Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering

Vision

The Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering strives to graduate industrial, manufacturing, and systems engineers of the highest quality and to conduct state-of-the-art research for the end-to-end enterprise.

Mission

To make a high quality, relevant engineering education available to all residents of the El Paso bi-national region.
To provide students with a set of skills, knowledge and attitudes that will permit its graduates to succeed and thrive as engineers and leaders.
To prepare its graduates to pursue life-long learning, serve the profession and meet intellectual, ethical and career challenges.
To maintain a vital, state-of-the-art research to provide its students and faculty with opportunities to create, interpret, apply and disseminate knowledge for the end-to-end enterprise.

Chair

Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng
Contact Information: btseng@utep.edu; 915-747-7990
Education: BS, Tunghai University - Taiwan; MS, University of Wisconsin - Madison; MS, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Ph D, University of Iowa

Professor

Associate Professor

Luis Contreras Sapien
Contact Information: lrcontreras@utep.edu; 915-747-7098
Education: BS, Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua; MS, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey; MS, Kansas State University; Ph D, Kansas State University

Arunkumar Pennathur
Contact Information: apennathur@utep.edu; 915-747-7988
Education: BS, University of Madras; MS, Bradley University; Ph D, University of Cincinnati

Priyadarshini Pennathur
Contact Information: prpennathur2@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, University at Buffalo

Eric Smith
Contact Information: esmith2@utep.edu; 915-747-5205
Education: BS, University of Arizona; MS, University of Arizona; Ph D, University of Arizona; JD, Northwestern California University

Assistant Professor

Amanda De Oliveira Barros
Contact Information: aoliveira@utep.edu;
Education: BS, Military Institute of Engineering; Ph D, Texas Tech University

Amit Lopes
Contact Information: ajlopes@utep.edu; 915-747-5958
Education: B.Eng., The University of Mumbai; MS, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso

Sergio Luna Fong
Contact Information: salunafong@utep.edu; 915-747-7450
Education: BS, The University of Texas at El Paso; MS, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, Stevens Institute of Technology

Md Fashiar Rahman
Contact Information: mrahman13@utep.edu;
Education: BS, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology; MS, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso

Programs

Bachelor of Science

BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering

The University of Texas at El Paso
College of Engineering
Industrial, Manufacturing & Systems Engineering
Engineering Building, Room A-130
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79968

Phone: 915.747.5752
Email: imse@utep.edu
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