Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Requirements

Faculty | Master's

The Master of Science program in manufacturing engineering is intended to meet the needs of graduates in mechanical or industrial engineering or in other disciplines who are interested in manufacturing engineering.

Manufacturing engineers are concerned with the planning and selection of methods of manufacture, the design of equipment for manufacture, the improvements of established manufacturing techniques, and the development of new ones.

The program contains two alternative sets of introductory courses depending on the student's background, three limited electives chosen from three separate sets of courses, engineering electives, and a six-credit project or thesis.

General Requirements

Each student is required to take a minimum of 30 credits at the graduate level, including a six-credit project or thesis. At least two courses (six credits) other than the project or thesis must be at the 600- to 800-level. All students must satisfy the Graduate School's requirements for the Master's degree.

Required Courses

All students must take the three required courses listed below, unless they can give evidence of prior competency:

MIE 520 Probability and Statistics

MIE 577 Manufacturing Processes Lab

MIE 586 Deterministic Models in Manage- ment Science (also listed as SOM 752)

In addition, students must complete either a Master's Project (MIE 688) or a Master's thesis (MIE 699)

Required Choices

All students must choose at least one course from each of the following sets:

MIE 581 Machining and Machine Tools

MIE 680 Metal Forming Processes

MIE 584 Numerical Control and Robotics

MIE 652 Computer Integrated Manufacturing

MIE 651* Production Planning I

MIE 654 Engineering Economics I

MIE 655 Quality Control and Reliability Engi- neering

* recommended choice

Electives

The remaining courses to fulfill the 30 credit minimum requirement are selected from electives. Students already prepared in any required course must substitute an appropriate additional elective. Electives may be chosen from the above courses or other graduate level courses in the College of Engineering but all electives must be approved by an adviser. An elective course from outside the College of Engineering also requires the approval of the Graduate Program Director.

Suggested electives include:

MIE Courses:

597B Mechanical Behavior of Polymers

597M Customizing CAD Systems

597Q Abrasive Processing

605 Finite Element Analysis

608 Physical Metallurgical Principles

609 Mechanical Properties of Materials

610 Mechanical Metallurgy

697F Modern Control Systems

539 Industrial Robot Design, Selection and Implementation

543 Design and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems

544 Layout and Design of Industrial Facilities

546 Safety Engineering

557 Human Factors Engineering II

591T Taguchi Methods and Experimental Design

652 Computer Integrated Manufacturing

654 Economic Decision-Making for Engineers II

657 Human Factors Design Engineering

683 Simulation and Monte Carlo Techniques

755 Quality Control and Reliability Engineering II

777 Production Planning and Control II

Note:

MIE courses are described under Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

In addition, all students must satisfy the Graduate School's requirements for the Master's degree.