Program Overview

Graduate Certificate in Advanced Manufacturing

The Graduate Certificate in Advanced Manufacturing provides students with the basic competencies, skills, and experience needed to advance their careers in a manufacturing industry. A graduate certificate requires completion of 9 credits of 500-level and above graduate work. Students may apply for and complete just the certificate or may apply for both the certificate and a degree program. This allows students to start with the certificate and continue to a more advanced degree.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

1. Interpret and optimize manufacturing operations given an understanding of manufacturing support systems.
2. Identify and apply the appropriate manufacturing processes for a product given its specification and material properties.
3. Implement and integrate fundamental principles, critical technologies, processing parameters, and strengthening mechanisms of materials towards manufacturing applications.

Effective Spring 2022

Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.

Course List

• Select 9 credits from the following courses:
  • MECH 502: Advanced/Additive Manufacturing Engineering
  • MECH 513: Simulation Modeling and Experimentation
  • MECH 529: Advanced Mechanical Systems
  • MECH 530: Advanced Composite Materials
  • MECH 531/BIOM 531: Materials Engineering
  • MECH 533: Composites Product Development
  • MECH 537: Processing of Polymer Composites
  • MECH 564: Fundamentals of Robot Mechanics and Controls
  • MSE 502A: Materials Science and Engineering Methods: Materials Structure and Scattering
• Program Total Credits: 9

Certificate Details

• This certificate may have courses in common with other graduate certificates. A student may earn more than one certificate, but a given course may be counted only in one certificate.