industrial engineering
noun
: engineering that deals with the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems (as of people, materials, and energy) in industry
industrial engineer
noun
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The majority of wind farms are located onshore in the Great Plains, with Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Illinois, Matthew Lackner, a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, told ABC News.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
Jefferies initiates Acuren at buy Jefferies says shares of the industrial engineering company have more room to run.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
The Edgewater High School graduate is now a student at Spelman College in Atlanta, studying math and industrial engineering.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
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
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
Jefferies initiates Acuren at buy Jefferies says shares of the industrial engineering company have more room to run.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
The Edgewater High School graduate is now a student at Spelman College in Atlanta, studying math and industrial engineering.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
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
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“Industrial engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrial%20engineering. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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