Engineering Technology: Composites Specialization

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Overview

The field of engineering technology develops, processes, and tests the efficiency, production quality, and safety of nearly every product available on the market. In particular, composites technicians work with innovative, lightweight composite materials that are in demand by the aerospace and high-tech industries. These associate degree programs provide excellent job and career training for students who are mechanically inclined, good at math, or interested in how the products we use every day are designed and developed.

BTC’s Engineering Technology: Composites Specialization associate degree programs teach top skills that are in-demand for such positions as assembler, fabricator, machine operator, production worker, or supervisor in leading American industries.

Program Outcomes

After successfully completing the AAS or AAS-T degree, students will be able to:

• Apply fundamentals of material science to solving hands-on engineering design and fabrication problems.
• Utilize CAD/CAM software to build 3D parametric models.  (CATIA and Solidworks)
• Create CNC programs for machining and automation.
• Draft Detailed Engineering Drawings for aerospace manufacturing and related fields per industry standards (ANSI).
• Solve problems in composite design and fabrication including vacuum bagging, wet-layup, infusion, pre-impregnated layup, out-of-autoclave, additive and subtractive manufacturing.
• Perform product analysis with methods including: Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), Ultra-Sound inspection, metrology, and Finite Element Analysis (FES).
• Demonstrate 6-Sigma statistical analysis, lean manufacturing concepts, and quality assurance methodology.
• Perform material testing and analysis including tensile and compression testing.

Placement Requirements

Admissions application and assessment in Reading, Math, and Writing is required. Your placement will determine where you begin your course sequence. Contact Admissions at 360.752.8345 or at admissions@btc.edu for assistance with academic planning.

Degree Requirements

Engineering Technology: Composites Specialization Degree completion requires a cumulative GPA of C/2.0 or higher and minimum grade of C/2.0 for program courses. General Education courses require a minimum grade of C/2.0

Programs

• Engineering Technology: Composites Specialization, AAS

• Engineering Technology: Composites Specialization, AAS-T

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