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Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering

Specialization in Human Integrated Systems

The program in human-machine systems addresses that piece of engineering design that attempts to ensure that expensive and flexible human resources are most effectively used. Human-integrated systems analysis seeks to understand, describe, and prescribe activities characterizing the interface between humans and the variety of complex systems with which they are likely to deal.

CORE

  • ISyE 7210 Real-Time Interactive Simulation
  • ISyE 6215 Models of Human-Machine Systems
  • ISyE 6231 Design of Human-Integrated Systems
  • ISyE 6223 Understanding and Supporting Human Decision Making

SELECTIONS FROM OTHER AREA COURSES (select at least 2)

  • ISyE 6721 Dynamic System Simulation and Modeling
  • ISyE 6205 Cognitive Engineering
  • ISyE 6224 Topics in Human-Integrated Systems
  • ISyE 6232 Safety-Critical Real-Time Systems
  • ISyE 6234 Measurement of Human-Integrated Systems

METHODOLOGY

  • ISyE 6831 Advanced Simulation
  • ISyE 6414 Statistical Modeling and Regression Analysis
  • ISyE 6669 Deterministic Optimization
  • ISyE 6650 Probabilistic Models and Applications

Other course work includes at least 18 hours at the 6000 level or above including an approved list of applications courses in human-integrated systems as well as courses from ISyE, Computing, Psychology, the Graphics, Visualization, and Usability (GVU) Center offerings, Cognitive Science, or other engineering units. The comprehensive examination is primarily intended to demonstrate that students have integrated a coherent set of courses into knowledge and skills necessary to carry out research that makes a contribution to state-of-the art research in human-machine systems engineering.


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