AN INSIDE LOOK ON ENGINEERING [INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING]

My name is Anna Mensah and I am a senior in Industrial Engineering (IE). For the longest time I was not really aware of what IE was and what I could do with it but after taking a class in my junior year I loved it. Industrial Engineering is a mix of a lot of things from manufacturing to human factors to operations to ergonomics, a lot. IE students typically work on improvement methods for a company or supply chain or manufacturing processes. One of the greatest organizations I have had the opportunity to join in IE has been the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). IISE has given me the chance to explore more IE opportunities both at Purdue and outside, and has really helped develop me as a future young professional. I feel like IE has been the best fit to my future interests and gave me the widest option range in terms of industries to look at. I have worked with three different oil services companies from their design teams to their continuous and process improvement teams and I can’t say that Purdue has not prepared me well. After college I hope either work with Amazon or Tenaris (fingers crossed for those offers) on the west coast or in Latin America. 

-Anna Mensah