Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program: a Program that Prepares Graduates for Today’s Manufacturing Industry

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is a professor and department chair of Engineering and Technology at Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology. He is the author of two books, Vaughn College Journal of Engineering and Technology (VCJET), numerous conference papers in the areas of solid mechanics, computational mechanics, vibration analysis, fracture mechanics and reliability analysis. He is also a principle investigator for the NSF S-STEM grant and the HIS-STEM grant and a student adviser for a number of technical papers in the areas of mechanics, robotics and industrial automation.

Innovative Baccalaureate Degree Program in Advanced Manufacturing Sciences

“…Of particular interest regarding the work reported by Frank was the development of an interdisciplinary capstone design course for the curriculum, providing students the opportunity to design, manufacture and market a product. Furthermore, Rahemi et al [5] reported the development of a new advanced manufacturing Concentration within a Mechanical Engineering Technology program, which also includes a senior manufacturing capstone project.…”