The graduate certificate in Advanced Manufacturing provides students who have strong science, technology, mathematics and/or engineering backgrounds with additional graduate education in advanced manufacturing. Students are required to take four courses with emphasis on advanced manufacturing and design innovation concepts. Three courses must be selected from the list of courses in Advanced Manufacturing, and one must be selected from the Design Innovation list.
Advanced Manufacturing Courses
- IE 5450: Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing
- IE 5460: Geometric Variability in Manufacturing
- IE 5490: Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
- IE 5430: Wind Energy Manufacturing
- IE 6420: Simultaneous Engineering in Manufacturing Systems
- ME 5200: Material and Manufacturing Considerations in Design
- ME 5210: Mechanical Behavior and Manufacturing of Polymers and Composites
- ME 5270: Mechanics of Machining and Finishing Processes
- ME 5280: Micro/Nano Manufacturing
Design Innovation Courses
- ME 5170: Advanced Machine Design
- ME 5230: Creativity and Imagination for Engineering and Design
- ME 5250: Optimization Methods for Complex Design
- ME 5570: Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling
- ME 5640: Fracture and Fatigue
- ME 6250: Surface Modeling
Learn more about our Advanced Manufacturing certificate by visiting Iowa State Online.