Customized Education and Professional Development
Customized Education Offerings
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
The Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department has and can provide the following expertise to industry (plus much more!). For more information or to arrange a site visit, contact Gail Ruhland (gmruhland@stcloudstate.edu) at the SCSU, Center for Continuing Studies, 320.308.3081.
Thermal systems: Thermal distortion, Heat transfer analysis, Thermocouple systems design, Testing and data acquisition, Finite thermal analysis, Quench system design, and Heat treatment.
HVAC: HVAC equipment design, Heat exchanger design, System analysis.
Product Design: Tool design, Rapid prototyping, Design for assembly, Stress analysis, FEA, FTA, Concurrent design, Weld design.
Dynamic Systems: Vibrations, Modal analysis, Kinematics & mechanisms, Instrumentation, strain gages, Dynamic analysis, Finite element analysis.
Manufacturing Processes: Ultrasonic machining, Metal cutting, bulk forming, Casting process modeling, Spot welding analysis, Lean manufacturing.
Automation/Controls: Machine controls, Sensors and systems, Automation equipment design, Robotics applications, Systems simulations.
Materials: Material selection, Material characterization, Tensile, fatigue, impact testing, Composites, biomaterials, wood, Root cause analysis, Failure analysis.
Production Operations: Process planning, Materials handling system, Facilities planning and layout, Inventory control, Quality control, Kanban, Kaizen, JIT.
Technical Training: Quality functions, FE exam preparation, Lean manufacturing, PLC, state language, Professional Seminars.
