IE/MECH 4395 & IE/SE/MECH 5390 - Special Topics course (Quality Engineering Boot Camp) (Spring 2024)
Undergraduate course, The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering, 2024
Course Description: This course was developed in collaboration with an instructor from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (LMA). This course offers an in-depth exploration of fundamental principles, methodologies, and tools crucial for enhancing product and process quality. This intensive 10-day Quality Engineering Bootcamp provides an accelerated introduction to the principles and practices underpinning quality engineering, delivering valuable insights and preparing participants to significantly impact industries’ quality landscape. The course content includes: 1) statistical process control, 2) DMAIC, FMEA, Product/process verifications, software quality engineering, foreign object damage/debris prevention for aerospace and defense industries, 3) seven basic QC tools, 4) Lean and six sigma applications, 5) Model-based quality engineering, and 6) NDT/E and advanced quality inspection procedure. Students also complete an exciting real-work project from LMA. This is a cross-listed course for both undergraduate and graduate students, and graduate students are required to lead the course project.
Class Enrollment: 8 seniors and 7 Graduate students enrolled in this course.
Student Evaluation: 5.0/5.0