Advanced Product Design and Manufacturing

Catalog description

This hands-on course presents design principles, design for manufacturing, and assembly (DFMA) mythologies. Students learn to choose the best manufacturing process and appropriate material for a product considering shape, size, weight, production rate, and tolerances. The course also covers geometric dimensioning and tolerancing components (GD&T). The concepts of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) are covered using SolidWorks and Mastercam software. Students are taught CNC programming (G-code, M-code) applied on CNC lathes and mills. Students apply their knowledge within the semester by designing and fabricating a product. The course comprises lectures, a computer lab, a machine tool lab, a group project, and individual assignments. Students will work on a class research project.