Ithaca Campus Operations Research and Information Engineering M.Eng.

Concentrations

• Applied Operations Research

  The Applied Operations Research Concentration is the most general of the concentrations and allows the most flexibility with respect to elective courses. The concentration is most appropriate for students with undergraduate degrees in operations research who want to increase the depth and breadth of their exposure to operations research and its applications, and for those with undergraduate degrees in other fields who want to gain a solid foundation in the theory and practice of operations research.

• Data Analytics

  The Data Analytics Concentration focuses on the theory and tools needed to make fact-based, data-driven decisions associated with the development, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods and services. The required course work for this concentration consists of three complementary areas that are collectively essential for effective data analysis.

• Financial Engineering

  The Financial Engineering Concentration prepares students for careers that involve the quantitative analysis and management of financial instruments and risk. Such jobs frequently involve: (1) mathematical modeling and analysis of stocks, bonds, options, currency exchange rates and other structured products, (2) developing quantitative models to help corporations understand and manage their exposure to risk, and/or (3) implementing algorithms to monitor, price, and/or trade financial instruments. Unlike other concentrations, this one is specifically designed to be a three-semester program (fall-spring-fall), with the third (i.e., second fall) semester taking place at Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan in New York City.

• Information Technology

  The Information Technology Concentration prepares students to participate in the development, acquisition, and integration of information systems (particularly those embodying operations research approaches) to ensure that strategic business needs are satisfied. Students who elect this concentration will be introduced to the essentials of information technology and ways to bring it to bear in enterprise environments to assist real decision making.

• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering

  Students prepare to use their operations research skills to great effect in manufacturing environments. This concentration covers all aspects of the design, production and distribution of goods and services, as well as the fundamentals of modern manufacturing technology, and the use of computers for design, analysis and management of manufacturing processes.

• Strategic Operations

  The keystone of the Strategic Operations Concentration (commonly called the Semester in Strategic Operations or SSO) is the strategic operations immersion offered by the Johnson School. This intensive “supercourse” occupies the majority of the spring semester and provides a comprehensive treatment of how business and operations strategies are aligned and executed for success, including product design, logistics, quality control, corporate organization, employee organization and compensation, marketing and globalization. Graduate students from Cornell Engineering, the Johnson School, and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations participate.

  SSO instruction is primarily project and case oriented, based more on interactive discussion than lecture. The course material is integrated with company site visits and team-based project work with industry partners. The M.Eng. project requirement is fulfilled within the context of the SSO framework.

• Systems Engineering Minor

  The Systems Engineering Minor prepares students to meet the increasing need from industry for engineers who go beyond the expertise in a particular engineering discipline. Within this minor program, students with diverse interdisciplinary skills integrate engineering system components, ensure total system operability and evaluate various economic forces in the marketplace.