Mechanical Engineering Design Technology

Program Overview

The Mechanical Engineering Design Technology Diploma Program equips students with the knowledge and skills to design, develop, and maintain mechanical systems and products. Through hands-on experience and industry-standard software, students gain proficiency in computer-aided design, engineering analysis, and project management. The program prepares graduates for careers in various sectors, including manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, and energy.

Program Outline

Outline:

• The Mechanical Engineering Design Technology Diploma Program provides knowledge and skills required for research, design, and development of mechanical systems, parts, and products from their concept stage through all phases of engineering, fabrication, installation, commissioning, operation, modification, maintenance, and decommissioning.
• The program includes computer-aided design programs such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and Autodesk Inventor and Pro/E (Creo) as well as hands-on work experience by completing a mechanical design project from beginning to end.
• Engineering practices are worked right into the curriculum so that students learn not only the underlying engineering design principles but the latest software as well.
• Students will learn principles of mechanical design, engineering analysis, computer-aided design, prototyping, blueprint reading, geometrical dimensioning and tolerancing, and will gain the ability to communicate complex mechanical engineering concepts through drawings, 3D models, and related documentation.
• They will develop strong analytical and problem-solving skills needed for successful employment in manufacturing, processing, metal fabrication, automotive, aerospace, oil and gas, energy, environmental, and other industry sectors.
• Module Descriptions:
• Mechanical engineering design principles:
Introduction to design principles, load and stress analysis, deflection and stiffness, fatigue failure, shaft and shaft components, design welded joints, fundamentals of mechanical engineering design, load analysis II, materials, static body stresses (part I), static body stresses (part II), elastic strain, deflection and stability, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• Finite Engineering Design Principles: Introduction to the finite element method, potential energy, and approximate analysis, concept of discretization, mathematics preliminaries, methods of weighted residuals, variational methods of approximation, construction of finite subspaces, computer implementation of finite element methods, elliptic differential equation, more advanced topics in element generation, parabolic differential equations, structural mechanics: plane truss and plan frame analysis, isoparametric finite elements, displacement-based bending elements in solid and structural mechanics, programming the finite element method, introduction to advanced topics in finite element analysis, ANSYS-getting started, ANSYS-Array parameters-coupling and constraint equations, sub-modeling, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• GD & T and Blueprint Reading: Purpose of GD & T, datums, forms of tolerances, orientation, position tolerance theory, location tolerances, coaxial controls, orientation measurement in GD&T, common GD&T mistakes, drawing review for GD&T, implementation of GD&T, analysis of measurement applications, geometrics symbols, blueprint reading-mechanical, blueprints reading-sheet metal drawings, blueprint reading-welding drawings, blueprint reading-piping drawing, blueprints reading-drawing for numerical control, blueprint reading-gears, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• AutoCAD-Basic: Setting up a basic drawing, use basic drawing, editing, and viewing tools, coordinate systems, ONSAP command, controlling the drawing, fillets, trimming and extending, inquiry and measurement, annotating your drawing text part I, mirroring and rotating, annotating your drawing part II, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• Auto CAD-Advanced: Working with blocks, defining block attributes, external references, working with advanced drawing options, grouping and advanced editing of sketched objects, concepts of data exchange, object linking and embedding, template drawings, advanced 3D sketching-introduction to free from design, advanced3D sketching, visualization, component design, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• SolidWorks-Basic: Introducing SolidWorks, navigating SolidWorks interface, working SolidWorks interface, working with sketches, part design-designing simple 3D solid models, part design-continues, assembly design-creating simple assembles, assembly design-creating simple assemblies (continue), creating drawings, creating drawings (continued), course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• SolidWorks-Advanced: Part design (solid model)-advanced features (lessons 1-5), part design (solid model)-advanced features (lessons 6-10), part design-editing and evaluation, assembly design-creating assemblies (lessons 1-5), assembly design-creating assemblies (lessons 6-10), using assembly configurations, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• CATIA: User interface and basic manipulation, reference features, sketch geometry creation, manipulation, and operation on sketcher geometry, advanced sketcher modification and analysis, introduction to part design, part design revolved features and holes, part design dress-up features, part design advanced dress-up features, advanced part design ribs, slots, and stiffeners, introduction to assembly design, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• Microstation: Launching microstation, element creation, sketch tools, working with cells, precision input with AccuDraw, working with existing elements, making measurements, using patterns to add definition, organizing design data, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• Pro-Engineer-Basic: Concept of solid modeling, customizing personal working environment, sketches, constraints, pad and shaft features, sketcher tools and techniques, sketched features techniques, pocket and groove features-detailed design, feature management, introduction to dress-up features, advanced dress-up features, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• Pro-Engineer-Advanced: Working with multi-profile sketches, duplication features, additional features, relations, parent/child relationships, part information, rib and slot features, multi-section solid design, assembly design, assembly techniques, generative drafting and assembly information, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• Autodesk Inventor -Basic: Principles of parametric design, creating sketches, designing parts, documenting parts, creating assemblies, documenting assemblies, advanced modeling techniques, sheet metal design, stress analysis, stress analysis, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• Autodesk Inventor -Advanced: Top-down design, adaptive design, design accelerators, frame design, standardize assembly constraints (mates), content center administration & publishing, sheet metal overview, creating standard punch features, dynamics sketching & direct manipulation (heads up display), introduction to iLogic, advanced surfacing tools, presentations, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• Hands on Project: Design process steps, design project management, engineering principles, economics, brainstorming engineering ideas, design concepts, reverse engineering, analysis and synthesis, design review I, design review II, design review III, final review, group presentations, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.
• Engineering Project Management: Introduction, project cycle, and management processes, initiating projects, project scope planning, project scheduling, project costing, managing quality, managing project communication, project risks management, life cycle cost, tendering process, contracting process, course overview, exam preparation, and final exam.

Careers:

The Mechanical Engineering Design Technology Diploma Program prepares students for a variety of careers in the mechanical engineering field, including:

• Mechanical Design Engineer
• Product Design Engineer
• Manufacturing Engineer
• Quality Control Engineer
• Project Manager
• Technical Writer
• Sales Engineer