industrial engineering
noun
engineering applied to the planning, design, and control of industrial operations.
industrial engineer
-
a word derived from
industrial engineering.
Example Sentences
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On social media he describes himself as an industrial engineer running his own company, as well as a pilot and investor.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Just ask Temitayo Ogunduyilemi, a Baltimore-based industrial engineer working with bio-medical supply chains.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
An industrial engineer by training with a master’s in business administration from Duke, Cook started his career at IBM.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
A New York-trained industrial engineer, Anutin joined Thaksin's party, then named Thai Rak Thai, in his early 30s and was banned from political activity for five years when it was dissolved in 2007.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
These systems were modeled on the theories of Frederick Winslow Taylor, an industrial engineer, who argued that companies should be run “scientifically,” with each worker’s task minutely analyzed and quantified.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
