Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Ethel Percy Andrus
Gerontology Center 240
(213) 740-4893
FAX: (213) 740-1120
Email: isedept@usc.edu
www.usc.edu/dept/ise/
Chair: James E. Moore II, Ph.D.
Associate Chair and Director, Systems Architecting and Engineering: F. Stan Settles, Ph.D. (Astronautics)
Faculty
Daniel J. Epstein Chair: Sheldon M. Ross, Ph.D.IBM Chair in Engineering Management: F. Stan Settles, Ph.D. (Astronautics)
David Packard Chair in Manufacturing Engineering: Stephen C-Y Lu, Ph.D. (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
Viterbi Early Career Chair: Elaine Chew, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering/Systems)
TRW Professor of Software Engineering: Barry Boehm, Ph.D. (Computer Science)
Professors: Maged Dessouky, Ph.D.*; Randolph Hall, Ph.D.; Behrokh Khoshnevis, Ph.D.; Najmedin Meshkati, Ph.D. (Civil Engineering)*; James E. Moore II, Ph.D. (Civil Engineering, Policy, Planning, and Development); S. Joe Quin (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Electrical Engineering); Detlof von Winterfeldt (Policy, Planning, and Development)
Associate Professors: Elaine Chew, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering/Systems); Mansour Rahimi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professors: Yong Chen, Ph.D.; Fernando Ordoñez, Ph.D. (Computer Science); Maria Yang, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professors: Mohamed I. Dessouky, Ph.D.; Paul J. Kern; Michael Mann, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professors: Geza P. Bottlik, Engineer; James Hines; Thomas McKendree, Ph.D.; Marilee Wheaton
Research Professors: Yigal Arens, Ph.D.; Carole Beal, Ph.D.; Malcolm Currie, Ph.D.; Don Kleinmuntz, Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and Development); Peter Will, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professors: Raymond Madachy, Ph.D.; Richard Waltz, Ph.D.
Associate Professors of the Practice of Industrial and Systems Engineering: George Friedman, Ph.D.; Kurt Palmer, Ph.D.*
Emeritus Professors: Clinton J. Ancker, Jr., Ph.D., P.E.; Gerald A. Fleischer, Ph.D., P.E.; Antranig V. Gafarian, Ph.D., P.E.; Homer H. Grant, M.S.; Ralph Keeney, Ph.D. (Information and Operations Management); Gerald Nadler, Ph.D., P.E.
Honor Societies
Alpha Pi Mu
Alpha Pi Mu is the industrial engineering honor society. Qualifications for election are: juniors in the upper one-fifth of their class; seniors in the upper one-third of their class; master's degree students who have completed at least one-third of the courses required for their degree and rank among the top 10 students in all ISE master's degree programs; and doctoral students recommended by the department chair. The advisor is Kurt Palmer, Associate Professor of the Practice of Industrial and Systems Engineering, (213) 740-5960.