IE Techniques Improve Cost and Efficiency of Semiconductor Manufacturing

Today’s semiconductor companies have a dual challenge on their hands: Design and develop cutting-edge computer chip technology and at the same time stay ahead of the competition in cost and speed.

“You can’t just have a good product idea any more, but you also have to make sure your cost is not higher than what your competitor can deliver,” says IE professor, Dr. John Fowler, who researches the application of production and supply chain techniques to reduce manufacturing cost and cycle times and improve on-time delivery of products to customers. Read more >

ASU Industrial Engineering students do the math to model a downtown Phoenix remade for shade

If on some hot, sun-drenched day in the future you can walk around downtown Phoenix and stay under shade cover most of the way, you may have a group of Arizona State University engineering students to thank.

At a recent City Hall press conference, Mayor Phil Gordon presented $1,000 prizes to each of two teams of graduate students in the Department of Industrial Engineering in ASU’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering for their designs to increase and optimize shade in the city’s urban core. Read more >