Course description
The curriculum is designed to develop industrial engineers (IE’s) capable of planning, designing, implementing, and managing integrated production and service delivery systems that assure performance, reliability, maintainability, schedule adherence and cost control. The systems may be socio technical in nature and integrate people, information, materials, equipment, processes, and energy throughout the life cycle of the product, service, or program.
Industrial engineering adopts as its goals: profitability, effectiveness, efficiency, adaptability, responsiveness, quality, and the continuous improvement of products and services throughout their life cycles. The humanities and social sciences (including economics), computer sciences, basic sciences, management sciences, highly developed communication skills, along with physical, behavioral, mathematical, statistical, organizational, and ethical concepts will be used to achieve these ends.