How to Use industrial engineering in a Sentence

industrial engineering

noun
  • Among them was Muench, who was studying industrial engineering.
    — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • High-tech businesses in the industrial engineering space are one focus.
    — David Prosser, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Khalaf was born in Lebanon and holds a PhD in industrial engineering.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Looked at as industrial engineering, the goal is to turn a standing tree into heat as efficiently as possible.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Someone, somewhere in some industrial engineering room at one of the major helmet corporations, will figure this out and save the day.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Olaf went on to graduate from Georgia Tech with a degree in industrial engineering.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Jefferies initiates Acuren at buy Jefferies says shares of the industrial engineering company have more room to run.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
  • After receiving his degree in industrial engineering, Vincent decided not to work in the field.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Today, the high school senior who once wanted to be a YouTube creator, hopes to major in industrial engineering in college and study abroad in Egypt.
    — ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • The groom has a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from UA and is in building materials sales.
    — Cary Jenkins, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The industrial engineering graduate set up a home bakery, Plated by Parth, during the pandemic.
    — Ardian Wibisono, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • On her retirement in 1948, the school awarded her an honorary doctorate in industrial engineering.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Her background includes industrial engineering, with a focus on human factors, biomechanics, and ergonomics.
    — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Iacocca ripped through eight straight semesters, with no summers off, graduating with honors in industrial engineering in 1945.
    — Charlotte W. Craig, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2019
  • His father is an industrial engineering consultant, also in Battle Creek.
    — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Krauze earned an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering and a doctorate in history.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Naumoff was a co-founder and director at the Oberlin Food Hub and has a background in industrial engineering and economic development.
    — Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Zachry Group took over industrial projects in the power and petrochemical sectors, industrial engineering and maintenance.
    — Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 24 Aug. 2020
  • In a more common scenario, fast-food and retail companies could combine spatial computing with standard industrial engineering techniques (such as time-motion analyses) to enhance the efficient flow of work.
    — Corinna E. Lathan, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2020
  • While Butker graduated with a degree in industrial engineering and pursued a career in the NFL, his mom works in the medical field and his dad works in finance.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • The apprentice dormitory is also being restored and will emphasize — as the museum does — the brutal cost extracted from the workers for these wonders of industrial engineering.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The Amsterdam researchers also partnered with an industrial engineering firm in India.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
  • Zahra Rahmani, an 18-year-old industrial engineering student who follows the long black veil conservative dress code, questioned the decision of government officials.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Led by John Zachry, Zachry Group took over industrial projects in the power and petrochemical sectors, industrial engineering and maintenance.
    — Madison Iszler, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2020
  • Cheaper by the Dozen obscures Lillian Gilbreth’s contributions to industrial engineering and to society in general.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2021
  • India's industrial engineering and clean energy sector is benefitting from rising government capex, an infrastructure push, and demand for green technology.
    — Vijay Malkar, Reuters, 31 July 2025
  • That earned the top honor from a judging panel that included experts in the fields of forensic science, postal operations, drug interdiction, industrial engineering and artificial intelligence.
    — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Her accomplishments in psychology, engineering and organizational management were so vast she is considered one of the founders of industrial engineering.
    — Nina Ansary, Time, 6 May 2021
  • The factory workforce has a larger than typical design and industrial engineering team, and overall, 40 to 50% of the factory operations are automated.
    — Brooke Roberts-Islam, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • His brother, John Zachry, took control of Zachry Group, which handles industrial projects in the power and petrochemical sectors, industrial engineering and maintenance.
    — Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2026

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