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Manufacturing Engineering Fall 2007 Schedule (pdf)

402. ME 401. (Q)
Statistical Quality Control & Design
Prerequisites: Senior or Graduate Standing. I. (3 credits).
Evolution of quality methods. Fundamentals of statistics. Process behavior over time. Concept of statistical process control (SPC). Design and interpretation of control charts. Process capability study. Measurement system analysis. Correlation. Regression analysis of two-level factorial experiments. Fractional factorial experiments. Response model building. Taguchi methods. Case studies.
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410. NAME 410. (D)
Marine Structures II
Prerequisite: NAME310. I. (4 credits).
Structural modeling and analysis techniques applied to ship and marine structure components.  Equilibrium and energy models applied to elastic beam theory; static bending, torsion and buckling.  Shear flow and warping of multi-cell cross sections.  Stiffened and composite plates.  Plastic analysis of beams.  Thick walled pressure vessels.  Course project using finite element analysis.
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414. EECS 414. (E)
Introduction to Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Prerequisite: Math 215,Math 216, Physics 240 or graduate standing. I (4 credits).
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), devices, and technologies. Micromachining and microfabricating techniques, including planar thin-film processing, silicon etching, wafer bonding photolithography, deposition, and etching. Transduction mechanisms and modeling in different energy domains. Analysis of micro-machined capacitive, piezoresistive, and thermal sensors, actuators and applications. Computer-aided design for MEMS layout, fabrication and analysis.
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414. MSE 414. (Chem Eng. 414; Macro Sci. 414) (MP)
Applied Polymer Processing
Prerequisite: MSE 412 or equivalent. II (3 credits).
Theory and practice of polymer melt processing.  Non-Newtonian flow; 
extrusion, injection and molding operations; fiber, film and rubber processing; kinetics of solidification; mechanical orientation; product characterization; structure-property relations.
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423. EECS 423. (MP)
Solid-State Device Laboratory
Prerequisite: EECS 320 or graduate standing. I. (4 credits).
Semiconductor material and device fabrication and evaluation: diodes, bipolar and field-effect transistors, passive components.  Semiconductor processing techniques: oxidation, diffusion, deposition, etching, photolithography.  Lecture and laboratory.  Projects to design and simulate device fabrication sequence.
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425. EECS 425. (MP)
Integrated Microsystems Laboratory
Prerequisites: EECS 311 or EECS 312 or EECS 414 or Graduate Standing . II. (4 credits).
Development of a complete integrated microsystem, from functional definition to final test. MEMS-based transducer design and electrical, mechanical and thermal limits. Design of MOS interface circuits. MEMS and MOS chip fabrication. Mask making, pattern transfer, oxidation, ion implamantation and metallization. Packaging and testing challenges. Students work in interdisciplinary teams.
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426. IOE 425. (MS)
Manufacturing Strategies
Prerequisite: Senior standing. I, II. (2 credits).
Review of philosophies, systems, and practices utilized by world-class manufacturers to meet current manufacturing challenges, focusing on "lean production" in the automotive industry, including material flow, plant-floor quality assurance, job design, work and management practices.  Students tour plants to analyze the extent and potential of the philosophies.
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427. EECS 427. (D)
VLSI Design I
Prerequisites: EECS 270 and EECS 312. I and II. (4 credits).
Design techniques for rapid implementations of very large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuits, MOS technology and logic.  Structured design.  Design rules, layout procedures.  Design aids: layout, design rule checking, logic and circuit simulation.  Timing. Testability.  Architectures for VLSI.  Projects to develop and lay out circuits.
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441. IOE 441. (MP)
Production and Inventory Control
Prerequisite: IOE 310 and IOE 316. I and II. (3 credits).
Basic models and techniques for managing inventory systems and for planning production.  Topics include deterministic and probabilistic inventory models, production planning and scheduling; and introduction to factory physics.
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447. IOE 447. (MP)
Facility Planning
Prerequisite: IOE 310 and IOE 316. I. (3 credits).
Fundamentals in developing efficient layouts for single-story and multi-story production and service facilities.  Manual procedures and microcomputer-based layout algorithms.  Algorithms to determine the optimum location of facilities.  Special considerations for multi-period, dynamic layout problems.
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449. IOE 449. (MP)
Material Handling Systems
Prerequisites: IOE 310 and IOE 316. II (alternate). (2 credits).
Review of material handling equipment used in warehousing and manufacturing.  Algorithms to design and analyze discrete parts material storage and flow systems such as Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems, order picking, conveyors, automated guided vehicle systems, and carousels.
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452. ME 452. (D)
Design for Manufacturability
Prerequisites: Mech. Eng. 350. II. (3 credits).
Conceptual design.  Design for economical production, Taguchi methods, design for assembly; case studies.  Product design using advanced polymeric materials and composites; part consolidation, snap-fit assemblies; novel applications. Design projects.
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453. ME 451. (D) 
Properties of Advanced Materials for Design Engineers
Prerequisites: ME 382. II. (3 credits).
Mechanical behavior and environmental degradation of polymeric-, metal-, and ceramic matrix composites; manufacturability of advanced engineering materials; use of composite materials in novel engineering deigns.
