Concentrations

Industrial and systems engineers organize the people, information, energy, materials and machines involved in the production process.

As a student in the industrial and systems engineering concentration, you will learn to make systems work better, more safely, and more economically. You will learn applications in manufacturing, like integrating design and management, quality control and the human factors of engineering; as well as in management, dealing with operations, business planning, financial analysis and project management.

As a senior, you will complete a capstone design project that ties together all skills learned in the program. Recently, for example, students partnered with Jefferson Health’s performance excellence team to work together to tackle existing issues within the hospital system and create solutions that deliver tangible results. You can learn more about that here.

This concentration coupled with the core engineering education requirements of the BSE in Engineering provides a broad education with unique focus that enables graduates to participate in the industrial and systems engineering field and as well as broader engineering practice.

For a listing of all the courses for the BSE Engineering major with Industrial and Systems Engineering concentration please review the Course Catalog.

Textile engineers work with fibers, yarns, fabrics, and finishes to improve current textile-based products and create new products. They may also perform research to develop uses for new fibers, yarns, fabrics, or textile finishes.

As a student in this concentration, you will have the added benefit of Thomas Jefferson University's rich textile legacy to prepare you for success in the rapidly changing global textile industry. You will develop an understanding of traditional and non-traditional textile processes and the trends of increased use of electronics, control systems, and automation. You will learn about modern textile applications in automotive, aerospace, geotextiles, and other areas.

As a senior, you will complete a capstone design project that ties together all skills learned in the program. Recently, for example, textile engineering students used a virtual manikin to model behavior of the manikin we use to test properties of garments:

This concentration coupled with the core engineering education requirements of the BSE in Engineering provides a broad education with unique focus that enables graduates to participate in the textile engineering field and as well as broader engineering practice.

For a listing of all the courses for the BSE Engineering major with Textile Engineering concentration please review the Course Catalog.

Bioprocessing is a rapidly growing discipline that combines life sciences with engineering to define, develop and build biomanufacturing processes and operations for next generation biologics. Bioprocess engineers are an integral part of the biotechnology sector and contribute in many ways to the biopharmaceutical industry. They solve problems posed by the use of biological systems in the manufacturing process, design, operate and troubleshoot equipment and processes, and they contribute to improving quality control and production efficiency. This concentration will provide students with the background in bioprocessing necessary to enter the field upon graduation or to pursue advanced degrees in this field.

For this specialization a student will work with an advisor to choose engineering classes to make up a custom concentration in a specific field.