Industrial Engineering. — Since becoming a separate department in 1957, Industrial Engineering has had a steady increase in enrollment and has experienced a notable shift from the M.S.E. to the Ph.D. program. The three main areas of graduate study are: (1) computeraided design, (2) operations research, and (3) human performance. Research activities expanded when the National Institutes of Health supported operations research and human performance methodology in the study of medical systems. The department has pioneered in the area of hospital administration.
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