | Normal Nutrition (SPA) | 3 |
| COUN 1587 | Introduction to Health and Wellness in Contemporary Society (SPA) | 3 |
| Math & Natural Science Electives | ||
| MATH 3720 | Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory | 3 |
| or MATH 3705 | Differential Equations | |
| Natural Science (various) | 3 | |
Student Outcomes
The curriculum is structured to achieve the following outcomes as prescribed by ABET:
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
- an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
- an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies