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Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology |
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Chair: Robert H. Todd
Graduate Coordinator: W. Edward Red
435-R CTB
Provo, UT 84602-4211
(801) 378-5539
THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES
The disciplines of manufacturing engineering, manufacturing engineering technology, and electronics engineering technology apply engineering methods to the manufacture of products and the control of manufacturing processes. It has been shown that over 50 percent of all engineering graduates eventually integrate into the manufacturing mainstream, regardless of engineering discipline. Indeed, the health of modern societies is directly measured by the health of their manufacturing and electronics industries.
Increased international focus on manufacturing productivity has thrust the most advanced technologies directly into the manufacturing arena. Long considered one of the premiere international manufacturing programs, the program at Brigham Young University is supplemented by modern topics and laboratories in areas like electronics, robotics, advanced manufacturing simulation, computer- integrated manufacturing (CIM), advanced material processing techniques, and the newest industrial automation technologies. Laboratories and equipment offer dynamic and state-of-the-art experiences in applied engineering.
Three degrees are offered through the Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology: Engineering Technology—MS; Manufacturing Engineering—MS; and Manufacturing Engineering for Industrial Participants—MS, an accredited industry-sponsored degree available for certain industrial candidates.
An extended master's program is offered in conjunction with the Marriott School of Management. A two-year program in interdisciplinary product development (IPD) leads to the awarding of both an MS in manufacturing engineering and an MBA. This program is described in a following section.
Students who wish to pursue a PhD should consult the Department of Mechanical Engineering catalog sections.
Seventeen faculty professionals having diverse educational and experiential backgrounds provide strong research and student mentoring leadership in a variety of manufacturing areas such as electronics, robotics, simulation, materials, integrated circuits, new product realization, and automation. The faculty is well published, involved in community and professional affairs, and indirectly involved in the development and commercialization of recognized software and hardware products used throughout the world.
From approximately twenty to twenty-five students are admitted to the graduate programs annually, having a broad variety of undergraduate degrees, but distinguished by their manufacturing and electronics interests. The enormity of the manufacturing enterprise means that graduating students can find positions in almost any manufacturing-related industry and are rarely constrained by region.
Engineering Technology—MS
The master's degree in engineering technology integrates modern technology in electronics, systems design, manufacturing, automation, process flow, and quality control into useful working systems. This graduate program provides an intensive period of study in the procedures and methodologies needed to implement theoretical principles in modern industrial practice.
This program is primarily available to graduates from technology and engineering programs who are interested in manufacturing and/or electronics processes. Graduates from other programs may be considered.
Admission and Entry.
Requirements for Degree.
Manufacturing Engineering—MS
The MS degree is awarded to students who have mastered a professional level of education in selected areas of manufacturing engineering. Such education is gained through graduate course work that, unlike bachelor's course work, consists largely of elective courses. Students gain the added experience of participation in research work at the cutting edge of the profession. This research work culminates in a high-quality presentation (the thesis). The MS degree normally requires a minimum one year beyond the bachelor's degree.
Admission and Entry.
Requirements for Degree.
Manufacturing Engineering (Industrial)—MS
An accelerated MS program is available to certain industrial employees who are graduates in engineering, engineering technology, or related fields. The program allows candidates to earn a master's degree in three to five spring terms of five weeks each and requires a thesis (MFET 699R, 3 credits):
Consult the graduate coordinator for more information.
Interdisciplinary Product Development—MS / MBA
In conjunction with the Marriott School of Management and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the department offers a two-year program in interdisciplinary product development (IPD) leading to the awarding of both a master of science in manufacturing engineering and a master of business administration. The degrees are separately approved and granted by each department.
The IPD program was created to address the need for engineers, designers, and business managers to excel in world-class product development. It includes a course sequence, projects, industrial interaction, and research in interdisciplinary methods. A central focus of the program will be a large-scale product development project sponsored by an industrial partner and coached by an interdisciplinary faculty team. The industrial partner provides fellowship funds.
Participation in the program requires independent admission to both the MBA and the manufacturing engineering MS programs. Mention should be made in the statements of intent for each program that the applicant will pursue the IPD emphasis.
Upon admission to both departments, the student is required to submit to the IPD program a separate brief application, available from the Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology Department. The application requires a portfolio of design experience and capability.
Admission to the IPD program is available fall semester only.
Engineering Management—
Minor
Offered to MS students in the College of Engineering and Technology, the engineering management minor provides a way to include some elements of modern management in a technical graduate program.
Requirements.
This minor should be declared as part of a student's graduate study list. Admittance approval to enroll in class will be derived from approved graduate study lists.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
All graduate students with regular degree-seeking status are eligible for various departmental financial aid, available in the following forms:
Graders or Teaching Assistants. Graduate students may be hired up to 30 hours per week (20 hours for international students) to grade papers or to serve as teaching assistants for classes in their technical field.