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454. ME 454. (D)
Computer Aided Mechanical Design
Prerequisites: Eng. 101, Mech. Eng. 360. II. (3 credits).
Introduction to the use of the digital computer as a tool in engineering design and analysis of mechanical components and systems.  Simulation of static, kinematic and dynamic behavior.  Optimal synthesis and selection of elements.  Discussion and use of associated numerical methods and application software.  Individual projects.
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455. IOE 452. (MS)
Corporate Finance
Prerequisites: IOE 201 and IOE 310 and IOE 366. I. (3 credits).
The goals of this course is to introduce a basic understanding of financial management. The course develops fundamental models of valuation and investment from first principles and applies them to problems of corporate and individual decision making. The topics of discussion will include the net present valuation, optimal portfolio selection, risk and investment analysis, issuing securities, capital structure with debt financing, and real options.
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456. IOE 453. (MS)
Derivative Instruments
Prerequisites: IOE 201 and IOE 310 and IOE 366. II. (3 credits).
The main objectives of the course are first, to provide the students with a thorough understanding of the theory of pricing derivatives in the absence of arbitrage, and second, to develop the mathematical and numerical toos necessary to calculate derivative security prices. We begin by the absence of static arbitrage. We proceed to develop the implications of no arbitrage in dynamic trading models: the binomial and Black-Scholes models. The theory is applied to hedging and risk management.
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458. MSE 485. (D)
Design Problems in Materials Science and Engineering
Prerequisite: MSE 480. I and II. (To be arranged: 4 credit hours maximum).
Design problem supervised by a faculty member.  Individual or group work in particular field of materials of particular interest to the student.  The design problem is arranged at the beginning of each term by mutual agreement between the student and a faculty member.  Written and oral reports are required.
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461. IOE 461. (Q)
Quality Engineering Principles and Analysis
Prerequisites: IOE 366, (Only for M. Eng. in Mfg. Credit not for D. Eng. in Mfg). I. (3 credits).
This course provides students with the analytical and management tools necessary to solve manufacturing quality problems and implement effective quality systems. Topics include voice of the customer analysis, the Six Sigma problem solving methodology, process capability analysis, measurement system analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, failure made and effects analysis, quality function development, and reliability.
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463. IOE 463. (MS)
Measurement and Design of Work
Prerequisites: IOE 333, or ME 395 or BME 231 and IOE 265 or Stats 412. I. (3 credits).
Design of lean manufacturing systems requires knowledge and skills for describing manual work, identifying value added and non-value added work elements, designing efficient work equipment and methods preventing fatigue and related worker health problems and predicting work performance .
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466. IOE 466. (Stat. 466). (Q)
Statistical Quality Control
Prerequisites: IOE/STAT 265 and IOE 366 or STAT 401.  I and II. (3 credits).
Quality Improvement Philosophies; Modeling Process Quality, Statistical Process Control, Control Charts for Variables and Attributes, CUSUM and EWMA, Short Production Runs, Multivariate Quality Control, Auto Correlation, Engineering Process Control, Economic Design of Charts, Fill Control, Pre-control, Adaptive Schemes, Process Capability, Specifications and Tolerances, Gage Capability Studies, Acceptance Sampling by Attributes and Variables, International Quality Standards.
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470. NAME 470. (D)
Foundations of Ship Design
Prerequisites: NAME321, NAME332, NAME340, Co-Requisites NANE 310. I. (4 credits).
Organization of ship design.  Preliminary design methods for sizing and form; powering, maneuvering, and seakeeping estimation; arranging; propulsion; structural synthesis; and safety and environmental risk of ships.  Extensive use of design computer environment.  Given owner's requirements, students individually create and report the conceptual/preliminary design for a displacement ship.
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477. NAME 477. (Eng. Div. 477). (D)
Principles of Virtual Reality
Prerequisites: Senior standing or permission of instructor. I. (4 credits).
Enabling technologies (display systems, motion trackers, interactive devices, others), applications, human factors and perception, computer graphics and geometric modeling principles, creation of virtual environments, existing tools, special topics.  Interdisciplinary group projects will develop VR applications using the facilities in the Media Union.  http://www-VRL.umich.edu/Eng477/
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480. MSE 480. (D)
Materials Science in Engineering Design
Prerequisite:Senior standing. II. (3 credits).
Design concepts.  Engineering economics. Problems of scaling.  Materials substitution. Competitive processes.  Case histories.  Professional and ethical considerations.  Written and Oral presentations of solutions to design problems.
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481. AERO 481. (D)
Aircraft Design
Prerequisite: Preceded by AERO 345. Preceded or accompanied by AERO 315, 325, 335. I. (4 credits).
Integration of the disciplines of aircraft aerodynamics, performance, stability and control, structures, and propulsion in a single-system approach to create the configuration of an aircraft to perform a specific mission. Includes determination of takeoff weight, choice of aerodynamic configuration, selection and integration of powerplant, landing gear selection and design, control surface sizing and cost analysis, among other topics, Involves individual and team assignments, and emphasizes further development of skills for communication and working effectively in teams.
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482. EECS 481. (D)
Software Engineering
Prerequisite: EECS 281 or graduate standing. I and II. (4 credits).
