Topics:

1. Design Specification
2. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Introduction
3. Datum, Datum Feature, Datum Reference Frame
4. Material Condition, Feature Control Frame, Dynamic/Static Tolerance
5. Position
6. Form
7. Orientation
8. Fixturing
9. Location
10. Forces
11. Tooling
12. Process Selection
13. Process Planning
14. CNC
15. Path Planning
16. CNC Programming
17. Design for X
18. Hard Gaging
19. Soft Gaging
20. Production Systems
21. Performance - Cycle Time, WIP, Production Rate
22. Cellular Manufacturing
23. Toyota Production System
24. Demand Flow Technology
25. Production Costs
26. Make vs. Buy

Class/Laboratory Schedule:
The class meets 3 times a week for 50 minutes. Several teaching strategies are employed as appropriate. The classroom activities are supported by a note packet to allow more time for discussion of the topics. There are 2 in-class exams, a class project, and approximately eight assignments. Students work in the laboratories for their assignments and project.

Contribution of Course to Meeting Professional Component:
Students learn how to integrate fundamental engineering principles to develop solutions to process engineering problems. Students are capable of interpreting design specifications, developing process plans, and evaluating the effect of those plans on a manufacturing system.

Relationship of Course to Program Objectives:
Students apply statistical methods to determine process capability. Students collect data on individual processes to determine process capability and understand the effect(s) on a process plan. Students are capable of designing one or more processes to manufacture a product. The design includes resource requirements, software, and process specifications. Students are able to identify feasible processes and requirements based on design specifications. Students can estimate the performance of a manufacturing system based on a process plan.

How Assessed:
At the end of each semester, course evaluations are administered by the department. In addition, students in Alpha Pi Mu administer an informal course evaluations about mid semester.

Actions to Improve the Course:
Based on the feedback from the students, and knowledge gained through industry interactions, the course is continually updated. More industrial examples including actual parts are being added. Assignments have been modified to reflect suggestions by students.

Prepared by: John Jackman 2/20/00