MFGG 498 - Capstone in Manufacturing Engineering

Summer Term 2001

 

2001 catalog data:               Credit ( 2-4-4) Two lecture hours and two two-hour labs

                                                Prerequisites:  All required MFGG courses (prior to last term)

 

Students will work in teams on industrially supplied projects. Each team will interact with the client to determine the scope of the work and the deliverables. Student will use the skills and knowledge’s gained in previous academic courses to affect an appropriate technological, economic and sociological solution to the project. Written and oral progress reports will be required thought out the course as well as in the final solution presentation.

 

Textbook(s):                         TBD

 

References:                          Processes, materials, CIM, robotics books and current journal papers

 

Coordinator(s):                    Lucy King, Professor of Manufacturing Engineering

 

Course learning objectives:

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

1.        Assimilate topics in three major areas:  materials, processing methods and computer controlled manufacturing.  (Program Outcomes:  A, E, K, L, MFGG PEOs: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7)

2.        Use design skills in proposing the physical product to satisfy the functional requirements specified by customers.  (Program Outcomes:  A, C, E, N; MFGG PEOs: 1, 2, 3, 7)

3.        Select and review part materials and design features to provide alternate designs.  (Program Outcomes:  C, E, O; MFGG PEOs: 1, 2, 3, 7)

4.        Research into latest technology to model and measure a proposed physical system for producing a product.  (Program Outcomes:  A, C, I, J, K, M; MFGG PEOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

5.        Use project management skills and ethical engineering practice to carry out the life cycle of product development within the duration of a term.  (Program Outcomes:  D, F, O; MFGG PEOs: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7)

6.        Form inter-disciplinary teams to integrate concurrent/lean manufacturing and engineering with CIM.  (Program Outcomes:  D, H, K; MFGG PEOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

7.        Combine communication, business and interpersonal skills to manage a project.  (Program Outcomes:  D, F; MFGG PEOs: 3, 4, 5, 7)

8.        Identify areas for improvement in the physical system model and measures.  (Program Outcomes:  A, B, E, M; MFGG PEOs: 1, 3, 5, 7)

9.        Perform quality checks on the processes, parts and final product.  (Program Outcomes:  A, B; MFGG PEOs: 1, 3, 7)

10.     Use statistical analysis to monitor the quality data collected.  (Program Outcomes: A, B; MFGG PEOs: 1, 3, 7)

11.     Track resulting analysis to provide improvements to the system of parts / processes.  (Program Outcomes:  C, D, E, P; MFGG PEOs: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7)

 

 


Prerequisites by topic:      

 

1.  DFMA

2.  Materials properties and selection criteria

3.  Manufacturing process selection and process planning

4.  Automation and material handling

5.  Manufacturing system integration

6.  Concurrent engineering and cost analysis

7.  Technical writing and oral communication

 

Topics covered:

1.        Review of some engineering materials properties, processes, integration and project management

2.        Solicitation of customer’s product requirements

3.        Satisfying customer’s functional and aesthetic requirements

4.        Designing for function, manufacturing, quality, cost and safety

5.        Engineering ethics

6.        Handling of inter-disciplinary and multi-functional team communication

7.        Product and system improvements

 

Schedule:                              Two lecture sections of 60 minutes per week and hours and two laboratories of  120 minutes each.

 

Computer usage: Computers will be used in virtual and real robotics, CNC, and CIM.

 

Laboratory projects:           1.  Project definition and initiation                                   

2.  Proposal presentation                                                   

3.  Interim report, presentation and demonstrations     

4.  Progress report, presentation and demonstrations  

5.  Final project presentation of product, production, system, implementation,

     improvements and future projections                                                         

 

Relationship to professional component:  One hour of engineering topics and three hours of engineering design

 

 

Prepared by:                         Lucy King                             Date:    June 15, 2000