Pragmatic aspects of the production of software systems, dealing with structuring principles, design methodologies and informal analysis. Emphasis is given to development of large, complex software systems.  A term project is usually required.
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483. AERO 483. (D)
Aerospace System Design
Prerequisite: senior standing. II. (4 credits).
Introduction to the engineering design process for space systems. Includes a lecture phase that covers mission planning, launch vehicle integration, propulsion, power systems, communications, budgeting, and reliability. Subsequently, students experience the latest practices in space systems engineering by forming into mission component teams and collectively designing a space mission. Effective team and communication skills are emphasized. Report writing and presentations are required throughout, culminating in the final report and public presentation.
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484. AERO 484. (D)
Computer Aided Design
Prerequisite: preceded by AERO 315, AERO 325, AERO 335, and AERO 345. I. (4 credits).
Advanced computer-aided design. Students learn about computer generation of geometric models, calculation of design parameters, trade-off diagrams, and finite element modeling and analysis. Each student carries out a structural component design using industry-standard software. The course includes individual and team assignments.
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488. ME 487. (MP)
Welding
Prerequisite: ME382. II. (3 credits).
Study of mechanism of surface bonding, welding metallurgy, effect of rate of heat input on resulting microstructures, residual stresses and distortion, economics and capabilities of the various processes.
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489. MSE 489. (D/MP)
Materials Processing Design
Prerequisite: MSE 330 and MSE 335 II. (3 credits).
The design of production and refining systems for engineering materials.  Unit processes in the extraction and refining of metals.  Production and processing of ceramic and polymeric materials, and electronic materials and devices.
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492. ME 482. (MP)
Machining Processes
Prerequisite: Senior standing. II. ( 3 credits).
Introduction to machining operations, cutting tools and tool wear mechanisms. Cutting forces and mechanisms of machining. Machining process simulation. Surface generation. Temperatures of tool and workpiece. Machine Dynamics. Not-traditional machining. Two hours lecture and one laboratory session.
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493. EECS 493. (D)
User Interface Development
Prerequisite: EECS 281 or graduate standing. II. (4 credits).
Concepts and techniques for designing computer system user interfaces to be easy to learn and use, with an introduction to their implementation.  Task analysis, design of functionality, display and interaction design, and usability evaluation.  Interface programming using an object-oriented application framework.  Fluency in a standard object-oriented programming language is assumed.
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EECS 495. (MS)
Patent Fundamentals for Engineering
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Standing) or Graduate Standing. I. Alternate Years. (4 credits).
This course covers the fundamentals of patents for engineers. The first part of the course focuses on the rules and codes that govern patent prosecution, and the second part focuses on claim drafting and amendment writing. Other topics covered include litigation, ethics and licensing.
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497. EECS 497. (D)
EECS Major Design Projects
Prerequisites: Senior standing and successful completion of at least two-thirds of the credit hours required for the program subjects. I and II. (4 credits).
Professional problem-solving methods developed through intensive group studies.  Normally, one significant design project is chosen for entire class requiring multiple EECS disciplines and teams.  Use of analytic, computer, design, and experimental techniques where applicable are used.  Projects are often interdisciplinary allowing non-EECS seniors to also take the course (consult with instructor).
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501.
Topics in Global Operations
Prerequisites: Restricted to Tauber Institute Students. I. II. (3 credits).
This course is intended to provide students with an overview of various topics in operations, such as lean production systems, supply chain management, design for manufacturability, facilities planning, the environmental, legal, and ethical issues in operations, and product design. Students learn how all these aspects of operations interconnect.
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502.
Manufacturing Systems Design
Prerequisites: graduate standing in Manufacturing Engineering. II. (3 credits).
This course is to provide students an introduction to the procedures and methodologies for designing manufacturing systems. Topics covered include paradigms of manufacturin system configuration, performance, optimization, launch and reconfiguration of manufacturing systems.
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503.
Manufacturing Project
Prerequisites: Mfg 501.I. II. III, IIIa and, IIIb. (3 credits).
This project course is intended to provide students with an industrially-relevant team project experience in manufacturing.
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504.
Tauber Institute Project
Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in Tauber Institute project and MFG 501 . I. II. (3 credits).
Tauber Institute students will participate in the required Team Project, which is a multidisciplinary internship. In preparation students will refine their communications, team building, and project management skills through specialized seminars. Upon completion, each student will perform an advanced analysis of the project results under the supervision of UM faculty..
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510. AERO 510. (D)
Finite Elements in Mechanical and Structural Analysis I
Prerequisites: Aero. Eng. 315. II. (3 credits).
Introductory level Development of the linear finite element displacement method.  Virtual work.  Application to trusses, beams, plates, shells, and solids.  Stress, displacement, strain energy.  Computer laboratory based on a general purpose finite element code.  Term project.
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511. AERO 511. (D)
Finite Elements in Mechanical and Structural Analysis II
Prerequisites: Aero. Eng. 510 or Appl. Mech. 505. II. (3 credits).
Intermediate level. Finite element solutions for structural solutions for structural dynamics and non-linear problems.  Normal modes, forced vibration, Euler buckling (birfucation), large deflections, nonlinear elasticity, transient heat conduction.  Computer laboratory based on a general purpose finite element code.
