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Institute of Industrial Engineers
(IIE)
IIE is the world’s largest professional society dedicated solely to the support
of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving
quality and productivity. Founded in 1948, IIE is an international, non-profit association
that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and
development of industrial engineering. With more than 17,000 members and 150 chapters
worldwide, IIE’s primary mission is to meet the ever-changing needs of its
membership, which includes undergraduate and graduate students, entry-level engineers,
engineering practitioners and consultants in all industries, engineering managers,
and engineers in education, research, and government.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is the world’s leading professional
society supporting manufacturing education. Through its member programs, publications,
expositions, and professional development resources, SME promotes an increased awareness
of manufacturing engineering and helps keep manufacturing professionals up to date
on leading trends and technologies. Headquartered in Michigan, SME influences more
than half a million manufacturing engineers and executives annually. The Society
has members in 70 countries and is supported by a network of hundreds of chapters
worldwide.
Alpha Pi Mu (APM)
Industrial Engineering Alpha Pi Mu (APM) is the only nationally accepted industrial
engineering honor society. Students eligible for membership must be ranked in the
upper one-fifth of the junior class or the upper one-third of the senior class.
The goals of the organization are To confer recognition upon the students of industrial
engineering who have shown exceptional academic achievement, to further unify the
student body of the Industrial Engineering, and create a closer student-faculty
relationship, and to assist and cooperate with all organizations and persons working
for the interest of industrial engineering. The Alphi Pi Mu Miami Chapter accomplishes
these goals by sponsoring picnics, faculty-student mixers, high school tutoring
programs, and various other activities throughout the year.
UM Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society Student Chapter
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's mission is to
promote the discovery and exchange of knowledge concerning the characteristics of
human beings that are applicable to the design of systems and devices of all kinds.
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