Bruce H. Krogh, Director
Office: Porter Hall B22
The Designated Minor in Manufacturing Engineering provides the student with a background in the basic engineering issues that arise in all manufacturing enterprises, from product design through production processes, to issues in marketing and management.
Faculty Advisors
A faculty member from each department will serve as the faculty advisor for the students who are pursuing the minor degree in their respective departments. Current faculty advisors are:
Course Requirements for Manufacturing Engineering Minor
Note: The course lists below are not necessarily current or complete. Appropriate courses not listed below may be counted toward the requirements for the minor upon approval by one of the departmental faculty advisors. Students interested in the Manufacturing Engineering Designated Minor are encouraged to look for applicable courses each semester in CIT, CS, and Robotics.
Two Core Courses:
24-341 Manufacturing Sciences
27-357 Introduction to Materials Selection (non MSE Majors)
or
27-401 & 402 MSE Capstone Course, I & II (MSE Majors)
Note: Instructor's permission to waive the prerequisites for the core courses will be considered for students pursuing the Manufacturing Engineering Designated Minor.
Technical Electives:
A total of three courses must be selected from at least two of the following categories. Courses taken to fulfill requirements for the student's major, other than technical elective requirements, cannot be used to fulfill this requirement.
Real-Time Systems and Robotics
16-721 Advanced Robot Perception
16-741 Mechanics of Manipulation
16-743 Robot Control
18-349 Introduction to Embedded Systems
18-474 Real-time Computer Control System Design
18-549 Distributed Embedded Systems
18-778 Mechatronic Design
Design, Materials and Processes
06-362 Chemical Engineering Process Control.
24-443 Design for Manufacture
24-789 Advanced Topics in Manufacturing
27-322 Processing of Metals
27-323 Processing of Ceramic Materials
27-421 Design in Process Metallurgy
27-422 Deformation Processing
27-592 Solidification Processing
27-322 Processing Methods
27-421 Processing Design
27-442 Deformation Processing
27-533 Principles of Growth and Processing of Semiconductors
36-600 Design, Manufacturing and Marketing of New Products
39-245 Special Topics: Rapid Prototype Design
39-405 Engineering and Design: the Creation of Products and Processes
Production Management and Control
12-411 Engineering Economics
12-611 Project Management for Construction
36-220 Engineering Statistics and Quality Control
70-430 International Management
70-371 Production and Operations Management
70-471 Production II
Language:
Because of the international nature of manufacturing enterprises, students are strongly encouraged to complete one of the following:
82-221/222 Intermediate German: Culture and Society
82-271/272 Intermediate Japanese