application-focused project-oriented learning

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology / Packaging Science

Alumni Newsletter

The RIT engineering technology and applied science programs continue to grow in numbers of enrolled students. This has lead to the need for a new building to house tha labs and student activities needed to accommodate this growth. Thus SWBR and KMW architectural firms have received a contract from RIT to design a new $8 million building that will sit north of the current MMET/PS offices. The photo at the right shows a similarly sized KMW-designed building which was recently completed. This building will house all of the current civil ET activities and much of the electrical and telecom ET activities. MMET/PS will have one lab in the new building, a 3000 square foot Integrated Plastics Center which will have plastics related ET and packaging science equipment and instruments. In addition, MMET/PS will acquire the lab and office space vacated by electrical/telecom. All of the ET and applied science activities will move into future phase 2 and 3 expansions.

Sample KMW-designed university building

New ET Building Fall 2007

Volume 1, Issue 2, Mar 16, 2006

Department Launches Some Interesting New Two Credit Electives

Recent changes in the MMET curriculums have made it desirable for the department to have some two credit elective courses. Three new courses have been developed that appeal to the applied interests of our students. The first course is on welding (Leonard), the second on composites (Lundgren), and the third on the vehicle ride and suspension (Sutherland). These are courses where the students get hands-on experience with the subject. The welding courses lab is taught off-site in a well-equipped training room at Mahany Welding Supply where the students learn what it takes to mae a high strength weld. In the composites course students learn to design and buil products using the latest composite materials. Products have ranged from telescope bodies to full-size canoes, all built in our labs with record setting strength to weight ratios. In the vehicle course the students are learning the theory and practice behind designing a car for better Road and Track numbers.

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Above students start the wetting process of the core for a vacuum-bagged graphite epoxy laminated snowboard, curing below

It is with tremendous sadness that we must tell you that Professor Jim Scudder passed away after battling a recent health problem. We will all miss his unique ties and snappy responses. Mohr's circle will never be the same.

Jim Scudder - In Memoriam

Professor Jim Scudder