The doctoral program prepares the student for the rigorous demands of developing and implementing effective operational and management systems, and for careers in research and development, or academia. Depending on the student's individual interest, the student is educated at the frontiers of knowledge in operations research, manufacturing systems, information systems or engineering management. This leads to a potential for mastery in ideas related to technical management, systems design, and decision-making concepts. Dissertation research often requires a strong background in applied mathematics, probability theory, optimization techniques, simulation, and computer programming.
Most Ph.D. students are full-time students.
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