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Management & Systems Engineering

Management Systems Engineering (MSE) is the definition and application of engineering design and analysis processes and methodologies to systems involving people and technologies within organizations. One of the primary objectives is to define and develop the science of designing complex management systems. MSE is focused on the research, design, development, deployment, measurement, and improvement of systems comprised of decision-makers, information, organizational structures, technologies, decision tools, and work processes, with an emphasis on the interactions among these components. The MSE graduate track is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to meet the challenges posed by increasingly complex organizational systems within dynamic, global environments.

The MSE academic curriculum is designed to expose students to a breadth of industrial engineering topics at the graduate level, depth in management systems engineering topics, and the opportunity to take technical electives in specialized areas within industrial engineering and other areas.

This focus is on transdisciplinary fundamental and translational research that studies the design, management and sustainment of complex engineered systems, socio-technical systems, and management systems. We seek to understand critical interactions and interdependencies within these systems and between these systems and their environments, with a particular focus on resilience of such systems. We develop engineering methods, informed by other scientific domains as well as research sponsors and collaborators from industry, government, and academia, that we apply to a diverse portfolio of applications and scenarios with a sensitivity to societal and educational impact. Our research methods encompass a broad set of design and analysis tools, including both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Faculty within this group have extensive expertise and experience in systems science, analysis, and engineering (encompassing complexity science; decision analysis; model-based systems engineering; problem formulation; system architecture and design; system dynamics modeling; systems thinking; and verification and validation); enterprise systems engineering (encompassing enterprise design; enterprise engineering; enterprise transformation; continuous process improvement; performance measurement science; and strategic performance measurement, management, and modeling); economic production theory; policy analysis; service science; and technology management.  We apply this expertise and experience to energy and environment systems; critical, resilient, and safe infrastructure systems; manufacturing systems; service systems (with a particular focus on healthcare systems); and space systems.

Master's Level Doctoral Level Certificate Level

M.S. and MEng in Management Systems Engineering

  • The MSE academic curriculum is designed to expose students to a breadth of industrial engineering topics at the graduate level, depth in management systems engineering topics, and the opportunity to take technical electives in specialized areas within industrial engineering and other areas.

M.S. and MENg Systems Engineering

  • Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field that integrates many different engineering specialties into a total engineering effort to ensure an efficient and effective product (system) output. Systems engineering analyzes the operational needs of industrial, business and government enterprises and by applying scientific and engineering technology develops the integrated hardware and software required to meet those needs.

 
Ph.D. in Management Systems Engineering 
  • Management systems engineering involves the application of engineering design and analysis methodologies and tools to these management systems. One of the primary objectives of this area is to advance the theory and science of designing and understanding of complex management and engineered systems. 

Mission Engineering

  • The Graduate Certificate in Mission Engineering is designed to teach students engineering methods to design, develop, and assess complex system-of-systems using mission engineering tools and practices in combination with the tactical insights of operational planning
  • Encompassing Enterprise Design
  • Enterprise Engineering
  • Enterprise Transformation
  • Continuous Process Improvement
  • Performance Measurement Science
  • Strategic Performance Measurement, Management, and Modeling
  • Encompassing Complexity Science
  • Decision Analysis
  • Model-based Systems Engineering
  • Problem Formulation
  • System Architecture and Design
  • Systems Dynamics Modeling
  • Systems Thinking
  • Verification and Validation

Affiliated Faculty Research & Labs

  • Systems Engineering, CISCO
  • Investment Management Systems Delivery Manager, Vanguard
  • Systems Engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Senior Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
  • Program Manager, Transportation Operations Planning, Amazon
  • Logistics Strategy Analyst, Apple
  • Managing Director, Sierra Ventures