BYU Supplementary Awards. A limited number of tuition scholarships are available. These are normally awarded by committee to those who make application.
Research Assistants. All students, regardless of status, are also eligible for research assistantships from funded projects. However, funding is solely dependent on availability of research funds through the student's research advisor.
Interested students should contact the graduate coordinator for applications and for further rules on employment.
RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
The College of Engineering and Technology, of which the Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology is a part, has experienced rapid growth in funded research during the past decade. In recent years the college research budget has continued to grow steadily, with the budget for the 1994-95 fiscal year exceeding $9 million. A national leader in several areas, college research organizations now have several centers: the Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center (ACERC), the Advanced Composites Manufacturing and Engineering Center (ACME), and the Rapid Product Realization (RPR) Center. These centers include one of the prestigious National Science Foundation engineering research centers and several research laboratories and state-funded Centers of Excellence. More than half the faculty participate in research endeavors, and a number have gained international recognition for their work.
Both the ACME and RPR centers are operated by the Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology Department. Short descriptions follow.
Center for Advanced Composites Manufacturing and Engineering (ACME). The three-fold mission is to:
The center has helped create over $40 million in business through extension services and other related activities and has indirectly provided more than 400 new jobs in spin-off companies. Although it is a recent center, it has assisted over 100 companies. Many new companies have been launched that use the center's resources, and an extensive set of test analysis and manufacturing equipment has been acquired. Several patents have already been processed and several conferences sponsored.
Rapid Product Realization (RPR) Center. Established in 1994, this center is organized to take a product from its initial concept through design prototype, using the department's extensive resources. These resources include a computer-assisted design lab, rapid prototype machines, plastic manufacturing equipment, traditional metal-working equipment, a high-pressure water jet, an electronics lab, and many other design and manufacturing systems.
The center will annually identify selected new Utah-based products to assist in product maturing, with particular focus on products with high potential for growth and job creation.
Both applied and basic research is conducted over a variety of manufacturing areas, such as open architecture simulation and control of manufacturing cells, study of material microstructure, rapid product realization, factory floor simulation, and composites and plastics processing.
Please review the faculty section that follows for more specific research areas.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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Note: Most graduate-level courses in this department are offered only once per year.
501. Fundamentals of Manufacturing Processes, Design, Materials, and Information Transfer. (3)
Overview of how things are made, with focus on the interrelation of manufacturing processes, design, materials, and information transfer. Importance of manufacturing in society.
528. Electronic Fabrication and Assembly. (3)
Prerequisite: EET 314 or equivalent and instructor's consent.
Theory and application of manufacturing processes required to produce electronic equipment.
529. Manufacturing Information Processing and Networks. (3)
Prerequisite: Phscs 221, EET 443, or instructor's consent.
Function and system analysis and application for sensing, sending, and processing manufacturing information; metallic and lightwave technology networking; data, media, standards, topologies, protocols, instrumentation, and integration.
531. Advanced Computer Numerical Control Programming. (3)
Prerequisite: MET 230, CS 142, or instructor's consent.
Programming techniques and requirements for manufacturing components on computer numerical control machining centers, emphasizing programming, applications, and software development.
532. Manufacturing Systems. (3)
Prerequisite: MFE 480 or instructor's consent.
Analysis and comparison of different manufacturing systems, such as batch manufacturing, flexible manufacturing systems, and cellular manufacturing, including design issues and applications.
533. Manufacturing Information Systems. (3)
Prerequisite: MFE 480 or instructor's consent.
Application and integration of software and information technologies in the planning, executing, and monitoring of production operations.
534. Automation. (3)
Determining appropriate levels of manufacturing automation based on economics and productivity. Elements of automation, including sensors, robots, conveyors, and part feeders.
536R. Advanced Process Mechanics. (3)
Prerequisite: MFE 432.
Analysis and experimental validation of selected manufacturing processes.
537. (MFET-MeEn) Advanced Mechanisms, Robotics. (3)
Prerequisite: MeEn 337 or equivalent.
Kinematics and dynamics of advanced mechanisms, such as robots, with computer simulation of mechanism motion.
538. Technical Management. (3)
Techniques and tools for effective technical management. Management, analysis, cost justification, and communication skills within manufacturing or engineering environments.
540. Computer-Aided Testing. (3)
Prerequisite: instructor's consent.
Introduction to computer-aided testing for product quality assurance using microcomputers, IEEE bus instrumentation, and host minicomputer systems.
541. Advanced Materials Science. (3)
Prerequisite: MET 335 or MFE 250; CEEn 203.
Builds on student's manufacturing and materials background to investigate interrelationship of material and process.
548. Mechatronics. (3)
Prerequisite: EET 444 or instructor's consent.
Synergistic application of mechanical devices, electronic controls, and system principles in designing products and manufacturing processes. Advanced applications of electronic instrumentation, control, and automation in manufacturing systems.
