What Do Engineers Do?
Industrial Engineering
As an industrial engineer, you may...
- participate in the long-range planning and facility design for a major transportation company;
- design the admissions procedure at a hospital or health institution;
- discover a new way to assemble a product that will prevent worker injury;
- train workers how to operate new equipment;
- use software programs to analyze equipment maintenance requirements; or
- write proposals to justify the purchase of new equipment for a manufacturing facility.
Did you know that one of today's operating room procedures was developed in an efficiency study of medical operations by Frank Gilbreth and Frederick Taylor, both famous Industrial Engineers? The next time you see a surgeon extend an opened hand and a nurse place an instrument into it, think of industrial engineering. Prior to this change in method, doctors wasted much time, frequently while the patient bled, searching for the right tool.
Salary
$70,630
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PE Times Articles on Industrial Engineering
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Related Links
Institute of Industrial Engineers
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