Projects and Careers Manufacturing Engineering
Employment
The job market for Western's Manufacturing Engineering graduates is very good. Students are given a broad, hands-on education in manufacturing engineering, preparing them for a diverse selection of jobs.
See the most recent Employment Graduate Survey results to compare Manufacturing Engineering students with other graduates.
Whare are alumni working?
Manufacturing Engineer at Terex
Manufacturing Engineer at Boeing
Mechanical Designer at Korry Electronics
Tool Designer at Safran Aerospace
CNC Programmer at Aviation Technical Services
Project Manager at Janicki Industries
Manufacturing Engineer at SpaceX
Manufacturing Engineer at Systima Technologies
Quality Engineer at General Motors
Research and Senior Projects
Research
Check out the Advanced Machining Research Laboratory to learn more about faculty led research projects and opportunities for undergraduate students.
Senior Projects
Our Manufacturing Engineering students are required to have a year-long senior project before they can graduate. Often times these research projects are industry-partnered.
Industry Sponsors
Becoming an industry sponsor is a mutually beneficial opportunity for companies, industry professionals, and Western students.
Manufacturing Engineering Equipment
- Manual Mills
- Manual Lathes
- CNC Mills
- CNC Lathes
- Displacement & Force Acquisition Press
- Vertical Bandsaws
- Abrasive Waterjet
- Rotary Head Die Sinker
- Radial Drill Press
- Oxyacetylene Torches
- TIG/MIG/GTAW Arc Welders
- Plasma Cutting Torches
- Crucible Furnace
- Rotary Abrasive Disk Saw
- High Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- Dynamic Mechanical Analysis with Humidity
- X-Ray Diffraction
- Atomic Force Microscope
- Scanning Electron Microscope
- Infrared Microscope
- Hardness Tester
- Ultrasound Non-Destructive Testing
- Torque Rheometer
- Extrusion Plastometer
- Moisture Analysis Unit
- Polariscope
- Precision Balances
- Optical Microscope
- Viscometer
- Charpy/Izod Impact Tester
- Impact Specimen Notcher
- Spectrophotometer
- Infrared Imaging Machine
- Data Acquisition System
- Thermogravimetric Analysis
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- FTIR Spectroscopy
- Surface Profilometer
- Optical Comparators
- Gel Permeation Chromatography
- Universal Test Machine
- Contact Angle Goniometer
- Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- UV-Vis Spectroscopy
Metrology Equipment
- Optical Comparator
- FARO Arm with Laser Scanning
- Coordinate Measuring Machine
Robotics/ Fluid Power
- Robot Assembly with Machine Vision
- Machine Vision System
- Tri-Power Supply
- Curve Tracers
- Resistance Box