Engineering CAD Technology Program with integrated Fabrication Lab

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Engineering CAD Technology Program with
integrated Fabrication Lab

• Peggy Armstrong-Larsen
• Instructor since 2009

• Industrial background
• Industrial Sewing
• Upholstery
• Custom boat enclosures
• Assembly
• Drafting and Design of Custom Fabric Structures
• Trade Show Display Custom CAD Design

• Education
• AAS Degree in Engineering CAD Technology,
• Century College
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Career and
  Technical Education,
• Bemidji State University

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Department Lead Jeff Jahnke

• 25 years of teaching experience in the
  Engineering CAD Technology Program at Century
  College

Industry Background General Electric Medical
Systems as a Designer and Group Lead.

• Credited with bringing to the program
• AutoCAD,
• Inventor,
• ProE/Creo and
• SolidWorks CAD software to the program.
• Co-founder of Centurys FabLab.
• Brought in to give engineering and ECAD students
  an exposure to manufacturing and the opportunity
  to create prototypes of their designers.

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The Team

• In addition to teaching ECAD credit-based
  classes, both instructors go into industry and
  teach Blueprint Reading and Geometric
  Dimensioning and Tolerancing at various companies
  in the Twin Cities through Centurys Continuing
  Ed/Customized Training (CE/CT) Department

Through all of their experiences, Jeff and Peggy
bring insight and abilities to Minnesota
manufacturing and education community today.
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What isEngineering CAD Technology?

• Translation of ideas, rough sketches,
  specifications and calculations of engineers and
  designers into working drawings which are used in
  making an infinite number of products.

Specifications they help develop describe exactly
what material and process workers use on a
particular job along with calculating the
strength, reliability and costs of materials.

• They will work in
• Manufacturing firms,
• Engineering companies and
• Industries

• Dealing with
• Plastics,
• Machinery,
• Electrical equipment,
• Fabricated metal products,
• Textiles
• Transportation equipment.

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A CAD drafter is part of a team.
Company Design Team
Design flow
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Where in industry?

• 1. Medical Devices

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2.Consumer products
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3. Automotive Industry
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4. Aerospace Industry
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5. Industrial Supplies
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6. Computer Equipment
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7. Machine Design
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8. Tool Design
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Courses include

• Interpreting Engineering Drawings
• Engineering Drafting 1 2
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
• Descriptive Geometry
• Applied Mathematics
• Power Transmission Devices
• Introductions to AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Inventor
  and ProE/Creo
• Advanced CAD Software
• How to Make Almost Anything
• Basic Tooling Fixtures
• General Physics
• Design Project
• Special Topics in Engineering CAD

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Cad Programs

• Due to the diverse nature of the Minnesota
  Manufacturing community, we teach the use of a
  variety of software programs.

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Integrated FabLab

• In 2008, the FabLab was created to give
  engineering and ECAD students an exposure to
  manufacturing and the opportunity to create
  prototypes of their own designs.
• Since, the FabLab has touched many other areas of
  the college including Chemistry, Art, Math, and
  Orthotics and Prosthetics.
• Students are offered a class through the ECAD
  department that is geared toward the entrepreneur
  that exists in all of us. Students are given the
  opportunity to see how the things they create in
  a CAD design are made on a variety of digital
  machines.
• The equipment in the FabLab has also been
  integrated into most of the other ECAD courses.

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How they work together for a better experience
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Program Awards

• Engineering CAD Technology Associate in Applied
  Science Degree, (64 credits)

Students will use Computer Aided Drafting and
Design systems to create engineering drawings.
Emphasis is placed on mechanical drafting
standards, components and design form
manufacturing.

• Digital Fabrication Technology Certificate (16
  credits)

Designed for individuals interested in learning
more about automation and manufacturing
technologies and systems. Students enrolled in
ECAD, Engineering, Math and Science
programs/disciplines may benefit from a technical
set of courses designed to prepare graduates for
entry level employment or continuing education in
technical/engineering fields. This certificate
also serves as an entrance into the ECAD program.
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When you Graduate with an AAS in Engineering CAD
Technology

• You will enter industry as Drafters earning
  salaries from 28,000 - 32,000

• With experience, they will become Layout
  Drafters, Designers and Senior Designers

Some of the companies that have hired our
students are
3M ADC Advanced Tool Aerotek Engineering Andersen
Windows Army Corp. of Engineers AP
Engineering Brookdale Plastics Caterpillar Deluxe
Tool Doboy Inc. Eagle Tool and Design Elite
Engineering Federal Cartridge General
Pattern Kieffer Design Laser Master Medtronic MNDO
T Nordic Track Nardini Fire Equipment Pattern
Mold Design Pearson Tech. Services Reell
Precision Rosemount Resistance Tech.
Inc. Union Brass Boeing (Seatle WA) Dauffer
(Fargo, ND) Contract Services (Rockford,
IL) Laser Machining (Sommerset, WI) Progressive
Tool Design (WI) Skyline Displays Smart
Carte Scimed Life Systems Senior Design
Corp. Tol-O-Matic
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Contact information

• www.century.edu
• Century College Admissions admissions_at_century.edu
• Office West Campus
  W2350 Phone [phone]
• Jeff Jahnke jeff.jahnke_at_century.edu
• Office East Campus
  E1295 Phone [phone]
• Peggy Armstrong-Larsen peg.armstrong_at_century.edu
• Office East Campus
  E2332 Phone [phone]