Requirements

Admission requirements include a B.S. in engineering or science and at least three years of industrial experience. The program is designed to be completed in three to four years while working full time. Classes are offered on campus one evening or two afternoons per week. Many classes in management are available through WPI's Advanced Distance Learning Network. In the future, several manufacturing and materials engineering classes will also be available via ADLN.

Schedule

Year One
Fall 2005	1 or 2 classes
Spring 2006	1 or 2 classes
Total for year	9 to 12 credits

Year Two
Fall 2006	1 or 2 classes
Spring 2007	1 or 2 classes
Total for year	9 to 12 credits

Year Three
Fall 2007	1 or 2 classes*
Spring 2008	Project
Total for year	9 to 12 credits

* 27 credits should be completed after five semesters)

Course Requirements

Materials Science & Engineering Courses (9 credits)

MTE 510 Principles of Materials Science and Engineering
MTE 525 Advanced Thermodynamics
MTE 530 Crystallography, Diffraction and Microscopy of Materials
MTE 540 Analytical Methods in Materials Engineering
MTE 550 Phase Transformations in Materials
MTE 560 Materials Performance and Reliability
MTE 5842 Corrosion and Corrosion Control
MTE 594P Analysis and control of Materials Processes
MTE 594N Introduction to Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

Manufacturing Engineering Courses (6 credits)

MFE 510 Control and Monitoring of Manufacturing Processes
MFE 520 Design and Analysis of Manufacturing
MFE 530 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
MFE 540 Design for Manufacturability
MFE 5841 Surface Metrology: Measurement and Analysis of Surface Textures
MFE 594P Advanced Manufacturing Processes

Management/Industrial Engineering Courses (9 credits)

These credits may be selected from any graduate management course. Typically, students will select from Operations and Industrial Engineering (OIE) or Entrepreneurship (ETR) topics, however course from other topical areas in management may be selected. See Management courses.

Electives (3 credits)

To ensure flexibility in this program, each student will select 3 credits of electives from any graduate-level course at WPI. Electives are typically selected from the topics listed here; however, electives from mathematics, chemistry, physics, computer science, social science, or any engineering program may be acceptable. New courses in nanotechnology and MEMS will be available.

MPE Project (3 credits)

Each student must complete the MPE project. This maybe a team or independent project sponsored by industry. The project must address several issues in business analysis, operations, process design, and quality, as well as the processing/structure/property relationships in the process being studied. The culmination of this project will be a business plan and/or a research proposal or new product. The final report is presented in a seminar or class in materials science, manufacturing engineering, or management.

Project Overview

After at least seven courses have been successfully completed, the student registers for the 3-credit project with one or more faculty advisors. The project is completed over a 14-week semester, should be identified by a materials processing company liaison. Ideally, the project is completed by a team of three; however, smaller or larger teams will be considered. Working with the liaison and faculty advisor, the team develops a clear statement of the goals and objectives of the project. Weekly meetings with the advisor and liaison with written and oral reports are required. The culmination of the project is a business plan and/or a research proposal or new product. The project should integrate the skills obtained and knowledge acquired in the student's course work as well industrial experience.

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