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Additive Manufacturing Technology - Certificate (Career)

APPLICATION CODE 330

For curriculum information, contact the Division of Health, Science, and Technology—Room SET-430.

This certificate equips students with creative and technical skills to enter the workforce in a business or industry utilizing additive manufacturing technology. Students will explore a variety of manufacturing technologies, including 3D printing. Students will design, model, and produce parts, gaining hands-on experience with the latest technologies in this field. Fabrication technologies will be studied for uses ranging from rapid prototyping to traditional large-scale production. This certificate will help students prepare for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers' nationally recognized Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Certificate exam.

Suggested Summer Term

Course NumberTitleCredits
PHYS 101Technical Physical Science

4

Suggested Semester 1

Course NumberTitleCredits
CADD 101Introduction to Computer-Aided Drafting and Design

3
ENGT 101Introduction to 3D Printing

3

Suggested Semester 2

Course NumberTitleCredits
CADD 103Intermediate CAD

3
ENGT 102Engineering Materials For Rapid Prototyping

3

Suggested Summer Term

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENGT 2013D Scanning and Printing

3

Suggested Semester 3

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENGT 2023D Printing Design and Fabrication

4
HUMN 115Entrepreneurship and Creativity

3

Total Credit Hours: 26

A graduate should be able to

  1. Describe the theory of operation and identify hardware components in a variety of 3D printing equipment.
  2. Operate, and perform basic troubleshooting on, 3D printing and scanning equipment.
  3. Apply software tools and design principles to create, modify, and process CAD models suitable for additive manufacturing.
  4. Explain the role of additive technologies in commercial activities, from product development to production.
  5. Plan additive manufacturing projects, including considerations of part requirements, material properties, cost, process selection, and post-processing.