At Gannon University's Industrial Engineering program, we are focused on the improvement of healthcare systems and human-machine interaction. Come join us!
The program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.
Industrial and Robotics Engineers (IREs)
(a) Find ways to design effective work systems and eliminate wastefulness in a broad range of processes;
(b) Devise efficient ways to improve productivity in systems involving the interplay of workers, machines, materials, information, and energy in the creation of a product or the provision of a service;
(c) Device ways to do things better;
(d) Find ways that are smarter, faster, safer, and easier, so that companies become more efficient, productive, and profitable, and employees have work environments that are safer and more rewarding;
(e) Automate manufacturing and service processes to increase production and precision;
(f) Build, configure and test robots for different applications;
(g) Studies human-machine/human-robot ‘working relationships’ in an integrated work environment to determine and implement measures that ensure the comfort of the human while at the same time, improving productivity.
You might think from their name that industrial and robotics engineers just work for manufacturing companies, but they are employed in a wide range of industries, including the service, entertainment, shipping, and healthcare fields. For example, nobody likes to wait in a long line to get on a roller coaster ride, or to get admitted to the hospital. Industrial engineers tell companies how to shorten these processes. They try to make life and products better and do more with fewer resources.
Education, Robotics, Engineering and Scientific Research
