• Manufacturing engineering involves designing, analyzing, and applying manufacturing methods and processes so that quality products can be produced at a competitive cost. It is the manufacturing engineer who is most responsible for the efficient production of quality products. Manufacturing engineering is one of the fastest-growing engineering disciplines and is making a significant impact on the United States' ability to design and manufacture a high-quality product that competes in a global marketplace.
  • The industry has a pressing need for manufacturing engineers because the technology required to manufacture products has become increasingly sophisticated. Businesses need people who can use computers to design and manufacture products in ways that increase productivity, improve quality, and reduce costs.
  • Engineering science courses are fundamental to all engineering disciplines. Static and dynamic modeling, the strength of materials, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and electric circuit analysis are some of the areas studied. Manufacturing engineering courses give students an in-depth study of modern methods of designing and manufacturing quality products. These courses prepare students to select appropriate materials, processes, and methods to manufacture a quality product at a competitive cost. Engineering design is integrated throughout the curriculum. Students learn to develop engineering thinking, which combines art and science, intuition and logic, and observation and experimentation. Students will come up with a solution for an engineering problem, investigate the process and raw materials needed, and build a working model. Senior Design Project represents the culmination of design integration within the curriculum. This is a capstone, year-long experience in which seniors select and complete open-ended projects, many of which involve working with industry. Students work in teams, select and define a manufacturing problem, conduct research, develop and evaluate solutions, present chosen designs, and implement the final design. Past projects for local industries and businesses have included designing a quality control lab and workstations for the disabled.