Industrial Engineering Research Programs

There are a number of formal and informal research entities associated with the department. The research workgroups and centers span the breadth of the field of Industrial Engineering and include the following:

Ergonomics Research

• NC State Ergonomics Laboratory
• The Ergonomics Center of North Carolina

Manufacturing Research

• Furniture Manufacturing & Management Center
• Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Group
• Workgroup for Intelligent Systems in Design and Manufacturing

Operations Research

• Fuzzy and Neural Group

Please see the College of Engineering's list of Industrial Engineering Research Projects for a complete listing of the department's current research projects.

Contact Information: For more information please contact Dr. Gary Mirka, Director of Graduate Programs.

Faculty Research Interests

IE Technical Report Titles

College Research

University Research

Research News

Yuan-Shin Lee, Professor of Industrial Engineering, demonstrates the uses of the CNC milling machine in the manufacturing laboratory. Using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) techniques, students can create parts with various designs and shapes out of any number of materials.

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