Industrial Engineering

A branch of engineering dealing with the design, development, and implementation of integrated systems of humans, machines, and information resources to provide products and services. Industrial engineering encompasses specialized knowledge and skills in the physical, social, engineering, and management sciences, such as human and cognitive sciences, computer systems and information technologies, manufacturing processes, operations research, production, and automation. The industrial engineer integrates people into the design and development of systems, thus requiring an understanding of the physical, physiological, psychological, and other characteristics that govern and affect the performance of individuals and groups in working environments.
Industrial engineering is a broad field compared to other engineering disciplines. The major activities of industrial engineering stem from manufacturing industries and include work methods analysis and improvement; work measurement and the establishment of standards; machine tool analysis and design; job and workplace design; plant layout and facility design; materials handling; cost reduction; production planning and scheduling; inventory control, maintenance, and replacement; statistical quality control; scheduling; assembly-line balancing, systems, and procedures; and overall productivity improvement. Computers and information systems have necessitated additional activities and functions, including numerically controlled machine installation and programming; manufacturing systems design; computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing, design of experiments, quality engineering, and statistical process control; computer simulation, operations research, and management science methods; computer applications, software development, and information technology; human-factors engineering and ergonomics; systems design and integration; and robotics and automation.

The philosophy and motivation of the industrial engineering profession is to find the most efficient and effective methods, procedures, and processes for an operating system, and to seek continuous improvement. Thus, industrial engineering helps organizations grow and expand efficiently during periods of prosperity, and streamline costs and consolidate and reallocate resources during austere times. Industrial engineers, particularly those involved in manufacturing and related industries, work closely with management. Therefore, some understanding of organizational behavior, finance, management, and related business principles and practices is needed. See also Computer-aided design and manufacturing; Human-factors engineering; Operations research; Production planning.

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Summary:
The industrial engineering does the processes more efficient,and the product more manufacturable and consistent in their quality, and increases their productivity.

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1.A branch of engineering dealing with the design, development, and implementation of integrated systems of humans, machines, and information resources to provide products and services.
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2.The industrial engineer integrates people into the design and development of systems,
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3.Industrial engineering is a broad field compared to other engineering disciplines.
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1.Computers and information systems have necessitated additional activities and functions, including numerically controlled machine installation and programming;
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2.The philosophy and motivation of the industrial engineering profession is to find the most efficient and effective methods, procedures, and processes for an operating system, and to seek continuous improvement.
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3.Industrial engineers, particularly those involved in manufacturing and related industries, work closely with management.
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Most simply, the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and the convenience of people. In its modern form engineering involves people, money, materials, machines, and energy. It is differentiated from science because it is primarily concerned with how to direct to useful and economical ends the natural phenomena which scientists discover and formulate into acceptable theories. Engineering therefore requires above all the creative imagination to innovate useful applications of natural phenomena. It seeks newer, cheaper, better means of using natural sources of energy and materials.

"The typical modern engineer goes through several phases of career activity. Formal education must be broad and deep in the sciences and humanities. Then comes an increasing degree of specialization in the intricacies of a particular discipline, also involving continued postscholastic education. Normal promotion thus brings interdisciplinary activity as the engineer supervises a variety of specialists. Finally, the engineer enters into the management function, weaving people, money, materials, machines, and energy sources into completed processes for the use of society".


Broad: Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. Wide in extend from side to side. Large in expanse; spacious. Of great breadth. Of great extend; large. Widely diffused; open.

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Postscholastic: Postgraduate. Often Scholastic of, relating to, or characteristic of scholasticism. Of or relating to schools, academic.

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INTERVIEWS!!!

Name: Carolina Zambrano-Abbott
Date: February 08, 2009

1. Could you please define Engineering in your own words?
A person who studies industrial productivity and makes and implements recommended changes. Industrial engineers seek an integrated system of workers, materials, and equipment utilizing the mathematical, physical, and social sciences.
These areas are combined with the principles and methods of engineering, the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways the synonym of industrial engineering is: industrial management.

2. What influenced you to pursue industrial engineering?
It has a great field of work; it’s interesting and relevant to the world.

3. Could you please describe the educational process required to become an Engineer?
Engineering it’s not an exact science. However, the person needs to learn about a great deal of courses that will teach him problem solving skills. For this reason you first go through the basic cycle in the career where you study mathematics, physics, research, design, to mention a few and above all have a lot of creativity.

4. What are the skills you need to be a good engineer?
Creativity and innovation it’s a big thing. A good engineer needs to be able to be an independent thinker, to have strong problem solving skills and be able to work well under pressure. Must be a good manager and have good people skills as well. He must be efficient in communicating with others and be able to multitask.

5. What job considerations are you looking for after you complete your education?
I am considering doing a Master’s on Occupational Health and Safety.

6. What's something of your school life that you enjoy the most?
I love the day to day challenges; I thrive on overachieving at everything that I do. It keeps me going to feel like I am getting up and doing my best everyday.

7. From your perspective, what is the most difficult part of being an engineering student?
Working in teams with irresponsible classmates.

8. What are your plans for the future?
After I complete my Masters on Occupational Health and Safety, I will like to start my own consultant company.