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513. MFG 513. (E)
Automotive Body Structures
Prerequisites: ME 311. II. (3 credits).
Emphasis is on body concept for design using first order modeling of thin walled structural elements. Practical application of solid/structural mechanics is considered to design automotive bodies for global bending, torsion, vibration, crashworthiness, topology, material selection, packaging, and manufacturing constraints.
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514. EECS 514. (E)
Advanced Micro Electro Systems Devices and Technologies
Prerequisites: EECS 414. II. (4 credits).
Advanced micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) devices and technologies. Transduction techniques, including piezoelectric, electrothermal, and resonant techniques. Chemical biological sensors, microfluidic and biomedical devices. Micromachining technologies such as laser machining and microdrilling. EDM, materials such as SiC and diamond. Sensor and actuator analysis and design through CAD.
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514. MSE 514 (MacroSE 514). (D/MP)
Composite Materials
Prerequisites: MSE 350. I (evemt years). (3 credits).
Behavior, processing, and design of composite materials, especially fiber composites.  Emphasis is on the basic chemical and physical processes currently employed and expected to guide the future development of the technology.
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516. AERO 516. (D)
Mechanics of Fibrous Composites
Prerequisites: Aero Eng. 414 or Appl. Mech. 412. I. (3 credits).
Effective stiffness properties of composites.  Constitutive description of laminated plates.  Laminated plate theory.  Edge effects in laminates.  Nonlinear theory of generally laminated plates.  Governing equations in the Von Karman sense.  Laminated plates with moderately large deflections.  Postbuckling and nonlinear vibration of laminated plates.  Failure theories and experimental results for laminates.
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517. ChemE 517. (MP)
Biochemical Science and Technology
Prerequisites: ChE 344, Biol 311 or equivalent, Permission by Instructor. II. (3 credits).
Concepts necessary in the adaptation of biological and biochemical principles to industrial processing in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.  Topics include rational screening, functional genomics, cell cultivation, oxygen transfer, etc.  Lectures, problems, internet, and library study will be used.
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518. ME 518. (D)
Composite Materials: Mechanics, Manufacturing, and Design
Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing. II (alternate). (3 credits).
Composite materials, including naturally occurring substances such as wood and bone, and engineered materials from concrete to carbon-fiber reinforced epoxies.  Development of micromechanical models for a variety of constitutive laws.  Link between processing and as-manufactured properties through coupled fluid and structural analyses.
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523. EECS 523. (D)
Digital Integrated Circuit Technology
Prerequisites: EECS 311 and EECS 320, and EECS 423 or EECS 425. I. (4 credits).
Integrated circuit fabrication overview relationships between processing choices and devices performance characteristics. Long-channel device I-V review, short-channel MOSFET I-V characteristics including velocity saturation, mobility degradation, hot carriers, gate depletion. MOS device scaling strategies, silicon-on-insulator, lightly doped drain structures, on chip interconnection parasitics and performance, Major CMOS scaling challenges. Process and circuit simulation.
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527. EECS 527. (D)
Layout Synthesis and Optimization
Prerequisites: EECS478. II. (3 to 4 credits).
Theory of circuit layout partitioning and placement algorithms.  Routing algorithms, parallel design automation on shared memory and distributed memory multiprocessors, simulated annealing and other optimization techniques and their applications in CAD, layout transformation and compaction, fault-repair algorithms for RAMs & PLAs hardware synthesis from behavioral modeling, artificial intelligence-based CAD.
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528. EECS 528. (D)
Principles of Microelectronics Process Technology
Prerequisites: EECS 421 and EECS 423. II. (3 credits).
Theoretical analysis of the chemistry and physics of process technologies used in microelectronics fabrication.  Topics include: semiconductor growth, material characterization, lithography tools, photoresist models, thin film deposition, chemical etching, plasma etching, electrical contact formation, microstructure processing and process modeling.
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534. IOE 534. (BioE 534). (MS)
Occupational Biomechanics
Prerequisites: I.&O.E. 333 and IOE 334, or IOE 433/EIH 556. II. (3 credits).
Anatomical and physiological concepts are introduced to understand and predict human motor capabilities, with particular emphasis on the evaluation and design of manual activities in various occupations.  Quantitative models are developed to explain (1) muscle strength performance, (2) cumulative and acute musculoskeletal injury, (3) physical fatigue, and (4) human motion control.
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535. IOE 533. (MS)
Human Factors in Engineering Systems I
Prerequisites: I.&O.E. 333 IOE 365 or IOE 433 (EIH 556). I. (3 credits).
Principles of engineering psychology applied to engineering and industrial production systems visual task measurement and design, psycho-physical measurements, signal detection theory and applications to industrial process control.  Human information processing, mental workload evaluation, human memory and motor control processes.
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536. CEE 536.(MP)
Critical Path Methods
Prerequisites: senior or graduate standing. I, II, and IIIa. (3 credits).
Basic critical path planning and scheduling with arrow and precedence networks; project control; basic overlapping networks; introduction to resource leveling and least cost scheduling; fundamental PERT systems.
