- Washington State University
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Sustainable Product Lifecycle Design Lab
Suggested Courses
- ME 473: Advanced CAD and Geometric Modelling - Parametric and feature based CAD/CAM; geometric modeling and its mathematical basis; integration of CAD with design processes and other software.
- ME 474: Design for Manufacture and Modern Manufacturing Strategies - Design for manufacture and assembly; modern manufacturing philosophies and practices; lean manufacturing; manufacturing cost and time analysis; quality control.
- ME 475: Manufacturing Enterprise Systems/Automation and Product Realization - Manufacturing automation and product realization; role of information technology and electronic data in manufacturing enterprise systems; product life-cycle management (PLM) and related tools and processes; sustainable and green manufacturing.
- ME 502: Sustainability Assessment for Engineering Design - Sustainability assessment, including environmental, societal, and economic assessment, in design and planning for entire product life cycle.
- ME 503: Systems Design Approaches for Sustainability - Sustainability in systems design methodologies; systems modeling and decision-making for sustainability; multidisciplinary design optimization; research topics.
- ME 532: Finite Elements - Theory of finite elements; applications to general engineering systems considered as assemblages of discrete elements.
- ME 574: Foundations of CAD - Topics fundamental to the creation of CAD, engineering visualization, and virtual reality based engineering software.
- ME 575: Geometric Modeling - Study of the mathematics behind the creation of complex shapes for CAD using curves, surfaces, and solids.
