Manufacturing Engineering Technology

• Mission Statement

  The MFET Program at Weber State University will be a growing, nationally recognized,  program offering both AAS and ABET Accredited BS degrees that afford faculty and students opportunities for intellectual and personal growth. We will prepare students to demonstrate professional competence within the discipline and serve the needs of industry in Utah and throughout the nation.

  ABET Required Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

  • Graduates will be recognized as having mastered both theory and application of the body of knowledge in the discipline as stated by the Society of Manufactoring Engineers (supported by Learning Outcomes 1 & 2).
  • Graduates will demonstrate the ability  to cost effectively, creatively and methodically solve manufacturing problems through experimentation, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of data (suppported by Learning Outcomes 1, 2, & 3).
  • Graduates will be recognized as being personally effective as individuals, team members and team leaders through oral, written, and graphical communication (supported by Learning Outcomes 4 & 5).
  • Graduates will demonstrate a commitment to quality, ethics, service, and continuous improvement in personal and professional situations (supported by curriculum & technical content).
• Student Learning Outcomes
  • Certificates (Not Applicable)

     

  • Associate Degrees

     

  • Bachelor Degrees

    A graduate of the Weber State University Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MFET) program with a Bachelor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Emphasis in Plastics & Composits, Production Operations & Control, or Welding) will be able to:

    • Student Learning Outcome 1: An ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, or technology related to materials, manufactoring processes, tooling, automation, production operations, maintenance, quality, industrial organization and management, and statistics. To solve boradly defined engineering problems. (Also addresses MFET Program Criteria).
    • Student Learning Outcome 2: An ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly defined engineering problems.
    • Student Learning Outcome 3: Conduct, analyze, and interpret experiments and apply experimental results to improve processes in a realistic, sustainable, and cost-effective manner.
    • Student Learning Outcome 4: An abolity to function effectivel as a member or leader on a technical team.
    • Student Learning Outcome 5: An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in both technical, nontechnical, and relevant financial environments; and an ability to identiify and use appropriate technical literature. 

   

• Curriculum Grid

• Program and Contact Information
  • Manufacturing Engineering Technology is a program offered under the Department of Manufactoring and Systems Engineering.   The Weber State Manufacturing Engineering Technology program has been recognized as one of the outstanding manufacturing technology programs in the country. Students may choose among three emphasis areas within the Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program; Production Operations and Control, Welding, or Plastics and Composites. The Production Operations and Control emphasis area is designed to prepare the student for professional employment in industry by giving them fundamental knowledge and skills in a broad range of manufacturing disciplines and processes. These include process planning, tool and machine design, material selection and treatment, process automation, manufacturing resource planning, Six Sigma methods and tools in manufacturing, and lean manufacturing. State-of-the-art laboratories give the students hands-on experiences with CNC machine tools, robotics, programmable logic controllers, systems integration and the latest in a variety of CAD/CAM systems. Year-long required senior projects have included satellites, hybrid electric vehicles and computer integrated manufacturing cells and others which help students gain confidence in their abilities while gaining additional insight and skills in both teamwork and human relations

   

  • The Manufacturing Engineering Technology with Welding Emphasis is designed to produce welding engineering technology graduates that are involved in the concept, design, engineering, and metallurgy of weldments and implementation of welding processes in any manufacturing or technical industry. The program has six main areas of study: welding and manufacturing, design and structural, metallurgical, quality assurance, electrical, and management. The courses are designed to give students, the background to solve welding related issues in a variety of industry settings. Students will learn how to set up welding quality systems with procedures and qualifications. Most of the classes have labs where students receive hands on training to complement the classroom instruction. Students complete a senior project with a team that brings together their experience and education.

   

  • The Manufacturing Engineering Technology Plastics and Composite Emphasis is designed to prepare the student for professional employment in the plastic/composite industry. Students will learn firsthand about the complex interdependence between plastic/composite process, materials, tooling, and part design. The design portion of the emphasis will provide the knowledge and skills required to fulfill a number of career roles that focus on the product development process, which includes plastic part design. Another phase of this education delves into the differences between the many types of plastics as well as the properties which differentiate plastics from other materials. This emphasis will also expose the students to a wide variety of tooling from the many plastic disciplines. This includes injection, thermoforming, blow molding, extrusion dies and high/low tech composite molds. This exposure provides the students with a keen understanding of the function, construction, and multi-component interactions involved in well-constructed plastics tooling.

  
   

  Contact Information:
  Rick Orr
  Weber State University
  1802 University Circle
  Ogden, UT 84408-1802
  Engineering Technology Bldg, rm 218C
  (801) 626-7514

• Assessment Plan

  Preplanned Agenda Items for Systematic Review of PEOs (ABET Requirement)

  • Fall 2017  Reviewed PEOs, SLO revision, annual continuous improvement metric report, general program status.
  • Fall 2018  Reviewed SLOs 1, 2, 1000 & 2000 level courses, annual continuous improvement metric report, general program status.
  • Fall 2019  Review of SLOs 3, 4, 3000 level courses, annual continuous improvement metric report, general program status.
  • Fall 2020 Review of SLO 5, 4000+ level classes, relationships of courses to SLOs, relationship of SLOs to PEOs, annual continuous improvement metric report, general program status. 
  • Fall 2021  Repeat cycle beginning with PEO review.

   

  Student learning outcomes are based on PEOs and are assessed routinely every year. They are reported to the Industrial Advisory Committee and MFET faculty and the Engineering Department Chair. Supporting material for the assessment is stored by the Program Coordinator, Rick Orr. All metric assessment date will be stored for six years (relevant to the next ABET review cycle).

   

  Classroom artifacts that support curriculum requirements for ABET will be collected the year prior to ABET assessment (academic year 2020-2021, 2026-2027, or next occuring review cycle, or as requested for regional accreditation).

   

  The program is accredited to September 30, 2022. A formal request to ABET by 1/31/2021 will be required to initate a reaccreditation evaluation visit. A formal self-study report must be submitted to ABET by July 1, 2021 for a comprehensive general review.

   

• Assessment Report Submissions

  2021-22 - Conducted Program Review
  
  
  2016 - No report submitted
  

• Program Review

  2021-22
   

This information is part of the cyclical program review process. Details such as mission statements, learning outcomes, etc., are updated as part of the biennial assessment reporting process, an integral component of program review.