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539. IOE 539. (D)
Safety Engineering Methods
Prerequisites: IOE 265 or Biostat. 503. I. (3 credits).
Recognition, evaluation, and control of generic safety hazards (confined spaces, electricity, fire, mechanical energy, etc.) found in contemporary work places, using case studies from manufacturing, transportation and power generation. Students perform an interdisciplinary team project using contemporary sytems safety methods (e.g., fault tree analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, or job safety analysis) to redesign a work station or consumer product..
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541. IOE 541. (MP)
Inventory Analysis and Control
Prerequisites: IOE 310 and IOE 316. II. (3 credits).
Models and techniques for managing inventory systems and for planning production. Topics include single item and multi-item inventory models, production planning and control, and performance evaluation and manufacturing systems.
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542. MSE 542. (MP)
Reactions in Ceramic Processes
Prerequisites: MSE 440 or graduate standing. I and II. (3 credits).
Dissociation, sintering, vitrification, devitrification, and thermochemical reactions in ceramic processing.
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543. IOE 543. (Q/MP)
Scheduling
Prerequisites: IOE 316 or IOE 310. II. (3 credits).
The problem of scheduling several tasks over time, including the topics of measures of performance, single-machine sequencing, flow shop scheduling, the job shop problem, and priority dispatching.  Integer programming, dynamic programming, and heurisitc approaches to various problems are presented.
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545. IOE 545. (MP)
Queueing Networks
Prerequisites: IOE 515 or EECS 501. I. (3 credits).
Introduction to queueing networks.  Topics include product and non-product form networks, exact results and heavy and light traffic approximations, queueing networks with blocking, and polling systems.  Applications from manufacturing and service industries are given as examples.
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549. IOE 549. (MP)
Plant Flow Systems
Prerequisites: IOE 310 and IOE 416. II. (3 credits).
Analytical models for the design and throughput performance evaluation of material handling systems used in discrete parts flow production facilities.  Analysis of design and control issues for manual and automated handling systems including lift trucks, microload automatic storage/retrieval systems and automated guided vehicle systems.
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550. CEE 550. (Q)
Quality Control of Construction Materials
Prerequisites: CEE 351. II. (3 credits).
Construction material specification and test procedures.  Sampling methods, data collection and statistical data distributions.  Quality control charts, development of quality assurance specifications and acceptance plans.  Examples using data from actual field construction and laboratory experiments collected by destructive and non-destructive methods.
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551. CEE 554. (D)
Materials in Engineering Design
Prerequisites: CEE351 or per instructor. II. (3 credits).
Integrated study of materials properties, processing, performance, structure, cost, and mechanics, as related to engineering design and materials selection.  Topics include design process, materials properties and selections; scaling; materials database, processing and design, and optimization.  Examples will be drawn from cement and ceramics, metals, polymers and composites.
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IOE 551. (E)
Benchmarking, Productivity Analysis and Performance Measurement
Prerequisites: IOE 510.II. (3 credits).
Introduction to quality engineering techniques commonly used for performance measurement, productivity analysis, and identification of best practice. Topics include balanced scorecard, activity-based costing/management, benchmarking, quality function deployment and data envelopment analysis (DEA). Significant focus of the course is on the application of DEA for identification of best practice.
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552. ME 552. (D)
Mechatronics Systems Design
Prerequisites: EECS 314. I. (3 credits).
Design for electro-mechanical systems in emphasis places on the integration of mechanical and electrical principles.  Electromechanical Device Design: generators/alternators, electrical motors,  measurement/sensing devices, Digital Control: microprocessors, AD/DA converters, data transmission and acquisition; Electromechanical System Design: mixed domain modeling, real time control and mechatronic systems.
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553. ME 553. (D)
Microelectromechanical Systems
Prerequisites: Senior or Grad Standing. II. (Alternate Years) (3 credits).
Basic integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing processes; electronics devices fundamentals; microelectromechanical systems fabrications including surface micromachining, bulk micromachining, LIGA and others. Introduction to microacturators and microsensors such as micromotors, grippers, accelemeters and pressure sensors.  Mechanical and electrical issues in micromachining. IC CAD tools to design microelectro-mechanical structures using MCNC MUMPs service. Design Projects.
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554. ME 554. (D)
Computer Aided Design Methods
Prerequisites: ME 454 or ME 501. I. (3 credits).
Generalized mathematical modeling of engineering systems, methods of solution and simulation languages.  Analysis methods in design; load, deformation, stress and finite element considerations; non-linear programming.  Computational geometry; definition and generation of curves and surfaces.  Computer graphics; transformations; clipping and windowing; graphics systems; data structures; command languages; display processors.
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555. ME 555. (D)
Design Optimization
Prerequisites: Math 451 and Math 217 or equivalent. II. (3 credits).
Mathematical modeling of engineering design problems for optimization.  Boundedness and monotonicity analysis of models.  Differential optimization theory and selected numerical algorithms for continuous nonlinear models.  Emphasis on the interaction between proper modeling and computation. students propose design term projects from various disciplines and apply course methodology to optimize designs.
