Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineers integrate working systems with consideration for
humans, materials, equipment, information, and economics. Industrial
engineers figure out how to do things better. They engineer processes
and systems that improve quality and productivity. These systems can
be in manufacturing or a variety of other settings, including health
care, transportation, telecommunications, education, financial
services, national defense, and government.
An IOE degree is a specialized engineering degree in the analysis
and operation of systems, but opportunity exist to concentrate in
other areas as well. These other areas include business, economics,
social sciences, and medical sciences. The most instinctive aspect of
industrial engineering is the flexibility that it offers. Whether it's
shortening a rollercoaster line, streamlining an operating room,
distributing products worldwide, or manufacturing superior automobiles...
It's all in a day's work for an industrial engineer!
OMIE Objectives
- Provide the necessary academic resources so that students may compete on any academic level at U of M
- Increase awareness of industrial engineering among minorities and the many options existing in the field.
- Increase relations between students and faculty members
- Help develop students' professional skills so that they can be competitive within industry
- Provide a strong support network through student, corporate, and alumni participation
What OMIE can offer you
Students
- An opportunity to learn about industrial engineering and the many career paths it has to offer
- The resources to help set and reach professional and academic goals
- Student, alumni and corporate mentorship
- An opportunity to build friendships with fellow students through OMIE sponsored activities
- An opportunity to network with companies
- An opportunity to meet with faculty one-on-one through mixers and other activities
- A chance to give back through community activities and mentorship
- Additional workshops and professional training not offered outside the classroom
- An opportunity to meet first-hand with talented industrial engineering students
- A chance to give back to students by speaking at meetings, sponsoring plant trips and mentorship programs
- A chance to give back to students by speaking at meetings and participating in mentorship programs
- A chance to network with students, faculty and companies