OPTION III PROGRAM

The Option III MS degree in Advanced Manufacturing has received final approval and will be offered for the Fall semester, 2008. The degree can be earned through attending classes one weekend a month for two academic years, plus summer projects. This should be a great opportunity for our industrial affiliates to provide advanced degree support for employees without undue commitment of time away from the workplace. Full details can be accessed at the website: http://www.executivemasters.org under Advanced Manufacturing. We need to fill the initial cohort enrollment of 25 students for this program to avoid slipping the start of the program to next January, so please register immediately if this is of interest.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Option III – Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Program

Leading to a

Master of Science in Engineering
with a major in Mechanical Engineering

and
a concentration in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

The Advanced Manufacturing Center

The College of Engineering

March 27, 2007

Program Description

The Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Program will include courses in areas such as modeling of manufacturing processes, statistics and statistical process control, physical modeling & design of manufacturing control systems, professional responsibility/legal issues and ethics Some key course offerings will each require a lab component.

The core objective of the program is to provide engineers – who have chosen to pursue advanced manufacturing as a career path – with the tools and knowledge needed for success. Additional
objectives are:

• Addressing areas of expertise that are emerging as important to contemporary manufacturing.
• Providing information on the ethical and legal issues facing the manufacturing enterprise.
• Providing students with a mix of academic and practical knowledge that will provide a strong foundation for future growth.

The format of the program includes the following four components:

• A mandatory orientation to the program upon entrance.
• A total of eight Advanced Manufacturing courses that meet once a month, all day Friday and Saturday. These eight courses are offered over four semesters. Students take two courses a semester. Two of the eight courses include a lab component.
• The completion of an Advanced Manufacturing project course and a seminar course held the first summer session.
• The completion of a master’s report the final summer session enrolled.

A. Program of Study (Note that dates are subject to change)

YEAR ONE:

First Semester (Fall, 2008):

• Modeling of Manufacturing Processes: Hasenbein, ME [3 hours]
• Probability, Statistics, & Quality Control: Barnes, ME [3 hours]

Second Semester (Spring, 2009):

• Physical Modeling & Design of Manufacturing Control Systems: Beaman, Masada, ME [3 hours]
• Quality Assurance in Product Design, Development, and Manufacturing: Wood, ME [3 hours]

First Summer (2009):

• Project [3 hours]

YEAR TWO:

Third Semester (Fall, 2009):

• *Supply Chain Management: Kutanoglu, ME [3 hours]
• Financial Management/Strategic Planning: Malik, PGE [3 hours]

Fourth Semester (Spring, 2010):

• Choose one course from Elective Courses – Group A [3 hours]
• Choose one course from Elective Courses – Group B [3 hours]
• Initiate MS Report

Second Summer (2010):

• Project [3 hours]
• MS Report [3 hours]

Elective courses

Group A:

• Precision Machining Processes: Sreenivasan, ME [3 hours]
• Data Mining: Ghosh, ECE [3 hours]

Group B

• Advanced Technical Communication for Engineers: Hart, CE [3 hours]
• Legal Aspects of Engineering Practice: Nichols, ME [3 hours]

B. Program Fee and Costs

The cost of the Program will be $36,000 for the entire two-year program or $18,000 per year. Student program fees will cover all costs associated with the program’s operation.

C. Admission Requirements

Option III - AM Program prospective students will be required to submit to GIAC a UT Application form, a $50.00 application fee made payable to The University of Texas at Austin, one official transcript from every school or college attended, and GRE test scores.

Additionally, students will be required as part of the Option III - AM Program’s departmental application process to submit a statement of purpose form, a detailed resume, and three letters of recommendation, one of which must be from their current employer.

D. Registration

University deadlines regarding registration will be followed. An Option III - AM Program staff member will register students. Only students who are admitted in the program will be registered in those courses. Additionally, students may not take courses other than those described and designated formally as part of the program. Students who are not enrolled in the program will not able to enroll in or audit Option III - AM Program courses.

E. Faculty

The following faculty members will participate in the Option III - AM Program and there will be a minimum of 50% or more tenured faculty members teaching in the program.

In addition to the above listed faculty members, Dr. Malik will be added as adjunct assistant professor to the faculty list:

The names of the faculty members are hyperlinks to their biographies on the College of Engineering website.

F. Facilities

Students will attend classes at the Thompson Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Friday and Saturday once a month. Ample free parking is available near the Center.

New International Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME)
Awards Sponsored by Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium

AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA, August 25, 2008—The Advanced Manufacturing Center of The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the international Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Awards. The two awards are sponsored by the International Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) Symposium, which is held each summer at the Austin campus. The 19th annual event was held August 4-6, 2008.

The FAME awards will be given annually to recognize two outstanding researchers in the field of freeform/additive fabrication. One of them will be targeted at a young researcher not older than 35 years of age. Each award will include a certificate, custom freeformed trophy, and a monetary gift. The recipient must be present at the awards ceremony in Austin, Texas on the opening night of the SFF Symposium, generally the first or second Monday in August.

A group of individuals from industry and academia met one year ago and again in August 2008 to formulate plans for the awards. The program was initiated and is being led by Dr. Dave Bourell, professor of mechanical engineering at UT and director of the Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication. He also chairs the organizing committee for the SFF Symposium. “We are happy to recognize two deserving individuals each year,” commented Bourell. “Research in this area has been underway for more than two decades, so the program is long overdue,” he said.

The recipients may be from academia, private industry, or government and from anywhere in the world. An international committee will evaluate nominations and select the recipients. Details on the application process are at http://utwired.engr.utexas.edu/lff/awards. The application deadline for the 2009 awards is March 1.

The International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium attracts some of the best research in freeform/additive fabrication. Annually, researchers from the U.S., Europe, Asia, and other regions present world class research results to a diverse international audience. The 20th annual event will be held August 3-5, 2009 in Austin, Texas.