Advanced Manufacturing Certificate

Additive manufacturing is the formalized term for what used to be called rapid prototyping and what is now popularly called 3D Printing. Fundamentals of additive manufacturing processes are discussed within the context of the traditional manufacturing life cycle. The broad range of additive manufacturing processes, devices, capabilities and materials that are available are also discussed, and the various tradeoffs that must be made in selecting additive manufacturing processes, devices and materials to suit particular product requirements are addressed. Covers some basics of heat and mass transfer associated with AM processes, fundamentals of casting and its relationship to AM, and the broad physical metallurgy of AM processed metals and alloys.

Robotics, mechatronics, and manufacturing automation. Robot modeling, kinematics, kinetics, sensors and actuator, trajectory planning, vision, artificial intelligence, classical and modern feedback control. MATLAB is used for project-based learning.

Transform domain and state space representations of linear feedback systems, system stability, nonlinear systems, optimal control, bounded and time optimal control of linear systems.

Current requirements and future trends in processing technology for very large-scale integrated circuits and related application. Wafer fabrication, lithography, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, film deposition, wet and dry etching, multilevel metal interconnect, process integration and process simulation.