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556. ME 576 (D)
Fatigue in Mechanical Design
Prerequisites: 382 or equivalent. I. (3 credits).
A broad treatment of stress, strain, and strength with reference to engineering design and analysis.  Major emphasis is placed on the analytical and experimental determination of stresses in relationship to the fatigue strength properties of machine and structural components.  Also considered are deflection, post-yield behavior, residual stresses, temperature and corrosion effects.
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557. ME 577. (D)
Materials in Manufacturing and Design
Prerequisites: senior or graduate standing. I, and II. (3 credits).
Material selection on the basic cost, strength, formability and machinability.  Advanced strength analysis of heat treated and cold formed parts including axial, bending, shear and cyclic deformation.  Correlations of functional specifications and process capabilities.  Problems in redesign for productability and reliability.
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558. ME 558. (D)
Discrete Design Optimization
Prerequisites: senior or graduate standing. I. (Alternate years) (3 credits).
Fundamentals of discrete optimization for engineering design problems.  Mathematical modeling of engineering design problems as discrete optimization problems, integer programming, dynamic programming, graph, search algorithms, and introduction to NP completeness.  A term project emphasis application to realistic engineering design problems.
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559. ME 559. (MP)
Smart Materials and Structures
Prerequisites: EECS314. I. (Alternate years) (3 credits).
This course will cover theoretical aspects of smart materials, sensors and actuator technologies.  It will also cover design, modeling, and manufacturing issues involved in integrating smart materials and components with control capabilities to engineering smart structures.
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560. ME 551. (D)
Mechanismsl Design
Prerequisites: ME350. II. (3 credits).
Basic concepts.  Type synthesis-Creative design mechanisms; Graphic theory.  Precision-point Burmester theory for dimensional synthesis of linkages.  Applications.  CAM and follower system synthesis.  Joint force analysis and dynamic analysis formulations.  Analytical synthesis of programmable and compliant mechanisms.  Use of software for synthesis and analysis. Design projects.
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561. ME 563. (IOE 565). (Q)
Time Series Modeling, Analysis, Forecasting
Prerequisites: IOE 366 or ME 401. I. (3 credits).
Time series modeling, analysis, forecasting, and control, identifying parametric time series, autovariance, spectra, Green's function, trend and seasonality.  Examples from manufacturing, quality control, ergonomics, inventory, and management.
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562. ME 560. (MP)
Modeling Dynamic Systems
Prerequisites: ME 360. II. (3 credits).
A unified approach to the modeling, analysis and simulation of energetic dynamic systems.  Emphasis on analytical and graphical descriptions of state-determined systems using Bond Graph language.  Analysis using interactive computer simulation programs.  Applications to the control and design of dynamic systems such as robots, machine tools and artificial limbs.
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563. NAME 562. (D/MS)
Marine Systems Prod. Business Strategy and Operations Management
Prerequisites: NA 260 or equivalent or graduate standing. I. (4 credits).
Examination of business strategy development, operations management principals and methods, and design-production integration methods applied to the production of complex marine systems such as ships, offshore structures, and yachts. Addresses shipyard and boat yard business and product strategy definition, operations planning and scheduling, performance measurement, process control and improvement.
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565. AERO 565. (AM 565). (D)
Optimal Structural Design
Prerequisites: Aero. Eng. 414 and 350. I. (3 credits).
Optimal design of structural elements (bar, trusses, frames, plates, sheets) and systems; variational formulation for discrete and distributed parameter structures; sensitivity analysis; optimal material distribution and layout; design for criteria of stiffness, strength, buckling, and dynamic response.
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567. EECS 567. (D/MP)
Introduction to Robotics
Prerequisites: EECS 281. II. (3 credits).
Introduction to robots considered as electro-mechanical computational systems performing work on the physical world. Data structures representing kinematics and dynamics of rigid body motions and forces and controllers for achieving them.  Emphasis on building and programming real robotic systems and on representing the work they are to perform.
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569. EECS 569. (E/MP)
Production Systems Engineering
Prerequisites: Mone. II. Alternate years(3 credits).
Production systems in large volume manufacturing (e.g., automotive, semiconductor, computer, etc.) are studied. Topics include quantitative methods for analysis of production systems; analytical methods for identification and elimination of production system bottleneck; and system-theoretical properties of production lines.
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569. IOE 566. (Q)
Advanced Quality Control
Prerequisites: I.&O.E. 466. II. (3 credits).
An applied course on Quality Control including Statistical Process Control Modifications, Linear, Stepwise & Ridge Regression Applications, Quality Policy Deployment, Taguchi Methods, Quality Policy Deployment, Tolerancing Systems, Process Control Methodologies & Measurement Systems & Voice of the Customer Methodologies Time Series, Experimental Design, Total Quality Management and case studies.
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571. NAME 571. (D)
Ship Design Project
Prerequisites: prior arrangement with instructor. I, II, and IIIa (to be arranged).
Individual (or team) project, experimental work, research or directed study of selected advanced topics in ship design.  Primarily for graduate students.
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572. NAME 570. (D/MS)
Advanced Marine Design
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. II. (4 credits).
