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d. Function on multidisciplinary teams e. Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems f.
Understand professional and ethical responsibility
g. Ability to communicate effectively h. Broad education necessary to understand impact of engineering solutions i.
Recognition of need to engage in lifetime learning
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Knowledge of contemporary issues
k. Ability to use techniques, skills and modern tools l.
An ability to work professionally (including system design and realization) in industrial engineering with considerations of business.
Concentrations within Industrial Engineering Industrial Engineering students have the opportunity to select from six concentrations. Students will not be required to select a concentration. A. Production Engineering: Emphasizes production in industrial or service industries. The student learns methods for developing engineering solutions for a broad range of production and production related problems. Students select three of the following: • • • • • •
IE 455 Operations Research II IE 440 Lean Systems II IE 415 Safety IE 465 Healthcare Systems Engineering IE 456 Robotics I IE 457 Robotics II
Students electing the production engineering concentration will receive the FANUC Robotics certification upon completion of the two courses in robotics. B. Ergonomics & Human Factors: Focuses students on biological and human systems in the context of Industrial Engineering. This concentration is best suited for students intending to pursue graduate study in Engineering. Note that the student must select Biology over Chemistry in the Freshman year and take MATH 243 as the math/science elective in the Sophomore year in order to avoid extra courses or an additional semester to complete the Bachelor’s degree. • • • • • • • • •
BIOL 117 and BIOL 118 (instead of Chemistry) MATH 243 Calculus 4 as a math elective, ECE 231 Introduction to Electrical Engineering and (replaces ME 329) ECE 232 Introduction to Electrical Engineering Lab (replaces ME 330) ME 334 Kinematics of Mechanisms (replaces IE 420) ME 336 Fluid Mechanics (replaces IE 450), and the following as technical electives: IE 415 Safety BME 410 Biomaterials BME 420 Biomechanics
C. Healthcare Systems: Emphasizes the engineering and management of healthcare systems. Students learn to develop engineering and managerial solutions for a broad range of problems in the operation of a health care facility.