Big Shoes To Fill
The namesake of our main academic building, this astronaut was the third human in space.
Who is Virgil “Gus” Grissom?
Every Purdue engineer has to go through this curriculum before they can begin their desired major.
What is First-Year Engineering?
Smiling from A to Z, this employeer is a dream job for countless Purdue IEs.
What is Amazon?
This coding software introduced in ENGR 161 is a critical part of modeling and data visualization for many IE implications.
What is MATLAB/Python?
Purdue's chapter of this professional IE organization was recently recognized as #1 student chapter in the world.
What is IISE (Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers)?
Our school is named after him due to his outstanding career in aviation and management.
Who is John A. Edwardson?
This class is one of the only 0-credit courses that Purdue offers.
What is IE 200?
The namesake of our Life Sciences hall, this company had a Purdue President as CEO.
What is Eli Lilly?
This cross-disciplinary certificate is the only one offered through the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering.
What is the Systems Certificate?
The first chapter of this organization was founded at Purdue by a very famous female professor.
What is WISE (Women in Systems Engineering)?
This former chairman of ___ now has the Innovation and Design Center named in his honor.
Who is Stephen Bechtel Jr.?
This IE professor is widely considered a 'must-take' if possible. His name says it all!
Who is Professor Lucky Cho?
Despite a competitor owning contracts with Purdue Dining, this food and beverage company still pulls in many Purdue IE grads.
What is PepsiCo?
This certification is named after it's primary idea: reducing varience.
What is Six Sigma?
This consulting club works directly with Purdue and has dozens of IE students in it's membership.
What is Purdue Solutions?
Who is Keith J. Krach?
These two classes begin with learning Venn diagrams and end with learning complex modeling and prediction methods.
What are IE 230 and IE 330 (Probability and Statistics I and II)?
The largest global courier service (by revenue), this company employees IEs across hundreds of different roles.
What is United Parcel Service?
Although not IE exclusive, many engineers consider this liscence a milestone achievment for their career.
What is PE (Professional Engineer)?
The IE honor society, this organization requires you to be in the top 20% of juniors and is invite-only.
What is Alpha Pi Mu?
The "Mother of Modern Management", she was Purdue's first engineering professor and the first woman inducted into the NAE.
Who is Lillian Gilbreth?
The final course in the IE coursework, this course often sees students traveling abroad and collaborating with companies on real-world projects.
What is IE 431 (Industrial Engineering Design)?
All four of the "Big Four" consulting companies except this four letter acronym are considered "Top Purdue IE Employeers".
What is KPMG?
This globally recognized credential is often done by engineering managers and validates your ability to lead teams and projects.
What is the PMP (Project Management Professional)?
Upon graduation, manystudents opt to join this IE-exclusive club to stay engaged with the community.
What is IEGSO (Industrial Engineering Graduate Student Organization)?