Organization of marine product development; concurrent marine design.  Shipbuilding policy and build strategy development.  Group behaviors; leadership and facilitation of design teams.  General theories and approaches to design.  Conceptual design of ships and offshore projects.  Nonlinear programming, multicriteria optimization, and genetic algorithms applied to marine design.  Graduate standing required.
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573. NAME 561. (D)
Marine Product Modeling
Prerequisites:  NAME 570. II. (3 credits).
Fundamental aspects of marine product modeling, data exchange, and visualization.  Simulation Based Design.  Introduction to activity modeling and information modeling.  Overview of Object Oriented Programming.  Geometric modeling of solids and surfaces.  Simulation and visualization.  Virtual prototyping.
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574. ME 581. (D)
Global Product Development
Prerequisites:. I (3 credits).
A project-based course in which each (global) student team comprising studetns from three universities will be responsible for development of a product for the global market. Teams will use collaboration technology tools extensively. Several case studies on global product development will be presented and follow-up lectures will focus on the issues highlighted.
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575. NAME 575. (D)
Computer-Aided Marine Design Project
Prerequisites: None. I, II, IIIa, IIIb and III. (2-6 credits).
Development of computer-aided design tools.  Projects consisting of formulation, design, programming, testing, and documentation of programs for marine design and constructional use.
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577. MSE 577. (MP)
Failure Analysis of Materials
Prerequisites: MSE 350. II. (3 credits).
Analysis of failed structures due to tensile overload, creep, fatigue, stress corrosion, wear and abrasion, with extensive use of scanning electron microscope.  Identification and role of processing defects in failure.
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578. NAME 580. (MS)
Optimization, Market Forecasts and Management of Marine Systems
Prerequisites: NAME500. I. (4 credits).
Optimization methods (linear, integer, nonlinear, sequential) concepts and applications in the operations of marine systems.  Forecasting methods (ARMA, Fuzzy sets, Neural Nets) concepts and applications to shipping and shipbuilding decisions.  Economics of merchant shipbuilding and ship scrapping.  Elements of maritime management:  risk and utility theory.  Deployment optimization.
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579. NAME 582.
Reliability and Safety of Marine Systems
Prerequisites: EECS 401 or Math 425 or STAT 412. II. (3 credits).
Brief review of probability, statistics, tradeoff analysis, and elements of financial management.  Thorough presentation of the methods and techniques of reliability analysis.  Marine reliability, availability, maintenance, replacement, and repair decisions.  Safety and risk analysis.  FMAE, fault tree and event tree analysis.  Marine applications.
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580. ME 572. (MP)
Rheology and Fracture
Prerequisites: ME. 382. I. (3 credits).
Mechanisms of deformation, cohesion, and fracture of matter. Unified approach to the atomic-scale origins of plastic, viscous, viscoelastic, elastic, and alelastic behavior.  The influences of time and temperature on behavior.  Stress field of edge and screw dislocations, dislocation interactions, and cross slip.  Surface stress and energy states, wetting, solid adhesion, friction.  Ductile, creep, brittle, and fatigue failure mechanisms.
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581. ME 573. (MP)
Friction and Wear
Prerequisites: background in materials and mechanics desirable. II. (3 credits).
The nature of solid surfaces, contact between solid surfaces, rolling friction, sliding friction, and surface heating due to sliding; wear and other types of surface attrition are considered with reference to practical combinations of sliding materials, effect of absorbed gases, surface contaminants or other lubricants on friction, adhesion, and wear; tire and brake performance.
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582. MSE 523. (ME 582). (MP)
Metal Forming Plasticity
Prerequisites: ME 211 II. (3 credits).
Elastic and plastic stress-strain relations; yield criteria and flow rules; analyses of various plastic forming operations.  Effects of work hardening and friction, temperature, strain rate, and anisotropy.
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584. ME 584. (MP)
Control of Machining Systems
Prerequisites: ME 461 or equivalent. II. (3 credits).
Advanced control and sensing methodologies for machining processes: milling, turning, drilling, grinding and laser cutting.  Machine tool structure.  CNC programming.  Drive components.  Trajectory interpolators.  Selection of control parameters.  Software compensation and adaptive control.  The design process of a comprehensive machining system.  Two-hour lecture and two-hour lab per week.
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585. ME 585. (MP)
Machining Dynamics and Mechanics
Prerequisites: graduate standing. I. (even years) (3 credits).
Dynamic cutting process models and process stability issues.  Advanced cutting process mechanics and modeling including cutting temperature, and wear evolution.  Single and multi-DOF stability analysis techniques, stability margins and stability charts.  Modeling approximations for industrial applications.
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587. ME 587. (MP)
Reconfigurable Manufacturing for Market Responsiveness
Prerequisites: One 500 level Mfg. or Design or Business class. II (alternate). (3 credits).
Product -process-business relationships. Manufacturing paradigms and the market. Product design for customization.. Paradoxial products. Mass-production model. Mass-customization principles. Reconfigurable manufacturing systems-design and principles. Reconfigurable machine tools. Impact of system configurations on productivity, quality, scalability, and convertability. IT for market responsiveness. Business models. Reconfigurable enterprises. Introduction to financial planning and business plans.
