Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering focuses on the design and implementation of integrated systems of people, materials, machines, energy and information. After first specifying system objectives, industrial engineers combine technical knowledge and skill from the physical, engineering and social sciences to design, evaluate and monitor system performance. The industrial engineer is charged with the responsibility of ensuring high quality while simultaneously meeting cost and output goals. This is accomplished through the optimal allocation of resources throughout the system.

Industrial engineers practice in both administrative and production segments of manufacturing and service organizations. Industrial engineers are commonly employed in heavy industry (such as steel), medium industry (such as plastics and computers), and light industry (such as electronics assembly), health-care delivery, electronics, transportation and government. In each of these environments, industrial engineers are involved with a variety of systems such as production planning, inventory control, management information, facility layout, job/workplace design, material flow and distribution. The importance of manufacturing is reflected by the presence of a manufacturing system engineering option.

The modern manufacturing systems engineer design, installs, implements, improves and manages computer integrated manufacturing systems. This option prepares students to organize, schedule, and manage the total manufacturing system, from product design through fabricatioin, distribution and consumer services. It is offered through the structuring of technical electives in the industrial engineering curriculum. These electives include robotics, manufacturing systems modeling, and computer aided design.