In January 1999 UDM began offering a new Masters in Product Development - a joint degree from Business and Engineering. The program was developed at Massechusetts Institute of Technology. UDM, RIT, and MIT are partners in further development with support from the National Science Foundation. The first class of students was 32 Ford engineers. Their first project focused on occupant sensing systems for airbag development.
HOPE display their diplomas.
His main research interests and publications are in the field of boundary elements, focusing in the formulation of higher order elements and adaptive meshing techniques. Muci is also the director of UDM's Mexican American Partnership.