PhD Program

At the doctoral level, students pursue a specialty of their choice that prepares them for either teaching and research at an educational institution or a research career in industry or government laboratories. Students are accepted into the Department of Manufacturing Engineering for the Ph.D. in Manufacturing or the interdepartmental Ph.D. in Systems Engineering. Seven departmental faculty are affiliated with the interdepartmental Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE) which plays a key role in the Ph.D. in Systems Engineering program.

Active research areas include:

A. Manufacturing Engineering and Management
Engineered Materials
Manufacturing Process Control
Microelectronics Fabrication
Fuel Cell Technology
Green Manufacturing Systems
Machine Tool Design and Automation
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
Manufacturing System Management Science
Management of New Product Development
Design, Scheduling and Planning of Manufacturing and Service Systems
Management and Optimization of Manufacturing Supply Chain Systems

B. Systems Engineering and Management Science
Production and Service Systems Supply Chain Management
Design and Optimization of Reliable Communication Systems
Design and Management of Communication Network Systems
Logistics and Operations Research
Engineering Information Systems
Transportation Systems
Scheduling and Resource Allocation
Planning, Operation, and Pricing of Energy Systems

Doctoral students interested in pursuing research in any of the above topics may opt to do so either in the context of the Manufacturing Engineering Ph.D. program -- if their research focus is substantially or primarily manufacturing application oriented -- or in the context of the Systems Engineering Ph.D. program -- if their research focus is substantially or primarily system theory oriented.

For further inquiry and information, please refer to Manufacturing Faculty and Research web pages.