Undergraduate degree programs

Within three to five years after graduation, alumni are expected to:

• Excel in their chosen professional careers by effectively applying and continuously enhancing the skills, knowledge and abilities acquired through a degree in manufacturing engineering.
• Bringing value to their communities by engaging in entrepreneurial initiatives, achieving professional excellence, providing mentorship and participating in community service, while adhering to ethical and sustainable engineering practices.
• Practice lifelong learning by pursuing advanced degrees, participating in professional development opportunities and engaging in self-directed training.
• Demonstrate technical leadership across multidisciplinary projects and teams, while actively promoting diversity and inclusivity within the workplace.

Expected outcomes:

• Engineering Problem Solving (ABET 1): an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
• User Centered Design (ABET 2): an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
• Communications (ABET 3): an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• Professional Context (ABET 4): an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
• Multidisciplinary Teamwork (ABET 5): an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
• Critical Thinking & Decision Making (ABET 6): an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
• Strategic Learning (ABET 7): an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Students will become proficient in the following areas:

• materials and manufacturing processes: ability to design manufacturing processes that result in products that meet specific material and other requirements;
• process, assembly and product engineering: ability to design products and the equipment, tooling and environment necessary for their manufacture;
• manufacturing competitiveness: ability to create competitive advantage through manufacturing planning, strategy, quality and control;
• manufacturing systems design: ability to analyze, synthesize and control manufacturing operations using statistical methods; and
• manufacturing laboratory or facility experience: ability to measure manufacturing process variables and develop technical inferences about the process.