<p>sorry to reignite an old thread, but I’d just like to second Fstratford’s idea, and say that it probably should even be a little easier than s/he implied. I don’t think that computer -engineering will happen (really doesn’t fit the intellectual atmosphere, as it’s hard to draw any connection to <em>pure</em> science), but the stats department already offers plenty of classes in stochastic systems, optimization, etc., physics offers some electronics, and econ offers, well… econ, so it seems to me they already have most of the ingredients to offer operations research, systems science, or industrial engineering. I also think those are easier to think of as <em>intellectual</em> - the study of systems seems meta enough…</p>