9. Point out your most personally gratifying moment in engineering school.
Nurturing my mind by studying and learning new things. Making great grades in my courses after I have studied very hard and given my best.

10. Why would you recommend Engineering as a career?
I would recommend Engineering as a career to people who are dedicated and love to invent and discover. Also, engineering it’s a great field of work.

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Name: Dianella A Gómez

Date: February 08, 2009













1. Could you please define Engineering in your own words?
An engieer desings implements all kinds of projects/proceses.Engineering is the capacity to create and proproduce solutions. Engineers identify problems, analyze and look for opportunities to improve machines, processes, etc.Engineering is the field that allows us to study and apply the technology to improve the quality of our lives.

2. What influenced you to pursue Electronics engineering, industrial ingeneering, computer science engineering or informatics engineering?
Industrial engineering - The opportunity to learn different disciplines related to engineering. The ability to produce and transfrer energy.

3. Could you please describe the educational process required to become an Engineer?
Initially engineers need to learn basic subject that would allow engineers to perform special evaluations. Algebra, Maths, differential equations, physics, chemistry, etc. One of the areas of studies that I enjoyed the most, were the lab courses because they give you a more hands or applied approach to learning.Later the engineers have the opportunity to take elective to learn specifics on different areas of interest.

4. What are the skills you need to be a good engineer?
It helps to be good at math, physics and logical and critical thinking. Understanding how processes flow and cause-effect mind frame.

5. What job considerations were you looking for after you completed your education?
I will consider a job in safety and environment areas, management of the quality, design engineering, process evaluations, economics and optimization.

6. What's something of your school life that you enjoy the most?
Diversity of people (one of the things that i enjoy the most is sharing with my friends), the lab courses, and I also enjoyed some of my professors a great deal.

7. From your perspective, what is the most difficult part of being an engineering student?
Not enought time to learn what I would like.

8. What are your plans for the future?
Continue evolving in my career and obtain a job in the engineering field.

9. Point out your most personally gratifying moment in Engineering school.
When I aproved Geometry with 10 and Thermofluids with 12, I felt that was the most espectacular and gratifying experience ever.

10. Why would you recommend Engineering as a career?
This allows you to be creative, to learn on every project, to improve processes, to create more profits.I would only recommend it to those students that have a passion for problem solving and for making our world a better place to live in.

INTERVIEWS!!!

Name: Oscar Gómez

Date: 05/02/2009

1. Could you please define Engineering in your own words?

I think more than a career, Engineering it a way of thinking, they teach you methods to solve problems, but all these methods are based in the same analitical way of thinking, so you can used them in other areas of your life.

2. What influenced you to pursue Electronics engineering, industrial ingeneering, computer science engineering or informatics engineering?

It seems the world is going to be ruled by technology and information, so it´s important to have the knowledge to be succesful in such a scenario, and studiyng Computer Science is a way to achieve this goal.

3. Could you please describe the educational process required to become an Engineer?

First of all you have to love maths and numbers, in the process you´ll be provided with tools to handle most of the situation you going to find in your job.

4. What are the skills you need to be a good engineer?

A big dose of curiosity and analitical thinking would be useful.

5. What job considerations were you looking for after you completed your education?

Nowadays, the world economical crisis is a mayor factor to take into account, because unemployement is rising, and specially in a country that depends on one single product to export the crisis will affect all the productive areas. So the most important job consideration is that it represent a challenge and an opportunity.

6. What's something of your school life that you enjoy the most?

Hanging on with friends, that is something that you can only do in the school life.

7. from your perspective, what is the most difficult part of being an engineering student?

Economically can be hard, because sometimes you need books or devices that you cannot afford.

8. What are your plans for the future?

Triyng to keep studying and get a job that allow me to improve my life style.

9. Point out your most personally gratifying moment in Engineering school.

The Friends you make in school are the ones that going to be with you for the rest of your life, I going out with some of them to make serenades to the girls!!!

10. Why would you recommend Engineering as a career?

It´s a wonderful experience and economically really pays of. It worths all the sacrifices.

INTERVIEWS!!!

Name: Carlos Gómez

Date: 06/02/2009

1. Could you please define Engineering in your own words?
Engineering is the way that physical, chemical and mathematics are applied to the design, manufacturing, production in terms to take advantage of transformations of energy.

2. What influenced you to pursue Electronics engineering, industrial ingeneering, computer science engineering or informatics engineering?
I like physics and mathematics.

3. Could you please describe the educational process required to become an Engineer?
You have to study for 5 years in an University from general to specific subjects.

4. What are the skills you need to be a good engineer?
You have to be proactive and like challenges.

5. What job considerations were you looking for after you completed your education?
Good pay and professional development.

6. What's something of your school life that you enjoy the most?
Playing basketball during free time.

7. From your perspective, what is the most difficult part of being an engineering student?
To be prepared for different exams at the same time.

8. What are your plans for the future?
To get a job in which I can get new skills in order to get good pay.

9. Point out your most personally gratifying moment in Engineering school.
When I got 19 points in Calculus III from a teacher who everybody runs away.

10. Why would you recommend Engineering as a career?
It is a way to get good money if you get to a good compa

ny.