Manufacturing Related Activities at Oakland University's School of Engineering and Computer Science

This paper discusses manufacturing related educational and research programs in the School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS) at Oakland University, a Michigan institution located some thirty miles north of Detroit. The SECS vision statement positions the School to help meet the requirements and challenges of automotive and automotive related industries. As part of this vision SECS offers a manufacturing program as an option under the undergraduate Mechanical Engineering degree. Also, in collaboration with such companies as Chrysler and Deloitte and Touche, SECS has developed several unique, manufacturing related research programs that will be discussed in this paper.