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Courses in production systems, sustainability, risk, and resilience.

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Our courses connect systems thinking with quantitative methods. Public course descriptions and topic outlines are collected here; enrolled students should use NC State WolfWare for current materials, assignments, and deadlines.

2026

ISE 589: Computational Applications of Sustainability and Resilience

Fall Ben Rachunok

Computational approaches to measuring sustainability, risk, and resilience using decision analysis, data science, stochastic processes, optimization, and simulation.

ISE 408: Design and Control of Production and Service Systems

Fall Ben Rachunok

Quantitative analysis and design of manufacturing plants and service systems, with emphasis on inventory, production flow, variability, lean systems, and demand forecasting.