Student & Professional Organizations

Furniture Club: The NCSU Furniture Club seeks to enhance the professional development and strengthen the spirit of fellowship among students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the furniture industry. Though mostly composed of students of the Industrial Engineering/ Furniture Manufacturing Program, the club also welcomes students from the Industrial Design, Wood Science, and Industrial Engineering curriculum, or anyone else with an interest in furniture.

Furniture Club meetings are held monthly to discuss business matters and plan social events. The meetings are also informative, in that a guest speaker from industry attends the meetings or the meetings are held in conjunction with a field trip. Past field trips have included plant tours and trips to the Inter national Home Furnishings Market in High Point, North Carolina. Social events sponsored by the Furniture Club include the Ed Clark Annual Golf Tournament, tail gate parties at football games, and cookouts.

Human Factors and Ergonomics: The North Carolina State University Ergonomics Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society is organized primarily to serve the needs of ergonomics students at NC State. It's purpose is to promote and advance the understanding of human factors involved in the design, manufacture, and use machines, systems, and devices of all kinds through the interchange of knowledge and methodology in the behavioral, biological, and physical sciences.

The chapter's membership is comprised mainly of graduate students and faculty in the departments of Industrial Engineering and Psychology, although students and faculty from any university department who have an interest in the area of human factors/ergonomics are welcome to join.