Digital Manufacturing & Design Technology

Understand Manufacturing’s Fourth Revolution

Learn how manufacturing is evolving with advances in digital-based technology.

About This Specialization

Whether you’re a high school graduate exploring manufacturing careers, or an operations manager hungry for an understanding of the newest manufacturing technologies, this specialization will provide a foundation in how digital advances are changing the landscape and capabilities of factories. Ten courses – developed with input from the manufacturing industry – touch on digital manufacturing and design practices, the concept of the digital thread, the Internet of Things and Big Data. To learn more about the Digital Manufacturing and Design Technology specialization, please watch the overview video by copying and pasting the following link into your web browser: https://youtu.be/r-VHiwsg_t0

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10 courses

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Projects

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Certificates

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Projects Overview

Learners will create a roadmap to achieve their own personal goals related to the digital manufacturing and design (DM&D) profession, which will help them leverage relevant opportunities. The culminating project provides a tangible element to include in their professional portfolios that showcases their knowledge of Industry 4.0.

Courses

Beginner Specialization.: No prior experience required.

COURSE 1
Digital Manufacturing & Design
Upcoming session: Oct 23
Commitment
2 weeks of study, 3 ½ hours per week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
This course will expose you to the transformation taking place, throughout the world, in the way that products are being designed and manufactured. The transformation is happening through digital manufacturing and design (DM&D) – a shift from pap
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COURSE 2
Digital Thread: Components
Upcoming session: Oct 23
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 3 ½ hours per week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
This course will help you recognize how the "digital thread" is the backbone of the digital manufacturing and design (DM&D) transformation, turning manufacturing processes from paper-based to digital-based. You will have a working understanding of the
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COURSE 3
Digital Thread: Implementation
Upcoming session: Oct 23
Commitment
5 weeks of study, 3 ½ hours per week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
There are opportunities throughout the design process of any product to make significant changes, and ultimately impact the future of manufacturing, by embracing the digital thread. In this course, you will dig into the transformation taking plac
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COURSE 4
Advanced Manufacturing Process Analysis
Upcoming session: Oct 30
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 3 ½ hours per week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
Variability is a fact of life in manufacturing environments, impacting product quality and yield. Through this course, students will learn why performing advanced analysis of manufacturing processes is integral for diagnosing and correcting operational
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COURSE 5
Intelligent Machining
Upcoming session: Oct 30
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 3 ½ hours per week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
Manufacturers are increasingly utilizing machine tools that are self-aware – they perceive their own states and the state of the surrounding environment – and are able to make decisions related to machine activity processes. This is called int
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COURSE 6
Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise
Upcoming session: Oct 30
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 3 ½ hours per week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
Enterprises that seek to become proficient in advanced manufacturing must incorporate manufacturing management tools and integrate data throughout the supply chain to be successful. This course will make students aware of what a digitally c
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COURSE 7
Digital Manufacturing Commons (opendmc.org)
Upcoming session: Oct 30
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 3 ½ hours per week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
The Digital Manufacturing Commons (DMC) is an open, online space for companies of all sizes to collaborate and transform how they design and manufacture their products. This course explores how the DMC platform will support an online community of users
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COURSE 8
Cyber Security in Manufacturing
Upcoming session: Oct 30
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 3 ½ hours per week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
The nature of digital manufacturing and design (DM&D), and its heavy reliance on creating a digital thread of product and process data and information, makes it a prime target for hackers and counterfeiters. This course will introduce student
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COURSE 9
MBSE: Model-Based Systems Engineering
Upcoming session: Oct 23
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 3 ½ hours per week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
This Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) course and the Digital Thread courses featured earlier in this specialization bring together the concepts from across digital manufacturing and design, forming a vision in which the geometry of a product
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COURSE 10
Roadmap to Success in Digital Manufacturing & Design
Upcoming session: Nov 13
Commitment
5 weeks of study, 3 ½ hours per week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
Learners will create a roadmap to achieve their own personal goals related to the digital manufacturing and design (DM&D) profession, which will help them leverage relevant opportunities. The culminating project provides a tangible element to
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Creators

The State University of New York
The State University of New York, with 64 unique institutions, is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States. Educating nearly 468,000 students in more than 7,500 degree and certificate programs both on campus and online, SUNY has nearly 3 million alumni around the globe.
University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo (UB) team includes the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the most comprehensive public school of engineering in New York; the Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE), an engineering outreach center that supports the business community; and the Center for Educational Innovation, which elevates pedagogical advancement and improved learning. UB, a research-intensive public university, is the largest institution of the State University of New York system.