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An Integrated Approach to Graduate Education in Manufacturing Systems—The U.T. Dallas Model
Author(s) -
Cherrington Blake E.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1993.tb00072.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , engineering management , theme (computing) , engineering , product (mathematics) , manufacturing engineering , process (computing) , computer science , sociology , pedagogy , geometry , mathematics , operating system
A graduate program in Manufacturing Systems has been designed by the faculty of the University of Texas at Dallas and a fourteen member industrial advisory committee using a top‐down approach. By establishing an independently administered program with it's own faculty, it was possible to design “de‐novo” a highly integrated set of new courses in a structured curriculum built around the central theme of the design of computer supported/controlled systems for engineering and manufacturing. There are nine required courses organized under the categories of manufacturing processes, process control, computer systems, product design, manufacturing systems, and business principles. A manufacturing project caps off the curriculum.