ME495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ME:3D PRINTING AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
| Course Code: | 5690495 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ULAŞ YAMAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will be able to
- Learn the current AM technologies, their operating principles, and their characteristics;
- Select the most appropriate AM process for the given task;
- Use various software to obtain trajectory files for AM processes;
- Interpret and modify the generated trajectory files;
- Compare conventional manufacturing processes with AM technologies; and
- Design objects by using Design for AM principles.
Course Content
Comparison of additive manufacturing(AM) with conventional manufacturing processes,basic of AM,software issues of AM technologies, photopolymerization processes,powder bed fusion processes,extrusion-based systems,printing processes,sheet lamination processes,beam deposition processes,direct write technologies,design for am,multi-materials in AM,future trends.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- differentiate between the conventional (substractive) and additive manufacturing processes
- know the basics of different additive manufacturing methods
- design parts for additive manufacturing
- show awareness for the future trends of additive manufacturing
- judge whether the corresponding artifact can be fabricated with additive manufacturing methods or not
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Ability to establish the relationship between mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences with engineering applications. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability to find and interpret information | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to follow the literature and technology related to his/her topic of interest | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Recognition of the need to keep oneself up to date in his/her profession | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Possession of written and oral communication skills | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to conduct team work (within the discipline, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary) | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability to produce original solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Use of scientific methodology in approaching and producing solutions to engineering problems and needs | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Openness to all that is new | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Ability to conduct experiments | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to do engineering design | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Awareness of engineering ethics, knowledge and adoption of its fundamental elements | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Ability to take societal, environmental and economical considerations into account in professional activities | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Possession of pioneering and leadership characteristics in areas related to the profession | ✔ | |||