Advanced Manufacturing Course

Design and Manufacture of Multi-Material Lightweight Structures

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Location: Online
Schedule: Self-paced

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Design and Manufacture of Multi-Material Lightweight Structures ~ 4-6 hours 60 days after start date 1

The adoption of multi-material lightweight structures has become imperative for the transportation industry. This online course will teach you the unique challenges in their design and manufacture, along with basic considerations in material selections, dissimilar materials joining methods, and joint performance characterization methods.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand current trends in manufacturing lightweight structural components
  • Become knowledgeable about the range of available lightweight materials and manufacturing processes
  • Appreciate how ICME models can optimize product design and manufacturing
  • Learn how to select the appropriate material and manufacturing process for each component

Course Overview

  • Structural Lightweighting Trends and Multi-Material Structures (28 min)
  • Major Challenges in Design and Manufacturing of Multi-Material Structure (51 min)
  • Major Lightweight Structure Materials, Applications, and Combinations (47 min)
  • Dissimilar Metals Joining Techniques: Principles and Applications (64 min)
  • Polymer/Metal Joining Techniques: Principles and Applications (24 min)
  • Principles for Joint Design and Applications for Dissimilar Metal Joining (54 min)
  • Joint Stress Concentration Analysis Method for Fatigue Evaluation and Test Data Correlation: Part I (28 min)
  • Joint Stress Concentration Analysis Method for Fatigue Evaluation and Test Data Correlation: Part II (45 min)
  • You will have access to this course for 60 days.
  • This course contains 6-7 hours of required recorded material and an associated testing assessment.

Successful completion requires you to receive an 70% passing grade on the course assessment.

There are no prerequisites for this course. A bachelor’s degree in a science, engineering, or technical field is recommended, but not required.

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Administrative/Online Technical Support
Support staff are available via phone and email to help with administrative and technical issues during our normal business hours (Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). 

Content Questions/Certification Project Support
Candidates are welcome to contact the course instructors for content questions and project support. The instructors will provide support via email, phone consultation, and/or online videoconferencing.

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Instructional Team

Pingsha Dong, PhD

  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Professor, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
  • Director, Welded Structures Laboratory

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