Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Victoria Chen

Email address: vchen@uta.edu
Office: Woolf Hall, 420J
Office Hours: By appointment via email

Graduate Advisor: Sandra Williams
(For Students with last names beginning A-M)

Email address: iegradadvising@uta.edu 
Office:  Woolf Hall, 325F
Office Hours: By appointment via email

Graduate Advisor: Kimetha Williams
(For students with last names beginning N-Z)

Email address: iegradadvising@uta.edu
Office: Woolf Hall, 325C
Office Hours: By appointment via email

Undergraduate Advisor: Eric Etheridge

Email address: eric.etheridge@uta.edu
Office:  Woolf Hall, 325K
Office Hours:  By apointment via email 

Current Students

Spring 2020 Advising

Spring 2020 Advising:

• Advising Date: Starting October 14
• Registration Date: Begins November 8
• Register Courses, Unofficial Transcript: Please visit MyMav
• Tuition Payment: Please visit http://www.uta.edu/business-affairs/sfs/payment-info/ for the tuition deadline.

Advising Forms:

• For Spring 2020 class requests, please fill out this form.

Fall 2019 IMSE Master's Comprehensive Exam:

Thesis Plan:

Students need to get permission of a faculty member who will agree to supervise his/her thesis and written approval from a faculty prior to register. Students must pass 3 core courses before starting the thesis.

Curricular Practical Training (CPT) Internships

Visit the advisors at the International Office about questions, requirements, forms, and eligibility https://www.uta.edu/oie/?page=services&service=advising

IE Department Requirements to apply for CPT Internships:

• Must be enrolled in 5191
• Must have a 3.0 GPA
• Can only apply for internships for two semesters; not including the first semester.
• Email all required documents (including unofficial transcript) to the Industrial Engineering Office before the semester's census date.
• A 3-page internship report is due on last day of semester via email

Optional Practical Training (OPT)

Visit the advisors at the International Office about questions, requirements, forms, and eligibility https://www.uta.edu/oie/?page=services&service=advising

IE Department Requirements to apply for OPT:

• Apply the last semester/graduating semester.
• Must have a 3.0 GPA
• Unofficial Transcript
• Email all required documents to the Industrial Engineering Office no later than 5 weeks from 1st day of the semester.

OPT & CPT Seminars

Seminars on Optional Practical Training and Curricular Practical Training are offered throughout the semester. Please attend one of these sessions if you have questions regarding these employment opportunities: https://www.uta.edu/oie/?page=programs&program=seminars

Scholarships for Graduate Students

• Elinor Pape Endowed Scholarship
• G.T. Stevens Jr. Endowed Alumni Scholarship
• The Center on Stochastic Modeling, Organization, & Statistics (COSMOS)
• RFID and Auto ID (RAID) Labs Research Excellence and Outstanding Researcher Scholarships

Additional information and requirements about Industrial Engineering Scholarships is provided on our website https://www.uta.edu/ie/financial-aid/index.php.  

GTA Positions

The department offers a limited number of graduate teaching and research assistantships. These positions are offered to students with a good academic background and very good GRE verbal and quantitative scores.