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| Nikola Tesla, inventor of the induction motor |
Industrial Engineer
Job Description: Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.
Education: Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate
Possible Job Titles: Industrial Engineer, Process Engineer, Operations Engineer, Plant Engineer, Supply Chain Engineer, Production Engineer
Possible Employers: private sector, military, academia
Famous industrial engineers: Nikola Tesla (invented the induction motor and Tesla coil), Lillian Gilbreth (the “mother of modern management” and ergonomics), Henry Gantt (invented Gantt Chart for infrastructure projects)
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