Industrial Engineering

BSE

You’ll have many hands-on opportunities to develop your skills and determine what type of career experience you would like after graduation, with opportunities to earn a significant paycheck in nearby internships and co-ops over summer breaks and even during the academic year.

Here are some of the businesses where our industrial engineering degree students have had internships, co-ops or launched their careers:

• Apple
• Bruno Independent Living Aids
• Cree Lighting
• FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
• Ford Motor Company
• Gardner Denver
• Komatsu
• Krones
• Master Lock
• Perlick
• Rockwell Automation
• UPS
• Usinger’s

In your senior year, you’ll team up with other students to complete a Capstone Project, during which you’ll use what you’ve learned in class to complete an experience similar to an employer request.

View senior design projects here.

Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)

Promotes the scientific and educational interests of those engaged in the energy industry and foster actions for sustainable development.

Institute for Operations Research & The Management Sciences

Encourages interest in the field of operations research and management sciences

Society of Manufacturing Engineering

Non-profit student and professional association for educating and advancing the manufacturing industry in North America.

Student Water Council

Seeks to create awareness of water issues and research opportunities, and to assist in the development of the greater Milwaukee region as a world water hub.

Water Environment Federation – American Water Works Association

Promotes student interest in environmental and water management issues; promotes professional development for students interested in the engineering aspects of these issues.

For full descriptions and contact information of all engineering and Industrial Engineering related student organizations and clubs, click here.

UWM students have a wealth of resources available to them within the College of Engineering & Applied Science. From computer labs and tutoring resources to teaching labs and spaces to create or collaborate. Details here.

A benefit of attending a top tier R1 research university is the opportunity to work with faculty engaged in cutting-edge research and to participate in the Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) program. The SURF program helps you to improve your professional preparation through research by closely working with our faculty to explore, discover, and transform ideas into reality.

SURF students also receive funding for their efforts: from 2012-2023 almost $1.5M was awarded to over 700 students from our college.

Graduate and undergraduate students also have the opportunity to participate in the annual Research Poster Competition & Experiential Learning Expo, providing them with excellent opportunities to share their work with judges from industry.arch visually on a poster and verbally by describing it to judges.

Directed by the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, the UWM Student Startup Challenge is an optional, co-curricular program that fosters our students’ innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. You can work alone or as part of a team as you gain the skills that come from entrepreneurial experience.