Facility
The department has ten research laboratories, equipped with the best and latest high-tech equipment, for research and instruction.
- Virtual Manufacturing and Simulation Laboratory
- E-Business Research Laboratory
- Quality Control & Automatic Metrology and Inspection Laboratory
- Human Factors Laboratory
- Data Processing and Production Management Laboratory
- Industrial Automation Laboratory
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory
- Work Study and Industrial Safety Laboratory
- Laboratory of Integration of Enterprise Functions and Creativity
- Industrial Engineering and Management Manufacturing Process Practice Factory
Research Groups
Currently, the department has six major research groups, each of which focuses on a specific research area:
- Production System: Production and Maintenance Scheduling, System Optimization, Reliability Analysis.
- Human Factors: Motion Analysis, Product Design, Man-Machine Interface Design, Performance Evaluation.
- Virtual Manufacturing System: Virtual Reality, Virtual Model and Control Interface Design, Visualization.
- Intelligent Quality Management: Computer Vision, Data Mining, Soft Computing, Quality Information system.
- Global Logistics Management: Supply/Demand Chain Management, Electronic Commerce, Logistic Management.
- Management Information System: Database Systems, Information Technology Application.
In the past ten years, the department has received from the National Science Council a total of eleven research awards and ninety-two research projects. Funding for these projects totaled NT$33 million. In addition, the department faculty members currently conduct three research projects sponsored by local industries and two other such projects sponsored by the Ministry of Education, a total of NT$6.38 million.