MMET - Mfg & Mech Engr Tech (MMET)
MMET 105 Engineering Graphics
Credits 2.
1 Lecture Hour.
3 Lab Hours.
(ENGR 1204, ENGR 1304) Engineering Graphics. Graphical approach to the engineering design process as applied to products; methods of graphical communications, three-dimensional geometry, working drawings, data analysis, computer graphics, introduction to team dynamics and creative problem solving.
MMET 181 Manufacturing and Assembly Processes I
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.
A survey of metal manufacturing processes; traditional machining, non-traditional machining, welding, fabrication, casting and assembly. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in MMET 105, ENGR 102, or ENGR 111, or concurrent enrollment.
MMET 201 Manufacturing and Materials
Credits 4.
3 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Survey of metallic and non-metallic materials; selection and applications of materials; introduction to traditional and non-traditional manufacturing processes, assembly processes, and metrology. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in ENGR 102 or ENGR 111; grade of C or better in CHEM 107 and CHEM 117 or CHEM 120; industrial distribution major.
MMET 206 Nonmetallic Materials
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.
Introduction to structure, properties, processing and application of forest products, plastics, ceramics and composites; laboratory includes processing, physical and mechanical testing, applications, surface treatment and material identification. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CHEM 120 or CHEM 107 and CHEM 117; manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology or industrial distribution major or approval of department.
MMET 207 Metallic Materials
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Introduction to structure, properties and engineering application of ferrous and nonferrous materials; beneficiation, production of ferrous and nonferrous metals, destructive and nondestructive testing, protective coatings, strengthening and heat treatment; laboratory includes metallographic procedures, mechanical testing, heat treatment, surface treatment, corrosion testing, recrystallization and failure analysis. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CHEM 120 or CHEM 107 and CHEM 117; manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology or industrial distribution major or approval of department.
MMET 275 Mechanics for Technologists
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
(ENGR 2301, ENGR 2401) Mechanics for Technologists. Forces, moments and couples in 2-D and 3-D systems; equilibrium of rigid bodies; structural analysis; friction and applications; centroids and moments of inertia. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MATH 152 and PHYS 206 or PHYS 218; manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology major.
MMET 281 Manufacturing and Assembly Processes II
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Survey of Polymer manufacturing processes, casting, expansion, extrusion, molding and thermoforming; additive manufacturing processes, material extrusion, vat photopolymerization, material jetting, binder jetting, sheet lamination, powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in MMET 181 and MMET 206; manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology major or approval of department.
MMET 301 Mechanical Power Transmission
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Overview of the engineering concepts of mechanical power and the components within a system to provide transmission of that power into useful work; experimental application of the related theory as it relates to the industrial distributor; "real world" knowledge learned for application in industry. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ENGL 103 or ENGL 104; grade of C or better in MATH 151, MATH 152, PHYS 206, and ENGR 216/PHYS 216 or PHYS 216/ENGR 216; grade of C or better in CHEM 107 and CHEM 117 or CHEM 120; grade of C or better in MMET 201 or concurrent enrollment; junior or senior classification in industrial distribution.
MMET 303 Fluid Mechanics and Power
Credits 4.
3 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Fluid mechanics and fluid power applications for technologists; fluid properties; conservation of energy and momentum; incompressible flow in pipes; standard symbols: components and control of hydraulic systems and pneumatic systems. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 275; manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology major.
MMET 307 Computer Design Graphics
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Use of microcomputers with currently available CAD software as an aid in the design process and as a means of increasing engineering productivity; review of ANSI standards and an introduction to a variety of computer graphics applications encountered in industry; user-oriented. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 105 or MMET 181.
MMET 313 Industrial Welding Processes
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.
Theory and practical applications of industrial welding and cutting processes; experience in operation of various machines and processes. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in MMET 181 and MMET 207; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 320 Quality Assurance
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.
Applied statistical process control and design-of-experiment techniques for quality improvement and process characterization; emphasis on organizations operating in a continuous-improvement, customer-driven environment; statistical thinking; control charts; capability analysis of product, process and measurement system; experimental process characterization, prediction models and input variable control. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in STAT 211; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 361 Product Design and Solid Modeling
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Design processes and methodologies including quality function deployment, materials and process selection, and design for manufacturing and assembly; fundamentals of modeling part geometry and mechanical assembly using parametric CAD software. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ENGR 216/PHYS 216 or PHYS 216/ENGR 216, MMET 181, MMET 206, MMET 207, and MMET 275; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 363 Mechanical Design Applications I
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Principles of design of mechanical components; theories of failure; Soderberg and Goodman diagrams; fatigue and fracture design criteria; materials and their selection to engineering applications; component assembly aspects; design of fasteners and springs as examples. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in MMET 376; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 370 Thermodynamics for Technologists
Credits 4.
