An innovative Doctoral Education in a Novel Approach to Design and Manufacturing

摘要提出了一种创新的设计与制造专业博士生培养方案。除了目前研究生课程的深度，该项目还将提供具有竞争力的制造业的文化广度。学生们将花四个暑假在制造公司工作：三个国内公司和一个外国公司。学生还将被要求辅修一门外语。研究计划将强调设计合成方法的统一策略，质量保证的新途径，以及先进的控制方法将是博士研究的重点。有了这些新技术，目前设计、制造和质量工程之间的分离消失了；相反，设计和制造过程统一为单一的、可快速修改的方法。这一教育和研究议程对美国工业未来的竞争力至关重要。

ABSTRACT An innovative educational program for doctoral study in design and manufacturing is proposed. Besides the current depth in graduate programs, this program would provide cultural breadth in competitive manufacturing. Students will spend four summers working in manufacturing companies: three domestic and one foreign. Students will also be required to complete a minor in a foreign language. The research program will emphasize a unified strategy to design synthesis methods, new approaches to quality assurance, and advanced control methods will be the focus of the doctoral research. With these new technologies, the current separation between design, manufacturing, and quality engineering disappears; instead the design and manufacturing process is unified into single, rapidly modifiable approach. This educational and research agenda is imperative for the future competitiveness of American industries.