ME 170 - Manufacturing Processes and Materials II/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

This course covers advanced subjects in manufacturing. Topics include review of manufacturing processes such as glass, plastics, composites, ceramics, powder metallurgy, machining, and automation.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course and lab, the student will be able to:

analyze, evaluate and discuss utilization of glass, its processes and solve the related problems;
analyze, evaluate and discuss utilization of plastics, its processes and solve the related problems;
analyze, evaluate and discuss utilization of composites, its processes and solve the related problems;
analyze, evaluate and discuss utilization of ceramics, its processes and solve the related problems;
analyze, evaluate and discuss utilization of powder metallurgy, and solve the related problems;
analyze, evaluate and discuss utilization of machining, and solve the related problems;
analyze, evaluate and discuss utilization of non-traditional machining, and solve the related problems;
analyze, evaluate and discuss utilization of Additive Manufacturing, and solve the related problems;
analyze, evaluate and discuss utilization of automation, robotics, PLCs and solve the related problems; and
create valuable technical reports using charts and graphs, which would analyze the relationship between different factors and would come up with an explanation, justification and demonstration of the related theory.

Prerequisites: ME 155