553. (MFET-MeEn) Mechanical Behavior of Polymers. (3)
Prerequisite: CEEn 203, MFE 355, or instructor's consent.
Generalized elasticity relationships, viscoelasticity, yielding and fracture, crazing, rubber elasticity, anisotropic behavior, processing effects on properties, optical and other properties.
555. Introduction to Composites. (3)
Prerequisite: instructor's consent.
Structure, processing, properties, and uses of composite materials, including various manufacturing methods and the relationship between properties and fabrication.
572. Design for Manufacturing. (3)
Prerequisite: senior standing.
Introduction to design evaluation techniques, including design for mechanical assembly, printed circuit board assembly, plastic injection molding, machining, and sheet metal fabrication.
574. Tool Engineering. (3)
Prerequisite: MFE 432 and senior standing.
Design of production machines and tools with functionality, producibility, maintainability, and cost considerations utilizing concurrent product and process design approaches.
578. (MFET-MeEn) CAD/CAM Applications. (3)
Prerequisite: advanced FORTRAN, C, or C++.
Principles and practices involved in parametric surface and solid modeling, associativity, NC tool path generation, etc. Construction of complete CAD models for design, analysis, and manufacture.
580. Manufacturing Simulation. (3)
Prerequisite: MFE 362 and instructor's consent.
Design and optimization of manufacturing systems using simulation. Simulation languages and modeling methodology.
591R. Graduate Seminar. (0.5)
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Topics in research and thesis writing. Graduate students will present thesis subject.
592R. Materials Seminar. (0.5)
Advanced topics in materials science and engineering.
655. Polymer Processing. (3)
Prerequisite: MeEn 312, MFE 355, or instructor's consent.
Rheology and transport phenomena involving polymeric fluids, including an analysis of extrusion, calendering, die forming, mixing, compression and injection molding, molding of reacting polymers, filament winding, and pultrusion.
656. Microstructure and Properties of Metal Alloys. (3)
Treatment of models relating representations of microstructure to mechanical and physical properties of polycrystalline materials. Special emphasis on applications to optimal processing.
674. Production System Design. (3)
Prerequisite: MFET 533 or MeEn 679 or instructor's consent.
Designing manufacturing systems for competitive advantage. Factory layout, simulation, and design and tooling design. Integration of manufacturing design into product development process.
675. (MFET-MeEn) Advanced Manufacturing Strategies for Product Development. (3)
Prerequisite: MFE 232 or equivalent.
Theoretical and experimental study of manufacturing methods such as machining, forming, casting, welding, etc.
695R. Special Topics. (1-9)
Prerequisite: instructor's and departmental consent.
Topics arranged in consultation with instructor.
699R. Master's Thesis. (1-9)
Prerequisite: departmental consent.
FACULTY 
CARTER, PERRY W., II, Assistant Professor. MS, Brigham Young University, 1974. Automatic Assembly.
HARRELL, CHARLES R., Associate Professor. PhD, University of Denmark, 1988. Simulation.
HAWKS, VAL D., Associate Professor. MIE, Lehigh University, 1986. CIM Database Management Systems.
HELPS, C. RICHARD G., Assistant Professor. MSEE, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1986. Real-Time; Process Control; Automation Systems.
JOHNSON, A. KENT, Associate Professor. PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1965. Electronic Filters.
KOHKONEN, KENT E., Assistant Professor. MS, Brigham Young University, 1976. CNC Software Development; Processing Languages; Parametric Programming.
KUNZLER, JOHN J., JR., Associate Professor. MS, Brigham Young University, 1980. Computer- Integrated Manufacturing; Manufacturing Systems.
LUNT, BARRY M., Assistant Professor. PhD, Utah State University, 1993. Manufacturing and Assembling Electronic Devices.
OWEN, EARL F., Assistant Professor. MS, University of Utah, 1972. RF Microwave Circuits.
RED, W. EDWARD, Professor. PhD, Arizona State University, 1972. Robotics; Automation; Applied Mechanics.
ROTZ, CHRISTOPHER A., Associate Professor. PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978. Polymer Properties; Processing Composites.
SMART, MERRILL J., Associate Professor. MS, University of Utah, 1962. Real-Time Computer Systems.
SMITH, KEVIN B., Assistant Professor. PhD, Ohio State University, 1996. Noncontact Metrology, Design, and Control of Motors.
SORENSEN, CARL D., Associate Professor. PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. Design for Manufacture; Manufacturing Processes.
STRONG, A. BRENT, Professor. PhD, University of Utah, 1971. Composites; Plasma Surface Treatments; Plastics.
TODD, ROBERT H., Professor. PhD, Stanford University, 1971. Manufacturing Processes; Process Machine Development; Manufacturing Systems; Engineering Design.
WARE, GENE A., Associate Professor. PhD, Utah State University, 1980. Atmospheric and Infrared Sensor Research.
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