Plastics Engineering
Minor
This minor is designed to prepare students for careers with companies involved in the manufacturing, design, and use of polymer materials. Use of polymeric materials in industry today covers a wide and varied array of companies that value employees with a fundamental understanding of polymer materials selection, design and processing.
In addition to your normal engineering curriculum, students will take specialized courses in polymer material fundamentals, materials processing and testing, polymer design, and mold design and construction. Students will get actual hands-on experience in the Polymers Lab with extrusion, injection molding, vacuum forming and blow molding equipment.
The minor is open to any student enrolled in an engineering program.
Those interested in this minor should contact Frank Luchini, Department of Engineering Technology.
Course Requirements
PET 353 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer for Technology
PET 223 Polymer Structure, Properties & Applications
PET 224 Plastics Processing & Testing
PET 323 Plastics Product Design
PET 333 Plastics Mold Engineering & Design
Select three from the following courses:
ETD 313 Design for Manufacturing Assembly
ETD 433 Computer Numerical Control
GE 413 Design of Experiments
GE 313 SPC and Lean Manufacturing
MGT 413 Management of Quality
Total Minor Program: 25 credit hours
For a complete description of the above requirements, please go to the Course Catalog.
Program Information
Degree
Plastics Engineering Minor
Program Feature
Lifetime Guarantee
Duration
25 hours
Level
Undergraduate
Campus Location
Angola, IN