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588. ME 588. (D)
Assembly Modeling for Design and Manufacturing
Prerequisites: ME381 and ME401 or equivalent. I (alternate). (3 credits).
Assembly as product and process.  Assembly representation.  Assembly sequence.  Datum flow chain.  Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing.  Tolerance analysis.  Tolerance synthesis.  Robust design.  Fixturing.  Joint design and joining methods.  Stream of variation.  Auto body assembly case studies.
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589. ME 589 (E)
Ecological Sustainability in Design and Manufacturing
Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing: . I. (3 credits).
A scientific basis for understanding and reducing the environmental impact of engineering design and manufacturing decisions from a life cycle perspective. Environmental impact principles: air/water pollution, ozone depletion, global warming, resource sustainability. Life cycle assessment and envir onmentally conscious manufacturing metals, plastics, and electronics products. System design metrics, disassembly, remanufacturing, recycling, policy considerations. Case studies include sustainable mobility, alternative energy sources, tooling and machining, refrigeration, electronics remanufacturing.
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590. MFG 590.
Study or Research in Selected Manufacturing Topics
I, II. (1 - 3 credits).
Individual study specialized aspects of Manufacturing engineering.
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591. ME 586. (MP)
Laser Materials Processing
I. (3 credits).
Application of lasers in materials processing and mfg. laser principles and optics. Fundamental concepts of laser/material interaction. Laser welding, cutting surface modification, forming, and rapid prototyping. Modeling of processes, microstructure and mechanical properties of processed materials. Transport phenomena. Process monitoring.
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594. EECS 594. (MP)
Introduction to Adaptive Systems
Prerequisites: EECS 203 and Math 425 (Stat 425). II. (3 credits).
Programs and automata that "learn" by adapting to their environment; programs that utilize genetic algorithms for learning.  Samuel strategies, realistic neural networks, connectionist systems, classifier systems, and related models of cognition.  Artificial intelligence systems, such as NETL and SOAR, are examined for their impact upon machine learning and cognitive science.
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599. MFG 599.
Special Topics in Manufacturing
I,II,III, IIIa and IIIb. (1-3 credits).
Special Topics in Manufacturing.
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605. OMS 605. (MP)
Manufacturing and Supply Operations
II. (3 credits).
This is a course on the basic concepts and techniques of operations and inventory management. The foundation of the course is a system of manufacturing laws collectively known as "Factory Physics". These laws relate measures of plan performance, such as throughput, cycle time, work-in-process, customer service, variability, and quality, in a consistent manner and provide a framework for evaluating and improving operations. Concepts and methods are examined via exercises and case studies..
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617. ChemE 617. (MP)
Advanced Biochemical Technology
Prerequisites: Chem. Eng. 517 or permission of instructor. II. (3 credits).
Practical and theoretical aspects of various unit operations required to separate and purify cells, proteins, and other biological compounds.  Topics covered include various types of chromatography, liquid/liquid extractions, solid/liquid separations, membrane processing and field enhanced separations.  This course will focus on new and non-traditional separation methods.
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622. MSE 622. (Nucl. Eng. 622). (MP)
Ion Beam Modification and Analysis of Materials
Prerequisites: NERS. 421/521 or MSE 350 or Permission of Instructor. I I. (Alternate) (3 credits).
Ion-solid interactions, ion beam mixing, compositional changes, phase changes, micro-structural changes; alteration of physical and mechanical properties such as corrosion, wear, fatigue, hardness; ion beam analysis techniques such as RBS, NRA, PIXE, ion channeling, ion microprobe; accelerator system design and operation as it relates to implantation and analysis.
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627. EECS 627. (D)
VLSI Design II
Prerequisites: EECS 427. I. (4 credits).
Advanced very large scale integrated (VLSI) circuit design.  Design methodologies (architectural simulation, hardware description language design entry, silicon compilation, and verification), microarchitectures, interconnect, packaging, noise sources, circuit techniques, design for testability, design rules, VLSI technologies (silicon and GaAs), and yield. Projects in chip design.
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645. IOE 645. (MP)
Topics in Reliability and Maintainability
I.&O.E. 515 (Stat 526) and IOE 562 (Stat 562) (Stat 535). II. (3 credits).
Advanced topics in reliability and maintainability. Examples include models for component and system reliability, probabilistic design, physics of failure models, degradation modeling and analysis, models form maintainability and availability, and maintenance and monitoring policies.
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990. Dissertation/Pre-Candidate
I, II, III (1-8 credits).; IIIa or IIIb (1-4 credits).
Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted to status of candidate.
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995. Dissertation/Candidate
I, II, III (8 credits).; IIIa or IIIb (4 credits).
Election for dissertation work by doctoral student who has been admitted as a doctoral candidate.  The defense of the dissertation, that is, the final oral examination, must be held under a full term candidacy enrollment.
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Key to Distribution Areas

• D - Design
• Q - Quality
• MP - Manufacturing Processes
• MS - Manufacturing Systems

Term Designations

• Ia - Fall (First 7 Weeks)
• Ib - Fall (Second 7 Weeks)
• IIa - Winter (First 7 Weeks)
• IIb - Winter (Second 7 Weeks
• IIIa - Spring
• IIIb - Summer