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HISTORY OF ENGINEERINGDEVELOPMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
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History of Industrial Engineering

• Industrial engineering is emerging as one of a
  small number of glamour professions
  relationship between IE and other disciplines
• Factory of Future are complex (Engg., Basic
  Sciences, IT, Economics etc.)
• Many IE graduates will be required to design and
  manage modern manufacturing facilities, or health
  care facilities, or transportation system etc.
• Earlier Science and engineering are regarded as
  different disciplines
• Knowledge (Study or Research) ? Application
  (Development, Construction etc.)
• Science ? Engineering
• Almost all engineering developments prior to 1800
  had to do with physical/mechanical phenomena
• (Friction, Lifting, Storing) Later ? Material
  Prop., Chemistry, Elec., Combustion

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History of Industrial Engineering

• Fundamental to almost all engineering
  developments were the advances made in
  mathematics angles, weights and time etc.
• The use of abstract models representing complex
  physical systems is a fundamental tool of
  engineers
• The modern era of engineering starts in 1750
  military or civil engineering
• Mechanical engineering emerged as a distinct
  branch in early 1800s.
• Steam engine and many other mechanical devices
  were developed

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History of Industrial Engineering

• The electrical sciences emerged with the
  development of telegraph by S. Morse in 1840,
  electricity Magnetism
• Thomas Edisons invention of the carbon lamp
  (1880) led to widespread use of electricity for
  lighting purposes motors
• The use of fuels, lubricants and dyes etc gave
  birth to chemical engineering

Lack of planning Lack of control Lack of insight
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History of Industrial Engineering

• Mass production was possible due to technological
  innovations
• Interchangeability/standardization
• Cost reduction
• Specialization of labor
• Change in lifestyle
• Problems like pollution and crowding emerged
  basically due to
• The need for better management systems led to the
  development of Industrial Engineering
• Developments following World War II led to
  nuclear, aeronautical and computer engineering.
  They are all considered as specialties of one or
  more of the big five disciplines.

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Engineering A Process

• The general activities in which engineers are
  involved are
• Solves problem
• Analyze
• Design systems
• Analyze ? Synthesize (Page-6)
• The distinguishing characteristic of engineering
  is designing a system
• Analysis leads to one single answer to a problem
  but there is not necessarily one best answer to
  the design problem
• What makes Engineering a Profession is
• A significant body of special knowledge
• An internship-like training
• Standards of profession professional ethics,
  responsibilities towards society

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Engineering A Process

• Engineering ethics is the study of the moral
  values, issues, and decisions involved in
  engineering practice.
• Engineers are frequently involved in decisions
  that have a profound effect on society, e.g.
• Design of particular devices
• Design and location of a factory
• Design of a management system
• Professional licensing of engineers is becoming a
  universal requirement
• Registration will likely be increasingly regarded
  by employers as an indicator of technical
  competence

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Engineering Education and ABETAccreditation

• Engineering education has progressed through
  several stages of evolution
• Engineering students used to spend long hours
  obtaining hands-on experience of operating
• Lathe
• Drill presses
• Molding machines
• Foundries etc
• Much of the art of engineering was removed from
  the engineering curricula and was replaced by a
  much greater emphasis on the basic science
  underlying engineering mathematics
• The purpose of ABET accreditation is to assure
  the public and employers of engineering graduates
  that certain minimum standards have been met.