PROPEL YOUR HIGH-TECH ENGINEERING CAREER
Build your knowledge of modern design and manufacturing practices and learn about different methods for experimental design and analysis with UMass Lowell's Graduate Certificate in Design and Manufacturing Engineering. With this four-course online program — which is aimed at enabling engineers to become effective decision makers and technical leaders — you will explore current best practices related to the design, fabrication and delivery of premium, high-quality products at the lowest possible cost within engineering project budgets and schedules.
Offered by UMass Lowell's Department of Mechanical Engineering, the program's practice-oriented product design and engineering courses are taught by experienced faculty drawn from academia, along with senior engineers and managers of high-tech companies. The Mechanical Engineering department is committed to providing students with a top-quality learning experience that is relevant to current industry practices and societal needs.
Gain Valuable Knowledge for Today's Workplace
Increase your career opportunities and deepen your professional knowledge of a diverse range of topics related to industrial product design engineering including:
- Concepts of robust product design and statistical Design of Experiments (DOE) as applied to high-tech product design, development and manufacturing
- Analytical approaches related to maintaining project schedules and budgets
- Structural methodologies for identifying customer requirements and managing manufacturing process design, control and selection
- How, why and when to use various reliability engineering tools to achieve the reliability goals of the total design cycle
- The manufacturing and production of composites, electronics, and ferrous and non-ferrous plastic and ceramic materials
- Market assessment, regulatory planning, and brainstorming and early prototyping of new medical devices
Intended for engineers who are looking to boost their product design and manufacturing expertise, this program can serve as both a standalone certificate and as a pathway into a related master's degree program. A bachelor's degree in engineering or a science background is recommended but not required for enrollment in this program.
Graduates of this program can pursue a variety of career paths including:
- Emerging Products Manager
- Engineering Project Leader
- Industrial Designer
- Manufacturing Design Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineering Manager
- Mechanical Engineer
- Medical Device Design Engineer
- Plastics Process Engineer
- Product Design Engineer
- Product Engineering Manager
- Prototype Engineer
- Senior Product Development Manager
- Quality Assurance Engineer