AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONC (ARM)
Fundamentals of High Tech Manufacturing I | This course will cover Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety standards, industrial hazards, personal protective equipment, fire and emergency response, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and ergonomics. | |
Fundamentals of High Tech Manufacturing II | This course will cover basic manufacturing and production, basic measurement devices, manufacturing efficiency techniques and industrial supply chain systems. | |
Fundamentals of High Tech Manufacturing III | This course will cover simple machines, basic electrical and fluid power systems, basic troubleshooting and problem solving techniques, and basic preventive and total productive maintenance. | |
Fundamentals of High Tech Manufacturing IV | This course will cover troubleshooting and problem solving techniques specific to quality control in manufacturing environments. | |
Mechatronics Graphics I | This course covers the role of technical drawings in industry, examples of different types of technical drawings, measurements using rulers, calipers and micrometers, and introduction to sketching techniques and to 3-view drawings. | |
Mechatronics Graphics II | This course continues coverage of 3-view visualization and sketching techniques. It also covers introduction to special views, dimensioning techniques and drawing layout. | |
Mechatronics Graphics III | This course will cover tolerancing, Computer Aided Design (CAD) terminology and basic object drawing, modification of existing CAD drawings and CAD dimensioning. | |
Mechatronics Graphics IV | This course will cover drafting standards, basic electrical symbols and schematics, basic fluids symbols and schematics, technical documentation and the use of embedded Computer Aided Design (CAD) package objects to create schematic drawings. | |
Robot Design & Construction 1 | This course will cover the programming of various industrial robots and the hands-on integration of robots into a manufacturing automation cell. | |
Robot Design & Construction II | This course will cover the programming of various industrial robots and the hands-on integration of robots into a manufacturing automation cell. | |
Robot Design and Construction III | This course will cover the programming of various industrial robots and the hands-on integration of robots into a manufacturing automation cell. | |
Robot Design and Construction IV | This course will cover robot programming in "C" to include variables, basic programming structures, for and while loops, if-else statements. A final robot project will be required. | |
Mechanical Systems I | This course covers basic safety protocol, the role of mechanical components in complex mechatronic systems, the flow of energy in a mechatronic system, calculation of force, accelerations, speed, torque, etc. and basic maintenance and systems-level t... | |
Mechanical Systems II | This course covers gears and gear drives, chain and sprocket systems, power transmission, pulley drives, synchronous drives, lubrication requirements of mechanical components, analyzing technical data sheets, and basic troubleshooting. | |
Mechanical Systems III | This course will cover mechanical shafts, couplings and bearings, lubrication, preventative and predictive maintenance of shafts, couplings, bushings, seals and bearings, alignment and troubleshooting. | |
Mechanical Systems IV | This course will cover clutches and brakes, linear motion technology, flexible elements and troubleshooting the mechanical components in a complete mechatronic system. | |
STEM Workplace Prof Skills | This course introduces students to principles of professional behavior in the industrial workplace. It covers the individual attitude and behavioral skills that are important to a person's success in an industrial environment. Students are typically... | |
Electrical Systems I | This course will cover the basic electrical components in a mechatronic system. Topics covered will include electrical safety; current, voltage, resistance and power in AC and DC circuits; principles of resistance, inductance, capacitance, impedance,... | |
Electrical Systems II | This course will cover fundamentals of parallel circuits, balancing bridges, reed switches, current dividers, voltage dividers, relays, indicators, solenoids and troubleshooting. | |
Electrical Systems III | This course will cover electromagnetism; switches; photoelectric, capacitive and inductive sensors; DC motor and generator introduction; AC motor and circuitry introduction; waveforms; instrumentation and troubleshooting techniques | |
Electrical Systems IV | This course will cover capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors, wiring diagrams, DC power supplies, transformers, complete mechatronic systems and systems troubleshooting. | |
Automation I | This course will cover an introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and PLC terminology, hardware components, programming, installation, and troubleshooting of basic PLC systems. | |
Automation II | This course will cover fundamentals of AC motors, intro to 3-phase distribution, transformers, PLC architecture, peripheral support devices, analog and digital circuit structures and boolean algebra | |
Automation III | This course covers AC induction motors, AC motor starting methods, AC motor speed control, and PLC input/output module devices and symbols. | |
Automation IV | This course will cover regenerative braking, National Electrical code (NEC) standards for installation and overload protection of motors, relay logic and ladder logic diagrams, circuit diagrams, scan time, and fundamentals of PLC programming. | |
Automation V | This course will cover entering and editing a PLC program, monitoring a program, component addressing, analog to digital conversions, PLC program troubleshooting and troubleshooting codes. | |
Automation VI | This is course will cover PLC data manipulation instruction, closed loop systems, arithmetic functions, and technical limits in implementation and how to overcome and improve them. | |
