Mechanical and industrial engineers can be found in nearly every sector of our technologically complex society: in manufacturing, power generation, materials processing, ship building and aircraft, ...

Every summer, Allyson Thorne, assistant principal at Attea Middle School in Glenview, Illinois, sits down to build the upcoming year’s schedules for the school’s 800 students. Thorne spends hours ...

A crucial part of the curriculum for undergraduates in Northwestern Engineering’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences (IEMS) is working with external clients. Instead of ...

About This Series: This story is part of an ongoing Purdue Today series highlighting programs ranked in the Top 10 or Top 10th percentile among our peers nationally, demonstrating the university’s ...

Samantha Sorondo, a fifth-year student in the mechanical and industrial engineering Ph.D. program from San Juan, Puerto Rico, has taken on leadership roles in the graduate student community in ...

Industrial engineering is the engineering of efficiency. This concept is extremely relevant to a variety of industries, as all businesses and non-profits want to improve. Optimize patient flows in ...

How long does it take? This 123-credit program is designed to be completed in four years. In an industrial engineering program, you'll learn a diverse set of skills that blend engineering, mathematics ...

Love fixing everyday problems? Learn how to make hospitals safer, factories greener, and even theme‑park lines shorter. This major, one of the most in-demand fields in the country, turns big ideas ...

Julianna Hachenski excelled at practically every subject in elementary, middle and high school, from science and mathematics to computer science and Spanish, winning a number of awards. With seemingly ...

The need for academic-industrial collaboration to advance engineering practices was the highlight of a special panel session recently at the University of Nigeria (UNN) Enugu. The panel with the theme ...

If you are interested in one of the opportunities below, please reach out directly to the faculty member listed below each project. Interested students can be either graduate students or upper-class ...