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Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
UPCOMING EVENTS & DEPARTMENTAL NEWS
Presentation Days were held on Monday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 30 in the Robert G. Carson Memorial Conference Room, 401 Daniels Hall, on the NCSU campus. 1st place awards were selected in three (3) project areas out of ten (10) project teams.
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Dr. Constance Lightner, a 2000 alumna of the Operations Research Program at NC State, was recently selected to receive the prestigious UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence. She was supervised by NCSU ISE professor Dr. Shu-Cherng Fang.
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The department congratulates Clarence Smith, who was recently appointed by Governor Easley to the NC Board of Refrigeration Examiners. For the official news release click here.
Department is recognized in ISE student Jessica Jeppsson's debut piece in the "Emerging Technologies" section of IE Magazine. Click here to view a PDF version of the article.
Alumnus Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri visits NCSU for the 2008 Emerging Issues Forum.
Pup's surgery could help humans
Professor Ola Harrysson works with the College of Veterinary Science to develop a titanium plate for "Pez" that may be a breakthrough in future surgery...for humans!
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Things are looking good
The U.S. Department of Labor reports good news for industrial and systems engineers. Starting salaries are significantly higher for engineers than they are for college graduates in other fields; from now through 2014, the field will see employment growth as fast as the average for all occupations; and when compared to other workers, a smaller proportion of engineers leave their jobs each year but there will still be numerous job openings created through transfers to management or retirement.
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To get ahead, know a lot
Industrial engineers have a lot to learn even after their degrees are safely in hand. They must quickly become experts in the specific production processes of the industry in which they’re working. They have to rapidly learn the unique problems and challenges that the individual company is facing. And then there are the interpersonal skills: industrial engineers have to be able to effectively communicate – both orally and in writing – to company executives and others outside the engineering field. It’s not easy. But it’s enormously rewarding.
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What makes IEs tick?
It seems that most industrial engineering students and faculty ascribe the same basic characteristics to IEs. Number one by far: people orientation, with 80 percent of respondents in a recent survey describing IEs as people oriented. The next most common descriptor – 77 percent – was efficiency. Then, in descending order, industrial engineering was described as a cross between business and engineering, a broad field, a problem-solving discipline, and a field that required solid communications skills. Sounds about right to us!
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Awards, rewards and honors galore
Without patting ourselves on the back too much, we’d like to point out that our news section is chock full of stories of our ISE students achieving great things. Looking at just one prestigious competition, the Rockwell Software/IIE Student Simulation Competition – an international event – our student teams have done us proud. They earned second place in 1999. Third place in 2000. Second place in 2001. Finalists in 2002. Second place in 2003. Finalists in 2004. And in 2006? First place! Not bad.
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Information and resources for current students
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