This concentration prepares students to enter highly-automated manufacturing industries as automation specialists and manufacturing technicians or for technical positions in biotechnology and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries. In the advanced manufacturing option: Students learn to solve complex manufacturing problems using computer-aided design, evaluation and simulation techniques, and engineering principles. The curriculum covers such aspects of manufacturing engineering as materials processing (traditional and CNC), industrial automation, material science, hydraulics, computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM), and computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM).

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This program is especially valuable to the person who wants technical diversity.
Students should be in a Math (MTH) course every semester until they have completed their sequence.
Recommended Program Electives:
- Advanced Manufacturing: EGR 112: Automated Machining, EGR 211: Programmable Control Systems, CAD 211, and choose one EGR 190: Technical Projects, EGR 299: Engineering Projects, CAD 101: Computer Aided Drafting, CAD 112: Maker Space Projects and Advanced Mechanical Design or any Internship Program course.
- Biomedical Manufacturing: BIO 121: Fundamentals of Biological Science I; either BIO 115: Survey of Human Anatomy and Physiology or BIO 233: Human Anatomy and Physiology I; and either BIO 126: Introduction to Biotechnology, BIO 240: Cell Biology, or CHM 113: Fundamentals of Chemistry I.
- Automation & Robotics: EGR 113: Introduction to Robotics, EGR 171: Fluid Systems, and EGR 211: Programmable Control Systems.
Completing courses in the summer will reduce fall and spring semester course loads.
Oral Communication General Education Competency Infused.

After Bristol

Graduates of the biomedical option can enter the workforce as biomedical, bioprocess or pharmaceutical manufacturing technicians.
Graduates work as automation specialists, manufacturing technicians, design technicians, CAD designers, engineering aides, field service technicians, technical representatives, and maintenance technicians. It will open employment doors to many jobs that require multidisciplinary competencies.
If you are considering transferring to a four-year institution, speak with your advisor and visit Transfer Services for additional information.

Engineering Technology - Advanced and Biomedical Manufacturing

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