2001 annual report industrial engineering department of pohang university science and technology 1 table contents foreword 2 major events in 3 personnel 7 faculty staffs 12 teaching 14 courses offered spring fall 15 publications 16 international journal domestic 19 conference proceedings 21 4 25 5 invited talks presentations 30 6 research reports 31 books 33 8 patents grants projects 36 editorships awards honors 43 journals 44 services activities 45 ie seminar series cooperation 47 theses dissertations 49 ph d m s 50 the is concerned with productivity enhancement through system integration optimization curriculum designed accordance goal which design improvement implementation control men machines materials computers their environmental interactions by application principles mathematical physical behavioral sciences we admitted freshmen 29 new graduate students