Manufacturing Engineering
Technology

Career potential

As a manufacturing engineering technology major, you will be preparing for a career in the manufacturing and production environment. Manufacturing engineering technologists apply scientific and engineering technology in support of engineering activities. Graduates may find employment in research and development, process and equipment specification and design, reliability and quality assurance, and tool design.

To advance in the field of manufacturing engineering technology, you may want to earn a master's degree. UNT has one of the largest engineering technology graduate programs in the United States. To teach manufacturing engineering technology at a university, you may need to earn a doctoral degree.

UNT's Career Center can help you prepare to pursue your career. The center has information about jobs and employers, and the staff can help you with resume and letter writing, job search strategies, and interview preparation.

Majoring in manufacturing engineering technology

A major in manufacturing engineering technology will prepare you to manage the design, development, testing, installation, operation and maintenance of industrial automation and manufacturing systems, including robots and other tools used in automated manufacturing. In this program, you will study fluid mechanics; manufacturing processes and materials, including plastics, ceramics and metals; materials testing; statistics and quality assurance; industrial robot programming; component design; welding; and adhesive bonding.

The major focus of the curriculum is manufacturing processing and factory automation in durable goods production.

The manufacturing engineering technology program is accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET Inc. (111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, Md. 21202, telephone 410-347-7700). This accreditation means the program has passed strict academic standards for excellence in education.

Faculty members have degrees in electrical, mechanical, metallurgical and nuclear engineering, and an average of 10 years industrial experience. Faculty members have worked for Airgas Inc., Boeing Military, Electrotest, Lockheed Martin, General Electric, Houston Engineering and Research, Integrated Technologies Inc., Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and others.

Getting hands-on experience

Current faculty research interests include corrosion, cryogenic power sources, environmental concerns, finite element techniques, fluid dynamics, industrial adhesives, materials engineering, metal and ceramic matrix composites, machining science, and non-traditional propulsion systems. For a senior project, you may work in one of these areas with a faculty member or for an industrial sponsor.

Preparing for UNT

If you are a high school student, you should prepare for college by becoming computer proficient and taking:

• English … 4 years
• Math … 4 years
• Social science — economics, geography, government, history … 4 years
• Science … 3 years
• Foreign language … 3 years
• Fine arts … 1 year

You will need to take courses in most of these subjects under the university core curriculum required of all undergraduates, in addition to your major courses. Talk with your high school counselor about preparing for college, including the entrance exams (SAT Reasoning Test or ACT) that you should take during your junior year. While you're in high school, we suggest taking Algebra I and II, plane geometry, and trigonometry for your math requirements and chemistry and physics to fulfill your science requirements.

As a benefit for transfer students, UNT participates in the Texas Common Course Numbering System. This system makes it easier to transfer credits for general academic courses from one Texas institution to another.

If you're attending a Texas community college, you should consult the UNT Transfer Guide, the UNT Undergraduate Catalog and an academic advisor/ counselor to discuss your degree plan. Proper planning will help you receive the maximum amount of transfer credits.

Charting your path with academic advising

Faculty members in the engineering technology department will provide you with career advice and will help you each semester to select courses necessary to earn your degree. Faculty members also will determine which transfer courses may be applied to engineering technology. The department office is at UNT's Discovery Park, Room F115.

Curious about courses and other features of this major?
See the current catalog.