We don't see the trees or the forest; we see an ecosystem. Industrial engineers look at the big picture, searching for patterns in chaos, examining how all the pieces fit together, and scanning for inefficiencies. In short, we love improving systems.
As you might expect, collaboration is a major part of what we do in Industrial Engineering. Our students partner with other departments as well as international and regional organizations and industries to fine-tune processes, making people and operations more effective and speeding the flow of information and goods to destinations around the world.