Welcome to IOE
Mapping The Gaps
Why do smart students fail and how do social systems influence their success? Understanding mentorship and community to create engineers.
RITMO: Reinventing Public Urban Transportation and Mobility
U-M becomes first test bed for on-demand transportation system.
IOE Alum Building a Stronger Haiti
With engineering and chocolate.
Meet the Michigan Engineer who’s churning out opportunity for her native country.
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Industrial & Operations Engineering (IOE) has a powerhouse impact on the real world.
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6 NAE Members
Jim Bagian
Don Chaffin
Mark Daskin
Wallace Hopp
Jack Hu
Steve Pollock
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All U-M engineers are problem solvers and creative thinkers; U-M IOE engineers take that to the next level.
Read more »Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) focuses on achieving best-case scenarios through analysis, design, and control of materials, machines, and behavior. Since the department’s inception in 1956, IOE (or “Industrial Engineering,” as originally named) has expanded from the manufacturing industry into all sectors of the economy. No matter what you want to do, you can do it with a Michigan IOE degree.