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“At the University of Michigan, you can be who you want to be. This is a place where everyone can find their own place and feel comfortable.”
Zhiyu Wang
Systems Engineering + Design
Dr. Judy Jin, Program Director of Manufacturing Engineering in Integrative Systems + Design (ISD) said, “The smart manufacturing transformation requires us to combine manufacturing and business innovations together. Our Manufacturing Program aims to meet this industry need by training technical experts and leaders who will master broad and solid knowledge of manufacturing technologies as well as have a system-view and managerial skill for making smart decisions.”
Dr. Chinedum Okwudire, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, and Associate Professor, Integrative Systems + Design, College of Engineering, worked closely with a team of U-M faculty to create the Smart Additive Manufacturing master’s pathway to explore and connect topics more deeply.
Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society International recognized ISD’s Dr. Robert Bordley with the Distinguished Educator Award in recognition and appreciation of outstanding achievements and contributions in the industrial engineering and operations management profession.
A passion for integrating history and engineering fueled Dr. Robert Bordley’s student council campaign for president at Bishop Ireton High School, Virginia. He prepared a speech outlining his passion, ran for student council president with the slogan, Tippecanoe and Square Root of Two, and won in a landslide. Fast forward to 2021. Dr. Bordley, Professor of Engineering Practice and Program Director of Systems Engineering and Design in ISD, was just recognized again. He earned the 2021 Frank P. Ramsey Medal for distinguished contributions in decision analysis. Learn about Dr. Bordley’s distinguished career.
ISD’s HR leader adapts as an immigrant, nonnative speaker, woman, and woman of color who is focused on helping her colleagues learn from each other’s cultural differences and perspectives.
Bonnie Jiang, 25, is a coffee fanatic who uses the extra caffeine boost to fuel her passion in pursuit of two Master of Science degrees simultaneously in University of Michigan’s Design Science program in Integrative Science + Design and School of Information. She started at ISD in 2019 and plans to graduate with MSI degrees in Information Human Computer Interaction and MS Design Science in December 2021. Her research focuses are product design, design for social impact, and UX (User Experience) research.
