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MFGG-135 Interdisciplinary Design and Manufacturing

 

 

Catalog data:  This introductory course exposes first year students to the activities and professional characteristics of each of the engineering disciplines offered by Kettering University.  Students are introduced to an electro-mechanical component(s) to discuss the nature of the product, the design principles and constraints used, the material selection and the manufacturing processes.  A laboratory project is included to mimic the design principles.

 

Textbook(s):  None

 

References:  Notes will be provided by the faculty teaching the course.

 

Coordinator(s):  Professor William J. Riffe

 

Course learning objectives:

1.  Discuss the material selection for parts in a finished component, infer the design process from

     that component, and describe the manufacturing processes necessary to make that part.

     (Program A, B, C, D, E, G, K)

                2.  Describe the systems used to make a component and the systems of manufacturing. (Program

     outcomes:  A, B, C, D, E, G, K,)

3.  Construct a virtual model and discuss the relationship of the model to the real component.

     (Program outcomes:  A, B, C, D, E, G, K,)

4.  Effectively write up the process of design and manufacture as it applies to the problem.

     (Program outcomes:  E, G, P)

 

Prerequisites by topic:  None

 

Topics covered:

                1.  Discussion of engineering disciplines at Kettering University

                2.  The interrelationship of materials, design and manufacturing processes

                3.  Reverse engineering

                4.  Virtual models and their role in design

                5.  Prototyping using electrical and mechanical systems

                6.  Written presentation of results

 

Schedule:              One session weekly of 120 minutes each for lecture

                                One session weekly of 120 minutes for manufacturing processes laboratory

                                One session weekly of 120 minutes for either mechanical or electrical engineering

 Laboratory (1/2 term of each)

 

Computer usage:  None except for word processing

 

Laboratory projects:

                Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

                                1.  Material properties in tensile test and hardness test

                                2.  Sheet metal forming and measurement

                                3.  Green sand and lost foam casting

                                4.  Material removal by lathe, horizontal mill, broach, drill

                                5. Oxyfuel and SMAW welding

                                6.  Injection molding and vacuum forming of plastics

                Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

1.  Tear-down of electromechanical device

                                2  Virtual design of prototype

                               

                Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratory

                                1.  Evaluation of electronic circuits and microchips

                                2.  Breadboard programming

                                3.  Construction of a prototype and make it operate

 

Relationship to professional component:  One credit of engineering design and three credits of engineering science

 

Prepared by:  Faculty name___William J. Riffe__________________  Date____February 8, 2002______     

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