The Industrial Engineering (IE) Research Department (Laboratoire Génie Industriel, LGI)  is one of the 16 Research Units of CentraleSupélec, a member of the University Paris-Saclay. It studies production, activity or socio-technical systems along their life cycles.These systems are engineered by humans and must be observed, diagnosed, exploited, regulated, maintained and recycled. It is composed of 84 people  divided into 4 research groups:

• DE : Design Engineering
• OM: Operations Management
• SR : Safety and Risks
• SE : Sustainable Economy

LGI is also organized around 5 themes to exhibit and encourage cross-functional and collaborative inter-group activities. These themes are each driven by a duo of academics: Healthcare Systems, Energy Systems, Mobility Systems, Industry of the Future, Circular Economy. Finally, the 3rd organizational layer of LGI is its set of 8 research chairs supported by companies.