Industrial Engineering - Northeastern University

Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University is a Campus Bachelor Industrial Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Industrial engineering involves the design and analysis of systems that include people, equipment, and materials and their interactions and performance in the workplace. The industrial engineer collects this information and evaluates alternatives to make decisions that best advance the goals of the enterprise. The program in industrial engineering offers students a base of traditional engineering courses such as work design, probability, statistics, and engineering economy, while emphasizing such contemporary areas as digital simulation, computer information systems, quality control, supply chain management, operations research and facilities planning. To gain the skills they need to make informed managerial and professional decisions, students take courses in management, economics, and technical subjects, as well as in the humanities and social sciences. Industrial engineers work in manufacturing firms, hospitals, banks, public utilities, government agencies, insurance companies, and construction firms. Among the projects they undertake are design and implementation of a computer-integrated manufacturing system, design of a robotics system in a manufacturing environment, long-range corporate planning, development and implementation of a quality-control system, simulation analyses to improve processes and make operational decisions, design of workstations to enhance worker safety and productivity, and development of computer systems for information control. Co-op jobs generally increase in level of responsibility as students gain theoretical and technical knowledge through their academic work. A sophomore might begin as a computer analyst evaluating the performance of a manufacturing system and progress to designing manufacturing engineering workstations by the senior year. IE Program Outcomes At the conclusion of the program in industrial engineering students will have demonstrated, through class and project work, that they have acquired: a. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; b. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data; c. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs; d. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; e. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems; f. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; g. an ability to communicate effectively; h. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global/societal context; i. a recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life-long learning; j. a knowledge of contemporary issues; k. an ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice; l. an ability to design, develop, implement and improve integrated systems that include people, materials, information, equipment and energy; m. an ability to accomplish the integration of systems using appropriate analytical, computational and experimental practices; and n. an ability to relate practice-oriented experience with educational concepts. View more details on Northeastern University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Industrial Engineering courses.