Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineers design, implement and oversee unified systems involving people, information, materials, equipment, processes, and energy with a unique system-wide view and people-oriented problem-solving approach.

Industrial engineers design and improve systems to optimize productivity and improve workers’ environments across various industries, such as manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, and sustainability businesses. They focus on streamlining processes, reducing wasteful activities, improving quality/reliability, evaluating performance, redesigning workstations, and managing resources to enhance overall operations and profitability.

Industrial engineers (IEs) use engineering and human factors knowledge, data science, mathematical models, computers, and systems thinking to solve complex problems that may impact workers, machines, materials, information, energy, or other resources. To develop and implement their designs, they apply industrial engineering and management methodologies based on the scientific method, such as Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) and Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC).

The Industrial Engineering (B.S.) program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and Program Criteria for Industrial and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.