I. Intrduction

1.1 Course Objectives
1.2 Teaching and Learning Formats
1.3 General Policy on Homework Projects, and Exams
1.4 General Picture of Computer-Aided Manufacturing
1.5 Society of Manufacturing Engineers
1.6 Boeing Video Services: F-22 EMU: "Visualizing the Future"
1.7 Homework Assignment 1, due date:?

II. Computer-Aided Design

2.1 Four Development Stages: Drafting-Design-Analysis-Integration
2.2 Fundamentals of Geometrical Modeling
2.3 Dimensional Tolerances and Percision in Manufacturing
2.4 Homework Assignment 2, 2 design project using a CAD package CADKEY

III. Fundamentals of Manufacturing Automation

3.1 Production Operations, Assembly, and Automation Stategies
3.2 Production Economics
3.3 Production Scheduling
3.4 HomeworkAssignment 3

IV. Numerical Control Production Systems

4.1 Concept of Numerical Control
4.2 NC Part Programming 4.3 Homework Assignment4, a manufacturing project

V. Process Planning

5.1 Manual Process Planning vs. Computer-Aided Process Planning
5.2 Group Technology: Variant, Generative, and Hybird approaches
5.3 Production Flow Analysis - Concept of Fleible Manufacturing Systems

VI. Rapid Prototyping Systems

6.1 Conmcept of Rapid Prototyping
6.2 Methods to Make Prototypes
6.3 Stereolithography

VII. Outside Speakers

Email:zhang@eng.umd.edu