Devlopment of a curriculum for integrated manufacturing systems engineering

This paper describes the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems (CIMS) Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology, which was established with the help of a grant from the IBM Corporation. The program began its third year recently and involves a cooperative effort among eight schools (departments) within Georgia Tech, with strong support and interaction with over a dozen industries. The program is one approach to the problem of educating graduate students in industrially related interdisciplinary topics of major importance.