ME 5640 — Additive Manufacturing
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: WBostonTraditional
Discusses fundamentals, process characteristics, and practical applications of various additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Covers digital workflow for AM, implications of AM on design, material for AM and material properties, energy sources and interaction with materials, AM processes, process characteristics and capabilities, process models, design of experiments and Taguchi methods for AM process parameter optimization, postprocessing of AM parts, process defects, and the Ansys AM module.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 29 | 48 | 60% | 19.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 26 | 48 | 54% | 22.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 47% · W 53% · Th 0% · F 47%
Common patterns: W (53% of sections), TF (47% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Ozan Cagatay Ozdemir (53% of students) · reviews
- Randall Erb (47% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (ME course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ME courses · Plan it at numap.app