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5.- Manufacturing Engineering (MFG) Courses
For Graduate Students Only
5195 Graduate Seminar (1-0)
Lectures and discussions of various topics in Manufacturing Engineering by faculty, graduate students, and speakers from industry and other institutions. Required for all non-thesis graduate students each semester they are in the graduate program. This seminar will be counted only once toward graduate degree requirements.
5291 Individual Studies (0-0-2)
5391 Individual Studies (0-0-3)
Individual variable-credit for non-thesis related research, design, or analysis on advanced phases of Manufacturing Engineering problems conducted under the direct supervision of a faculty member. A maximum of three credit hours may be applied towards the MS degree. Prerequisite: Permission of Graduate Advisor.
5311 Design for Manufacturability (3-0)
Theoretical and practical aspects of the implications that the manufacturing process has on the design activities will be studied. Issues such as rapid prototyping, tolerancing, geometric modeling, capabilities of manufacturing processes, design for quality and maintainability and others will be covered. The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, and student projects.
5312 Strategic Design of Manufacturing Processes (3-0)
Strategic and tactical aspects of the design of manufacturing processes will be covered in this course. Techniques such as concurrent engineering, quality function deployment, group technology, process planning, and others will be covered. The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, and student projects.
5313 Integration of Manufacturing Systems (3-0)
This course will focus on the theoretical and practical issues of the integration of independent components of the manufacturing systems. Deterministic and stochastic modeling techniques will be used to analyze the interaction of the different components of a discrete manufacturing system. Special emphasis will be placed on the effects of automation on scheduling strategies and materials flow. The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, and student projects. Prerequisites: IE 3492 and IE 3491.
5314 Robotics and Flexible Automation (3-0)
Modern concepts of robotics and flexible automation including power and control mechanisms, flexible material handling systems, programmable controllers, interfacing and end-of-arm tooling. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
5315 Analysis of Material Handling Systems (3-0)
Study of the most recent developments in research and applications of material handling systems. Special emphasis will be placed on models and techniques that allow a good design of integrated material handling systems in a discrete production environment. The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, and student projects.
5320 Tooling Engineering (3-0)
Design of tooling for various manufacturing processes such as plastic injection, metal casting, stamping, forming, etc. Materials properties, tolerances, cost, and tool interchangeability are covered.
5321 Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Processes (3-0)
This course is designed to be a capstone course for the graduate students of manufacturing engineering. The student will be expected to use the appropriate analytical tools to formulate, model, and solve real-life manufacturing problems. At the end of the course the student will give an open presentation of the results of the term project.
5322 Materials in Manufacturing Processes (3-0)
This course will focus on the selection of materials for manufacturing processes. In particular it will cover the properties of different materials as they apply to manufacturing such as: formability, machinability, hardening, weldability. It will also cover different types of materials such as: metal alloys, plastics, composites, ceramics, and adhesives. The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, and student projects. Prerequisites: CE 2334 and MME 2303.
5330 Concepts in Advanced Manufacturing (3-0)
Introduction to modern concepts in manufacturing systems with special emphasis on discrete production systems. Production control systems such as MRP, KANBAN, and Just-In- Time are covered. The advantages of group technology and FMS will be studied.
5350 Reliability and Maintainability (3-0)
This course deals with the application of reliability theory in engineering design. In particular, the course covers reliability functions and gives broad guidelines for designing reliability into a given situation and for determining the appropriate level of reliability. Accelerated testing, reliability management, the relationship between reliability and quality and maintainability and its management will also be covered.
5359 Computer-Aided Manufacturing (3-0)
Modern concepts of using computers for manufacturing, including the theory of computer numerical control (CNC) and direct numerical control (DNC), CNC milling, CNC tuning and computer-aided process design. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
5360 Computer Vision (3-0)
Fundamental concepts associated with the construction of meaningful descriptions of physical objects from images; including image segmentation, two-dimensional and three-dimensional representations, knowledge representations, and matching and inference.
5362 Graphical Elements of Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (3-0)
Modern concepts of using computer graphics for engineering design and manufacturing, including computer graphics standards such as CORE graphics and GKS, graphic input/output devices, and software design and programming techniques for computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM). Prerequisite: IE 5359.
5390 Special Topics (3-0)
Advanced topics of contemporary interest in mechanical engineering. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
5394 Graduate Research (0-0-3)
Individual variable-credit research of contemporary topics in Manufacturing Engineering. Prerequisite: Permission of Graduate Advisor.
5396 Graduate Projects (0-0-3)
Individual research, design, or analysis on advanced phases of engineering problems conducted under the direct supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
5397 Graduate Projects (0-0-3)
Individual research, design, or analysis on advanced phases of engineering problems conducted under the direct supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisites: MFG 5396 and instructor approval.
5398 Thesis (0-0-3)
Initial work on the thesis.
5399 Thesis (0-0-3)
Continuous enrollment required while work on the thesis continues.
Prerequisite: MFG 5398.
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