Engineering Technology

This course introduces students to concepts that enable them to think like a designer when approaching architectural, engineering and additive manufacturing tasks. Emphasis will be placed on design and problem-solving skills when working independently, or with a team. This course focuses on giving students exposure to creativity, problem-solving skills, and the design processes in which a design-centered approach will be employed to develop innovated solutions. This course includes components to develop basic skills to express innovated solutions to design problems with the application of projects, drawings, as well as oral and written communication skills. Students will be introduced to related computer based tools used by architects, engineers, and design manufacturers. (e.g., spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software, and Internet). 

This course is a basic introduction into Materials and Finishes and their selection process. At the end of the course, the student should have a basic understanding of how to select a materal and finsh for a particular design criteria, and how their decision making integrates wiht other departments for consideration. 

This is an introduction to project base learning. This course will involve research, team skills, the collaboration of trades, outsourcing, manufacturing management that emphasizes synthesis through collaborative learning Students integrate and apply previous knowledge, skills, and experiences that learned in their major and other academic courses to complete individual and team-based projects. The course emphasizes communication skills, critical thinking, problem-solving, computer literacy, and teaming skills. 

This class identifies the major categories of materials used in manufacturing and compares their general properties to aid in proper selection of material for product functions. Students will perform an analysis of the behavior and characteristics the materials used in manufacturing including polymers, metals, ceramics and composites: their structure, and physical and mechanical properties. Additionally, students will perform heat treatment of ferrous and nonferrous metals; and test for hardness, tensile and strength. Technical writing will be introduced. Upon completion of this class students will be able to understand and select proper materials for Additive Manufacturing. 

In this class, students will utilize the various Additive Manufacturing (AM) design software to learn different techniques of building additively. Student will engage in using the software and build theory to discover best build for the part. Tool paths, angles, rotation and build support will be discussed. Additive process will include polymers and powders. Cost and build time will be calculated on the different build parameters.

This course focuses on the fundamentals of designing for different manufacturing processes with an emphasis on material selection, manufacturing considerations, designing for assembly, quality, and life cycle engineering.  The lectures are augmented with laboratory exercises highlighting tolerancing, assembly, and manufacturability, and include an industry related project where students design a product, generate a prototype, and obtain feedback concerning feasibility and manufacturability.

This class is a study of the different Industrial Energy sources and the ethical and Government regulations associated with these sources of energy. 

Students will be introduced to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), including UAS types, system operations, current legal and ethical issues, the flight authorization process, safety of flight, sense and avoid technologies, sensors and payloads, human factors and UAS simulator operations. 

This course addresses local, state and federal unmanned aerial systems (UAS) laws, regulations, policy statements, orders and guidance, as well as civil rights, liberties, ethics and aircrafVpilot certification. 

This unmanned aerial system (UAS) ground school course addresses UAS performance, principles of flight/aerodynamics, power plants and systems, the National Airspace System, navigation, weather, rules and regulations, incident reporting procedures, communications procedures, advisory circulars, operating limitations, aeronautical decision making and judgement, documentation/logbook requirements, runaway UAS/emergency flight procedures, and preflight planning/flight approval processes. 

This course provides a comprehensive survey of passive and active remote sensing devices commonly carried on unmanned aerial systems (UAS), as well as an introduction to key remote sensing terms and concepts.

This course consists of lectures, simulator instruction and flight operation demonstrations, specific to unmanned aerial systems (UAS), in depth introduction to FAA Part 107 rules and regulations, associated theory, procedures, requirements and operating concepts, as well as actual hands-on flight training in the UAS Flight Lab, with an emphasis on safety of flight. Lectures will cover topics in UAS: aerodynamic theory, operations theories and techniques, platfonm categories, sensors and payloads, technical documents and processes of automation. Students will observe and participate in flight operations on various UAS platforms. This course will also provide students with the knowledge base required to effectively prepare for the FAA Part 107 Commercial Unmanned Aircraft S stem UAS Remote Pilot certification.