Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineering is about choices. Other engineering disciplines apply skills to very specific areas. An industrial engineering education offers the best of both worlds: an education in both engineering and management.
The most distinctive aspect of industrial engineering is the flexibility it offers. Whether it's shortening a rollercoaster line in an amusement park, streamlining an operating room in a hospital, distributing products worldwide, or manufacturing superior automobiles, these challenges share the common goal of saving money and increasing efficiencies. An industrial engineering education offers the best of both worlds: an education in both engineering and management.
As companies adopt management philosophies of continuous productivity and quality improvement to survive in the increasingly competitive world market, the need for industrial engineers is growing. Why? Industrial engineers are the only engineering professionals trained specifically to be productivity and quality improvement specialists. Industrial engineers figure out how to do things better. They work to eliminate waste of time, money, materials, energy and other commodities. This is why many industrial engineers end up being promoted into management positions.
Many people are misled by the term industrial engineer. It's not just about manufacturing. It also encompasses service industries, with many industrial engineers employed in entertainment industries, shipping and logistics businesses, and health care organizations.
The fourth industrial revolution has emerged recently through new technological advancements. Innovation engineers created new technologies that led to a new concept of digitized manufacturing and Smart Factories. The methods, techniques, and tools used by industrial engineering are modified and new ones are developed. We have introduced a new digital design track to address new technologies and business practices. The internet of things(IoT), Artificial intelligence (AI), additive manufacturing, and Big Data are among the courses added.
The Architectural Engineering Undergraduate Program at the college of Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.
