MAE 5260

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  • Schedule of Classes - October 16, 2026 7:07PM EDT

MAE 5260
Design for Manufacture and Assembly

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Successful component and system design is dependent on the ability to specify products that balance cost, performance, and component robustness. This course will consider methods for design optimization that are driven by an attention to manufacturing and assembly processes while maintaining consideration for functional sensitivities.


Prerequisites background equivalent to: MAE 2250; MAE 2250 or ENGRD 2700 or MATH 2930 or PHYS 2214 or MSE 4020 or MSE 2610.

Enrollment Information Enrollment limited to: Master of Engineering (MEng) or graduate students in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE); others by permission of instructor.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP

Learning Outcomes

  • The student will be able to better understand the role of design engineers as related to industry.
  • The student will be able to understand DFMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly) as it applied to design of mechanical systems.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: MAE 4850

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 11509 MAE 5260   LEC 001

    • W
    • Mar 17 - May 11, 2027

    • O'Shea, F

      Ulinski, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 11510 MAE 5260   LEC 002

    • Mar 17 - May 11, 2027

    • O'Shea, F

      Ulinski, M

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

    Department Consent Required (Add)