Automation VII | This course will cover PLC timers, counters, and subroutines. | |
Automation VIII | This course will cover identification of PLC logic and hardware faults and symptoms, isolating and correcting a fault, and troubleshooting procedures for closed loop systems. | |
Industrial Robot Programming and System Integration I | This course is the first of a three-course sequence that will cover traditional robotic programming using teach pendants, collaborative robot programming, and the complete integration of robots within a flexible manufacturing system. Students will have rotated between all three topics by the completion of all three modules (ARM 181, 182, and 183) | |
Industrial Robot Programming and System Integration II | This course is the second of a three-course sequence that will cover traditional robotic programming using teach pendants, collaborative robot programming, and the complete integration of robots within a flexible manufacturing system. Students will have rotated between all three topics by the completion of all three modules (ARM 181, 182, and 183) | |
Industrial Robot Programming and System Integration III | This course is the third of a three-course sequence that will cover traditional robotic programming using teach pendants, collaborative robot programming, and the complete integration of robots within a flexible manufacturing system. Students will have rotated between all three topics by the completion of all three modules (ARM 181, 182, and 183) | |
Pneumatics and Hydraulics I | This course will cover basic safety rules and standards when working with mechatronic systems, introduction to fluid power, basic principles of hydraulics, fluid power components, hydraulic fluids and basic principles of pneumatics. | |
Pneumatics and Hydraulics II | This course will continue coverage of basic pneumatics and will also cover power supplies, vacuum pumps, circuit diagrams and system tracing, pneumatic components, and system operation and troubleshooting. | |
Pneumatics and Hydraulics III | This course will cover electronic controls, hydraulic cylinders and directional control valves, technical documentation, measurements and adjustments on a fluid system, troubleshooting and predictive/preventative maintenance. | |
Pneumatics and Hydraulics IV | This course covers pressure control valves, flow control, speed control, mobile hydraulic systems and complete fluids troubleshooting in a mechatronics system. | |
Automation, Robotics, and Mechatronics Capstone I | This is the first module of a three-module, one credit hour capstone course which will provide students with the skills and knowledge to repair, operate and troubleshoot an entire mechatronics system. | |
Automation, Robotics, and Mechatronics Capstone II | This is the second module of a three-module, one credit hour capstone course which will provide students with the skills and knowledge to repair, operate and troubleshoot an entire mechatronics system. The emphasis in these modules is highly hands-on... | |
Automation, Robotics, and Mechatronics Capstone III | This is the third module of a four module, one credit hour capstone course which will provide students with the skills and knowledge to repair, operate and troubleshoot an entire mechatronics system. | |
Manufacturing Process Design | This course covers process management and design in the field of manufacturing and mechatronics. The primary emphasis is process design, with an emphasis on manufacturing constraints. Topics include cycle time, production time, barrier identification... | |
Programmable Automation Tech | This course covers manufacturing technologies, including CNC, CAM, and the use of microcontrollers. The section on CNC includes an introduction to CNC design, commands, and general algorithms. The CAM section explains the use of NC, APT, parametric d... | |
Reverse Engineering of Mechanical Systems | This course is a study of the design of mechanical components in complex mechatronics systems. It covers an overview of statics, dynamics, and design of machine elements. Topics include force system analysis; study of equilibrium, translation, and ro... | |
Advanced Motor Control | This course covers advanced motor control as a continuation of Electrical Systems I, II, and III. The first part of the course covers general machine operations, types of braking and loads on a motor, and improving motor efficiency and power. The sec... | |
Industrial IoT Automated Manufacturing | This course is designed to prepare students to troubleshoot control and power components, motor starters, electrical systems, automatic input devices, and program and operate variable frequency AC drives. Connectivity to networks and the Internet of... | |
Mechatronics Control Applications | This course will cover setup, operation, programming and system troubleshooting of automated control devices. Students will use industrial controls components to develop skill in connecting to the Internet of Things (IoT). | |
Automation Pyramid | This course introduces the concept of Totally Integrated Automation by looking at the automation pyramid. Students will start at the field level with analogue sensors and actuators and go up to the control level with programming and networking PLCs.... | |
Process Control Technologies | This course covers topics in closed-loop control and technologies used in process control in the context of a complex mechatronic system. Students will be trained to characterize a system by its step response function and to create and interpret char... | |
Mechatronics Troubleshooting | This course is designed to develop the troubleshooting process applied to mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and networked/Internet of Things systems found in automated manufacturing. System and component troubleshooting applying top-down,... | |
Special Topics: Automation, Robotics, Mechatronics | This course provides students with additional information about specialized areas in automation, robotics, and mechatronics. Topics will be identified for each section of the course. This course is repeatable, any topic only once, for a maximum of si... |