Research Interest

The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) supports five areas of interest and their applications

Smart Production and Management

The focus on smart production and management in the IEM program study:

  • Production and distribution systems: material handling systems, material requirements planning, facility planning, capacity expansion, adaptive forecasting, multistage sequencing, and lean manufacturing
  • Optimization: large-scale optimization, convex optimization, location theory, network optimization, integer programming, optimization of traffic networks, multiple criteria decision-making, robust optimization, and compressed sensing
  • Simulation: production modeling, operational scheduling, plant design and layout, process flow analysis, and robust optimization
  • Application of internet of things (iot), cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence in industry 4.0
  • Applications of networking technologies and cloud computing in mobilized enterprises
  • Operational models for smart and digital lean management
  • Optimization of material management, production scheduling, and processes
  • Integration of quality management and smart production
  • Integration of service industry management and smart production

Faculty members who specialize in smart production and management are:

  • Dr. Tsai, Chieh-Yuan
  • Dr. Tsai, Du-Ming
  • Dr. Liang, Yun-Chia
  • Dr. Tseng, Yuan-Jye
  • Dr. Ting, Ching-Jung
  • Dr. Wu, Gen-Han
  • Dr. Tsai, Chi-Yang
  • Dr. Jen, Hen-Yi
  • Dr. Huang, Hao
  • Dr. Chen, Pei-Wen
  • Dr. Nguyen, Thi My Hanh

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics

The focus on artifical intelligence and big data analytics in the IEM program study:

  • Applied probability and stochastic systems: queuing systems, stochastic networks, control of telecommunications and information systems, call center modeling, and large-scale service systems
  • Statistics applications: statistical learning theory, spatial statistics, time series models, response surface methods, analysis and design of experiments, and large-scale statistical inference
  • Machine learning: decision tree, Bayesian network, neural networks, recurrent neural networks, convolution neural networks, deep learning, attention mechanism
  • Development of deep learning and artificial intelligence algorithms
  • Development of big data analytics methods
  • Applications of artificial intelligence and big data analytics in consumer behavior
  • Applications of artificial intelligence and big data analytics in healthcare and home care
  • Applications of artificial intelligence and big data analytics in production and scheduling
  • Applications of artificial intelligence and big data analytics in quality anomaly diagnosis

Faculty members who specialize in artifical intelligence and big data analytics are:

  • Dr. Tsai, Chieh-Yuan
  • Dr. Tsai, Du-Ming
  • Dr. Sun, Tien-Lung
  • Dr. Lin, Chen-Ju
  • Dr. Huang, Hao
  • Dr. Chen, Pei-Wen

Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management

The focus on global logistics and supply chain management in the IEM program study:

  • Supply chain and logistics: network design, enterprise integration, supply chain coordination and collaboration, contracting mechanisms, congestion modeling, and transportation modeling
  • Green supply chain
  • Strategies for achieving net-zero carbon emissions in sustainable supply chains
  • Exploration of novel global supply chain models
  • Applications of internet of things (IOT) in smart logistics
  • Applications of big data analytics in supply chain management
  • Integration of smart manufacturing systems and global logistics

Faculty members who specialize in global logistics and supply chain management are:

  • Dr. Liang, Yun-Chia
  • Dr. Chen, Chi-Kuang
  • Dr. Ting, Ching-Jung
  • Dr. Wu, Gen-Han
  • Dr. Tsai, Chi-Yang
  • Dr. Jen, Hen-Yi
  • Dr. Chen, Yu-Tzu
  • Dr. Nguyen, Thi My Hanh

Quality Engineering and Service Management

The focus on quality engineering and service management in the IEM program study:

  • Quality engineering: total quality systems, process improvement strategies, design for quality, statistical modeling of tolerances, Taguchi loss function, and continuous quality improvement
  • Service management: retail engineering, workforce modeling, data mining, demand management, pricing, employee training, employee retention, and resource allocation
  • Health systems engineering: health information technology, patient flow modeling, capacity management, staff scheduling, quality improvement, data visualization, health informatics, and cost-effective modeling
  • Advanced quality engineering techniques
  • Total quality management and excellence business models
  • Six sigma quality management
  • Process analysis and simulation
  • Applications of lean production methods for process improvement in production and services
  • Integrated project management with sustainability

Faculty members who specialize in quality engineering and service management are:

  • Dr. Chen, Chi-Kuang
  • Dr. Lin, Chen-Ju
  • Dr. Lin, Ray F.
  • Dr. Chou, Chin-Mei
  • Dr. Jen, Hen-Yi
  • Dr. Huang, Hao
  • Dr. Chen, Pei-Wen
  • Dr. Chen, Yu-Tzu

Human Factors/Ergonomics Engineering and Design

The focus on human factors/ergonomics engineering and design in the IEM program study:

  • Ergonomics: workplace analysis, mental workload evaluation, biomechanics, modeling crash impacts, human reliability modeling, safety planning, and work physiology
  • Human-centered design: ergonomic product design and analysis, design cognition, human and social dynamics in design, and problem-solving enabling methods
  • Human-computer interaction: human-computer interface and information visualization
  • Human-machine systems: human-in-the-loop simulation, behavioral decision-making modeling, human performance modeling, machine learning, and eye-tracking systems
  • User experience/usability engineering and product design
  • Elderly care and home environment design
  • Application of human factors engineering in healthcare systems
  • Evaluation and design of user interaction for consumer electronics
  • Application of human factors engineering in smart manufacturing systems

Faculty members who specialize in human factors/ergonomics engineering and design are:

  • Dr. Sun, Tien-Lung
  • Dr. Lin, Ray F.
  • Dr. Chou, Chin-Mei