The increasing demand placed on the manufacturing industry and service sectors to improve the quality, productivity and reliability of their systems and operations while cutting costs in a rapidly changing technological world are creating new challenges. The traditional, disciplinary engineering and management programs do not adequately address the skill set, competencies, and practices needed for integrated lean manufacturing and strategic project management. To address these issues Stevens Institute of Technology International (SITI) is offering a graduate degree program in Manufacturing Technologies and Project Management (MTPM) with two concentrations. These programs stress the manufacture, implementation, production, project management and life-cycle issues of engineering systems with emphasis in computational methods and software applications. They aim to educate students in problem-solving computational methodologies, modeling, analysis, simulation, and project management. The programs provide an innovative view of the landscape of manufacturing technologies and project management to educators and industry practitioners from different disciplines, to enhance their practice of manufacturing today and to position them for career growth in the global economy. Specifically, these programs are designed to address the following:
For both concentrations, the Master of Science degree requires thirty three credits (11 courses), plus 7 credits of thesis research where the project will be tailored to meet the priorities of the sponsoring organization. The entire program must be approved by a SITI academic advisor. These courses are provided to students in a flexible schedule either on-line or at local sites or in a hybrid format.
Twenty one of the credits (or seven courses) form the core and comprise the main thrust for these two concentrations. The remaining four courses can be selected from a specified list of elective courses. These programs embrace and balance qualitative as well as quantitative aspects and utilize state-of-the-art software tools and computational methodologies. The program trains engineers in software applications and their deployment and integration in the workplace.