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STEM Careers: Industrial Engineer

Many companies are trying to reduce their carbon footprints by using less energy or recycling more waste. Industrial engineers can help.

Meet Michele Stuart.


Image courtesy of Michele Stuart

"I am an industrial engineer and I am president of my own consulting firm, Efficiency Engineers.ﾠ We help people always look for a better way to do things:ﾠ make things better (quality) and get things done more easily (productivity).ﾠ We use math to find out how things are working and technology to help people make changes for the better."
-Michele Stuart, Industrial Engineer

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