Undergraduate Certificate in Production Engineering
OVERVIEW
Who is this program for?
An undergraduate certificate in Production Engineering is perfect for students interested in optimizing manufacturing processes and improving efficiency in production environments. It prepares students for careers in industries such as automotive, aerospace, electronics, and consumer goods, with roles in production management, quality control, supply chain optimization, and process design.
Program Overview
The Production Engineering Certificate (PEC) in the College of Engineering, provides students with unique hands-on experience, development of problem-solving skills, and knowledge integration using Lean thinking principles. PEC aims to enhance students' learning in capstone senior design projects, basics of automotive productions processes, teamwork, principles of Lean manufacturing and applications to automotive production engineering. Design projects within the core courses will be developed through proposals from industry and engineering organizations. Through collaboration with automotive manufacturing companies (OEM), the PEC course instructor team consisting of UK faculty and experienced industry engineers will select projects based on the current engineering problems or future engineering advancement. Students will learn how to integrate their knowledge by Lean thinking and achieve their team goal by effectively working together. The elective courses include operation-based aspects vitally important in automotive manufacturing, including automotive painting, body welding, and automotive powertrain. Each of these is to be updated as new technologies emerge, and new electives will be assessed for future implementation by collaborating with the industrial OEM’s. Four different academic departments, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Chemical & Materials Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering participate in PEC. Automotive industries have the largest, most demanding and most advanced mass production systems in the world covering very diversified technical areas consisting of these four academic disciplines plus more. Hence, after initial success, the PEC Director and the PEC advisory board will assess ongoing automobile production needs and opportunities to determine whether the inclusion of other academic disciplines would further strengthen the value of the PEC and the success of students awarded the Certificate. Apply here.
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What You'll Learn
Degree requirements, course descriptions and academic policies for all programs are detailed in the University Catalog.
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Accelerated Pathway
This program is part of the Accelerated Master's Pathways program. If you plan to obtain a related master's degree, this program can save you time and money with dual credit hours when you sign up.
How to Add this Certificate
Prospective students: Certificates are declared once you are a current University of Kentucky student.
Current students: You can add this certificate in myUK GPS. Under "My Program of Study" on the right side of the screen, click the link "Request a major/minor/certificate change". If you need help, contact your academic advisor.
You should talk with your academic advisor about how adding a program to your plan of study will impact graduation time and any graduation requirements of your major.
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