3 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Thermal and mechanical energy transformations; relationships applied to flow and non-flow processes in power and refrigeration cycles; devices include compressors, turbines, heat exchangers, nozzles, diffusers, pumps and piston-cylinder models; computer modeling. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in PHYS 206, and ENGR 216/PHYS 216 or PHYS 216/ENGR 216; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 376 Strength of Materials
Credits 4.
3 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Stress and strain; elastic moduli Poisson's ratio; torsion, bending, unsymmetrical bending; design of beams and shafts; deflection of beams; buckling of columns; material and strength characterization laboratory tests. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ENGL 103 or ENGL 104; grade of C or better in MMET 207, MMET 275, MATH 151, MATH 152, CHEM 107 and CHEM 117 or CHEM 120, PHYS 206, and ENGR 216/PHYS 216 or PHYS 216/ENGR 216; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 380 Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.
Basic concepts in computer-aided manufacturing with emphasis on a system approach to manufacturing activities; use of numerical control machine tools and other computer based software as applied to different industries. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 181 and MATH 152; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 383 Manufacturing Information Systems
Credits 4.
3 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.
Use of information technology for manufacturing enterprise applications, including computer-integrated manufacturing, database, computer networking, web-technology and enterprise resource planning. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 380; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 401 Fluid Power Transmission
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Engineering concepts of hydraulics and pneumatic power and its components within a system to provide transmission of that power into useful work; experimental application of the related theory as it relates to the industrial distributor; real world knowledge learned for application in industry. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 201, MMET 301, PHYS 207, and ENGR 217/PHYS 217 or PHYS 217/ENGR 217; junior or senior classification in industrial distribution.
MMET 402 Inspection Methods and Procedures
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Methods and procedures in nondestructive inspection of materials and industrial products; ultrasonics, dye penetrants, magnetic particle, radiography and supportive evaluation methods such as weld sectioning, polishing, etching and macroscopic analysis. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 281 and MMET 376; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 405 Weldability of Ferrous Metals
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Applied principles of metallurgy with reference to weldability of ferrous metals. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 207 and MMET 313; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 410 Manufacturing Automation and Robotics
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.
Hardware for automated work handling, conveyors, loaders, robots, storage devices; power sources and methods of control, electric motors, controllers, program logic controllers, robot programming; interfacing of equipment controls; and manufacturing work cells. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 361, MMET 376, MMET 383 and ESET 300; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 412 Production and Inventory Planning
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
An introductory treatment of models and techniques for the planning of production and inventory systems. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 320, MMET 383 and ISEN 302; senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 414 Micro/Nano Manufacturing
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.
Product miniaturization and impact; review of atomic structure, electrical and physical properties of materials; ultraprecision machining; microlithography; dry and wet etching/sputtering techniques; isotropic and anisotropic processes; pattern transfer with additive processes; surface micromachining; microreplication processes; introduction to packaging technology and nanometrology; manufacturing of selected microsystems (MEMS) and their applications. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CHEM 107, PHYS 207, and ENGR 217/PHYS 217 or PHYS 217/ENGR 217; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 418 Medical Manufacturing
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.
Surveys relevant regulations, biocompatibility of engineering materials, and emphasizes suitable techniques for medical device manufacturing. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 181; junior or senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 422 Manufacturing Technology Projects
Credits 2.
1 Lecture Hour.
3 Lab Hours.
A capstone projects course utilizing a team approach to an analysis and solutions of manufacturing problems. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in MMET 429; grade of C or better in MMET 410, MMET 412 and MMET 463, or concurrent enrollment; ENTC 399 or concurrent enrollment; must be taken in fall or spring semester; senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 429 Managing People and Projects in a Technological Society
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Supervisory and project management duties and responsibilities in technology based organizations and the methods required to fulfill these functions. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ISEN 302 and MMET 361; grade of C or better in MMET 363, or concurrent enrollment; must be taken in the fall or spring semester immediately prior to MMET 422; senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 463 Mechanical Design Applications II
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Applications of principles of analysis and design of machines and machine elements including linkages, robots, cam and follower systems, shafts, gears, clutches, belt and chain drives; introduction to the mathematical tools for the analysis and design of these machines and machine elements. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MMET 361 and MMET 363; senior classification in manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology.
MMET 485 Directed Studies
Credits 1 to 6.
1 to 6 Other Hours.
Directed study of selected problems in an in an area of manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology not covered in other courses. Maye be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Senior classification and approval of instructor.
MMET 491 Research
Credits 0 to 4.
0 Lecture Hours.
0 Lab Hours.
0 to 4 Other Hours.
Research conducted under the direction of faculty member in the college of engineering. May be repeated three times for credit. Prerequisites: Junior or senior classification and approval of instructor.