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Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

MANU: Manufacturing Engineering


  1. MANU 201 (3) Technical Communication

    Written and oral communication in business correspondence, engineering design methods, report preparation and oral presentations of technical material. Restricted to students in second year of the Manufacturing Engineering Program. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [3-0-0]

    Prerequisite: One of APSC 176, ENGL 110, ENGL 111, ENGL 112, ENGL 120, ENGL 121, WRDS 150.

    Equivalency: APSC 201.

  2. MANU 230 (4) Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

    Theory, operational constraints, and problem solving in traditional manufacturing processes. Casting, heat treatment, bulk deformation (i.e. rolling, extrusion, drawing), machining, joining, and shaping of composites. Experiments in process and product characterization. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [1-2-0; 1-2-0]

  3. MANU 261 (3) Thermodynamics

    Thermodynamic system and properties, thermodynamic processes; work and heat interactions. Conservation of energy and First Law, internal energy and enthalpy, the Second Law and entropy, application to manufacturing processes. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [3-0-1]

    Prerequisite: All of MATH 101, MATH 152, PHYS 158.

    Corequisite: MATH 255.

  4. MANU 265 (3) Machine Dynamics

    Classifications of mechanisms, velocity, acceleration and force analysis, graphical and computer-oriented vector and matrix methods, balancing, flywheels, gears, gear trains, cams. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [3-0-2*]

    Prerequisite: All of MATH 101, MATH 152, PHYS 158, PHYS 170.

    Corequisite: MATH 255.

  5. MANU 270 (3) Production Systems Management I

    Impact of operations in increasing productivity and reducing waste. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [3-0-0]

  6. MANU 330 (6) Manufacturing Engineering Project I

    Project-based, multi-step manufacturing engineering design and problem solving. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [1-4-0; 1-4-0]

    Prerequisite: MANU 230.

  7. MANU 370 (3) Production Systems Management II

    Functional area of production and operations management. Decision-making, capacity planning, aggregate planning, inventory management, distribution planning, materials requirements planning and quality control. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [3-0-0]

    Prerequisite: MANU 270.

  8. MANU 378 (3) Engineering Materials II

    Materials selection for different design criteria; importance of shape and processing variables; computer software in selection. Credit will be granted for only one of MTRL 280 or MANU 378. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [2-0-3]

    Prerequisite: APSC 278.

  9. MANU 380 (3) Manufacturing Processes I

    Correlation between material properties and processibility for practical engineering manufacturing routes. Calculations and design. Application of heat/mass/fluid transport, mechanics and thermodynamics to manufacturing processes. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [2-0-3]

    Prerequisite: All of APSC 278, APSC 279, MTRL 264, MECH 260 and one of MANU 261, MTRL 250 and one of MECH 280, MTRL 263.

  10. MANU 386 (3) Industrial Automation

    Principle components of manufacturing automation, modelling of sensors-actuators and control systems, robotic programming, programmable logical control (PLC) systems and development of PLC ladder diagrams. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [2-3*-1]

    Prerequisite: All of MANU 265, MATH 255.

    Corequisite: MANU 330.

  11. MANU 399 (1-6) d Special Topics in Manufacturing Engineering

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

    Prerequisite: Third-year standing.

  12. MANU 400 (1-9) d Topics in Manufacturing Engineering

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [2-0-3]

  13. MANU 430 (6) Manufacturing Design Capstone Project

    Project-based, multi-step, multi-part Capstone design project involving manufacturing engineering design methods, problem solving. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [1-4-0; 1-4-0]

    Prerequisite: MANU 230.

  14. MANU 450 (3) Biomedical Manufacturing

    Bulk and nanoscale manufacturing processes for biomedical devices, materials and therapeutics; drug delivery; host-tissue biomaterial interactions; surface modification of medical devices; sterilization techniques; good manufacturing processes; medical device regulation. [3-0-0]

    Prerequisite: Third-year standing or higher.

  15. MANU 453 (3) Additive Manufacturing Design

    Design tools and methods for additive manufacturing, complex digital geometry creation, computer aided design tools, additive manufacturing workflow development, producibility analysis, analysis of 3D data sets for suitability to additive manufacturing processes. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [2-2-0]

    Prerequisite: Third-year standing or greater.

  16. MANU 455 (3) Factory Planning

    Resources planning, layout and logistics. Modular production and cyber-physical manufacturing systems in laboratory scale, virtual manufacturing and factory automation. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [2-2-0]

  17. MANU 458 (3) Manufacturing for Clean Energy

    Manufacturing and the net-zero energy transition; renewable, low-carbon and sustainable energy and electricity generation; energy, electricity transport, storage and batteries; hydrogen economy; carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS). This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [3-0-0]

    Prerequisite: Third-year standing or greater.

  18. MANU 465 (3) AI and Machine Learning Applications in Manufacturing

    Artificial intelligence, machine learning techniques, Deep learning, Python libraries for machine learning, Basic signal processing techniques, Data Acquisition, Applications in Manufacturing, Use of sound to evaluate operation of CNC machinery, Use of AE sensor to evaluate metal 3D printing This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [3-0-1]

  19. MANU 480 (3) Manufacturing Processes II

    Numerical modelling of manufacturing processes, linkage between material, process, properties and product geometry, heat/mass transport, thermodynamics and design principles applied to practical engineering processes. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [2-0-3]

    Prerequisite: MANU 380.

  20. MANU 481 (3) Manufacturing Processes III

    Integrating concepts of primary (casting), secondary (deformation), and tertiary (machining and surface treatment) processes and economic and environmental assessment. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [2-0-3]

    Prerequisite: MANU 380.

  21. MANU 485 (3) Metal Cutting and Machine Tool Vibrations

    Metal cutting and grinding mechanics; prediction of force-torque-power in turning, drilling, milling and grinding operations. Machine tool vibrations, forced and self-excited vibrations in machining, experimental modal testing of machine tools, chatter, and stability. Credit will be granted for only one of MANU 485 or MECH 592. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [3-1*-0]

  22. MANU 487 (3) Machine and Part Metrology

    Laser interferometer measurement of volumetric accuracy; error mapping, modelling and compensation of errors, rotation metrology, spindle accuracy. Part dimension and surface metrology. Metrology instruments: Coordinate measurement machine, surface profile meter, laser interferometer and ball bar. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [2-2-0]

    Prerequisite: All of MANU 265, MATH 255, MECH 368.

    Corequisite: MANU 430.

  23. MANU 499 (1-6) d Special Topics in Manufacturing Engineering

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [2-2-0]

    Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing


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