An Enduring Quest: The Story of Purdue Industrial Engineers

by Ferd Leimkuhler

Book Overview

The process of industrialization that began over two hundred years ago is continuing to change the way people work and live, and doing it very rapidly, in places like China and India. At the forefront of this movement is the profession of industrial engineering that develops and applies the technology that drives industrialization. This book describes how industrial engineering evolved over the past two centuries developing methods and principles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557535442
• ISBN13: 9781557535443
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"