Materials and Processes for Manufacturing

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This lecture course will build on history, contemporary and emerging materials through the manufacturing processes of both small scale and industrial scale products. Materials covered include: wood, metal, plastics, polymers, textiles and ceramics. Manufacturing processes covered will be expanded from historic to future technologies used in a variety of product design development. Students will engage in a variety of written assignments and field trips to local manufacturing facilities. Student success in this course requires combination learning consisting of visual, aural, read/write and kinesthetic (VARK) learning in an observational setting.