• DocumentCode
    2644255
  • Title

    Manufacturing engineering graduation program for 21st. Century

  • Author

    Brito, Claudio Da Rocha ; Ciampi, Melany M.

  • Author_Institution
    Council of Researches in Educ. & Sci., Brazil
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    18-21 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This work constitutes of a brief presentation about the manufacturing graduation program that attends the new demands of a challenging global world. It is about the COPEC Institute of Education and Research New Graduation Program: The Manufacturing Engineering (ME) Program. It has been specially designed in order to fulfill the lack of formation of dedicated professionals to work hard with the goal of promoting the development of Manufacturing (and Management) researches. The main objective of this program is to empower manufacturing engineers to operate at a higher level of efficiency and effectiveness. Manufacturing is still a big employer and it tends to be a very visible one in many places.
  • Keywords
    educational courses; engineering education; further education; production engineering; COPEC Institute of Education and Research New Graduation Program; employers; manufacturing engineering graduation program; master degree; professionals; Brazil Council; Computer science; Control engineering; Educational programs; Engineering education; Engineering management; Environmental management; Industrial engineering; Manufacturing; Materials science and technology; customized program; flexibility; manufacturing; master degree; team work;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Antonio, TX
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4715-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0190-5848
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.2009.5350780
  • Filename
    5350780