Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
From rapid machining technology to the fundamentals of physical ergonomics, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering graduates expand the horizon of naturally occurring processes that can be mimicked in the engineering world. For example, in the Rapid Manufacturing and Prototyping Laboratory, rapid machining technology is used to produce custom-shape artificial implants using Trabecular metal. Such metallic foams and their applications are of great interest to the medical community. Likewise, the fields of biomechanics and biomodeling allow researchers to link biological processes to engineering principles. With physical ergonomics as a foundation, researchers can use data analysis expressed through complex mathematical models to determine biomechanical stresses. Such approaches can be applied to the development of solutions for hazardous work environments.
Contact:
Gary Mirka, Professor
2019 Black Engineering
515 294-8661
email: mirka@iastate.edu
http://www.imse.iastate.edu/who-we-are/people-and-offices/mirka.html
Affiliated Faculty:
Matt Frank, Assistant Professor
http://www.imse.iastate.edu/who-we-are/people-and-offices/frank.html
