With the experience and education they receive, our graduates will work to ensure this country's technological excellence in the global marketplace as they safeguard our precious natural resources, both at home and abroad. The first two years of study are devoted to a general engineering curriculum, emphasizing such fundamentals as mathematics, the sciences, and information technology. Business courses are integrated starting in the third year when students begin exploring numerous manufacturing-related management philosophies, such as total quality management, product innovation management, and materials and supply chain management. Students learn to analyze manufacturing systems for overall technical performance and quantify trade-offs between competing technologies in those systems. All students in the program also are required to complete three semesters of cooperative learning, working full time in an industrial setting.
Assignments become more challenging as a student's expertise grows.
The Global Procurement and Supply Chain Electronic Benchmarking Network in the Broad College is a worldwide network of some 250 manufacturing and service firms linked electronically to share information on procurement and supply-chain practices and strategies. The Venture Center is a business incubator for start-up companies in mid Michigan, providing business owners with a multitude of resources and expert advice. It is a partnership between the Broad College, the city of Lansing, and the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. Eight other laboratories and centers in the college support manufacturing research and instruction. Our students are gaining both the engineering expertise and the management skills they need to succeed in today's sophisticated, environmentally conscious manufacturing arena.