Friday, July 17, 2015

An Enduring Quest: The Story of Purdue Industrial Engineers - Book Information

An Enduring Quest: The Story of Purdue Industrial Engineers

Ferdinand F. Leimkuhler
Purdue University Press, 2009 - Technology & Engineering - 290 pages


The profession of industrial engineering improves the economic efficiency of the technology that drives industrialization.

This book describes how industrial engineering evolved over the past two centuries developing methods and principles for the redesign of production and service systems to make them more economical and efficient. The story focuses on the growth of the discipline at Purdue University where it helped shape the university itself and made substantial contributions to the industrialization of America and the world. The story includes description of prominent industrial engineers like Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, and Charles B. Going.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=SfJ_FbYtA2IC




Purdue University IE Magazines

Fall 2010
https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/News/Publications/EngineeringImpact/2010_2/IE/IMPACT_IE_Fall_2010.pdf 


October 2012
https://engineering.purdue.edu/IE/Spotlights/ie-impact-magazine-focuses-on-rethink-ie/IE%20IMPACT%20Magazine%20-%20October%202012.pdf

Fall  2014
https://engineering.purdue.edu/IE/IEMagazine/ie-magazine/2014%20IE%20Magazine.pdf

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