Manufacturing Group

Introduction

The Manufacturing Group has 14 academic faculty members, and 1 professional officer.

Teaching and research in the Manufacturing Group concern processes, techniques and systems for the design and manufacture of goods. Undergraduate modules taught by the Manufacturing Group academic faculty members comprise topics on rapid product modeling and realization, design and manufacturing practices, design for manufacture and assembly, machining modeling, materials and processes in manufacturing, tool engineering, and manufacturing automation. The Manufacturing Group also offers graduate modules on metal forming, machining technology, geometric modeling, rapid response manufacturing and manufacturing systems engineering.

The areas of expertise and research of academic faculty members in the Manufacturing Group include computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacture (CAM), computer-aided process planning (CAPP), computer-aided fixture design, rapid prototyping and manufacturing (RP&M), metal forming and cutting, design of machine tools, non-traditional machining, integration of automated manufacturing systems, flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), micro and nana machining, and modeling and optimization of processes and manufacturing systems.