The objectives of the department are to pursue knowledge, truth, and excellence in a student-centered academic community characterized by shared values, unity of purpose, diversity of opinion, mutual respect and social responsibility. The department is also to educate students with increased active learning and faculty/student interaction, focusing on integration of design, communications, computation, and the understanding of industrial management. The vision of the department is to have a partnership of faculty, staff, students, alumni, government and corporations working together to provide the highest quality of education and to continue building one of the nation's best industrial management program.