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Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology / Packaging Science

Alumni Newsletter

An exciting new option is now available for MMET (mechanical, manufacturing and electrical/mechanical engineering technology) undergraduate students, a combined accelerated five-year BS/MS degree program. Graduation from each program requires the successful completion of 230 quarter credit hours (or 229 hours for the E/M version). After completing this requirement, the student is awarded the applicable BS and MS degrees simultaneously. The MS degree is a Master of Science in Manufacturing and Mechanical Systems Integration (MMSI). A student may apply to this program after receiving RIT credit for at least 60 quarter credit hours. The student must have at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) at the time of the application to the program and must maintain a 3.0 CGPA once admitted.

Once this BS/MS program is understood in the marketplace, it will have a substantial effect on the department in three positive ways. First it will attract undergraduate students with an interest in graduate school. Second it will change the mix of MMSI graduate students from a majority non-US citizens to a majority US citizens. Third it will force the department to develop more graduate level courses of broad interest to mechanical engineering technology students. These changes will also be viewed as positives by companies recruiting MMET graduates.

New Department ET BS/MS Programs

Volume 1, Issue 2, Mar 16, 2006

Packaging Science Students Attend New Jersey CHPA Meeting

In the Fall Dr. Fritz Yambrach took a group of students to the Consumer Healthcare Product Association (CHPA) meeting in New Jersey. At the meeting the students had an opportunity to meet and talk with the Honorable Christine Todd Whitman former head of the EPA and governor of New Jersey. The students had a unique experience in viewing how Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) are created between the FDA and the Pharmaceutical industry as the meeting topic was "Regulating the Manufacturing Environment". At the meeting the students also had an opportunity to speak with former RIT grad Dave Dittleman from Wyeth. Dave shared his experiences with the students and took home several resumes. This is the second year that Fritz has been able to take the students to the meeting.

Questions? Comments? E-mail us at ghsmet@rit.edu

Hon. Christine Todd Whitman, Dr. Fritz Yambrach and a well-dressed road crew of packaging science students