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PO-G: an ability to communicate effectively [ABET (g)]
PO-H: the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a
global, economic, environmental, and societal context [ABET (h)]
PO-I: a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning [ABET (i)]
PO-J: a knowledge of contemporary issues [ABET (j)]
PO-K: an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice [ABET (k)]
PO-L: an ability to design, develop, implement, and improve integrated systems that include
people, materials, information, equipment and energy [ABET Specific IE program criterion].
Main Careers of IE’s?
Industrial engineers determine the most effective ways for an organization to make a product or
provide a service. They design, improve, and install systems of people, materials, information,
equipment, and energy. Industrial engineers are the bridge between management goals and operational
performance because they are concerned with increasing productivity through the management of
people, methods of business, and technology. Industrial engineers often move into top management
positions because of their management skills and holistic view of the organization. They work for just
about any business or company that wants a better product or deliver a better service. Many IE’s start
their companies or go into consulting. Industrial engineering is challenging, rewarding, and full of
opportunities.
There are many professional choices for IE’s such as:
Process engineer: define proper work methods and processes and ways to measure the
performance of these processes. In addition, perform continuous improvement activities to
improve capacity and solve problems.
Quality/Reliability engineer: verifying that products and services meet customer requirement
over the useful life of the product.
Operations engineer/manager: utilizing all resources efficiently and effectively with cost
and performance in mind. The need for operation engineers is on the rise: starting from plants,
hospitals, hotels, and educational systems.
Production engineer: optimization of incoming and outgoing material including in-house
inventory, managing resources, and maintaining schedules to meet required production and
distribution schedules.
Manufacturing engineer: work on developing and optimizing methods to manufacture products.
Safety, human factor or ergonomics engineer: look for better ways to design products, tools
and processes according to human capability.
Project manager: manage projects by mapping out who does what, when, and how it can be
done more efficiently. Form and direct teams to work toward a specific task and objectives.
Supply chain engineers: manage supplier relationships, supplier cost and performance, and
work with outsourcing to ensure product or service quality, delivery and cost are on target.
Strategic planning engineer: develop long range planning models and identify anticipated
investments, develop preliminary financial impacts including profitability and ROI.
Financial engineer: determine production and service cost, forecast and develop budgets,
and perform cost benefit analysis for prospective projects.
Industrial Training/Internship
The BSIE degree includes a mandatory training/internship component of one summer semester at the
end of the third year of the program (at least 4-week duration full-time or equivalent). This training
provides practical on-the-job experience to compliment the university classroom studies. The
training/internship is an integral component of the degree program. This work experience helps
students develop an understanding of the industry that will need them in their professional capacity in
the near future. It will allow students to see the transition between the classroom and the field and
creates an aptitude so they can see the big picture of the industry that they will be required to serve
and lead. The industrial training/internship program has the specific objective of providing students
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