CIT Design Minor
Design is a pervasive activity in all engineering disciplines.
Insuring quality, timeliness, manufacturability and marketability of
engineering designs is a crucial concern in product development. The
CIT designated minor in Engineering Design is intended to provide a firm
methodological basis for engineering design that will be broadly applicable
in all areas of engineering. The minor is intended primarily for engineering
undergraduates who want a broader and more formal foundation in design. The
requirements for the minor consist of two interdisciplinary design courses,
which emphasize design methodology, team work, and real-world problems, and
three elective courses in design. Of the three elective courses, at least one
should involve CAD and at least one 9 unit course should be outside the student's major.
The designated minor in engineering design is administered through ICES. The program contact is Susan Finger. Students undertaking the designated minor
can consult with the program advisor in their major department.
Faculty Advisors
The current faculty advisors for the CIT Engineering Design minor are: Larry Biegler and Ignacio Grossman from Chemical Engineering,
Susan Finger and James Garrett from Civil and Environmental Engineering
Daniel P. Siewiorek from Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Indira Nair from Engineering and Public Policy,
Jonathan Cagan and Kenji Shimada from Mechanical Engineering, and Henry Piehler from Materials Science and Engineering.
Required Courses
You must select at least two of the following courses.
39-245 Rapid Prototype Design
39-405 Engineering Design: Creation of Products and Processes
39-648 Rapid Design and Prototyping of Computer Systems
39-600 Integrated Product Development
39-647/605/606 Engineering Design Project Course
Elective Courses
Additional elective courses are required, including at least 9 units outside the student's
major department and at least one course involving applications of computer-aided design methods.
A total of 45 units is required for the minor, including required and elective courses. Courses can
be chosen from the list below or by permission of the Design Minor Advisors.
Undergraduate Elective Courses
06-302 Process Engineering and Synthesis
06-606 Computational Methods for Large Scale Process Design & Analysis
12-401 Civil and Environmental Engineering Design
12-605 Design and Construction
12-631 Structural Design
12-675 Computer-Aided Tools for Civil & Environmental Engineers
18-321 Analysis and Design of Analog Circuits
18-322 Analysis and Design of Digital Circuits
18-347 Introduction to Computer Architecture
18-349 Introduction to Embedded Systems
18-360 Introduction to Computer-Aided Digital Design
18-474 Computer Control Systems Design Laboratory
18-517 Data Storage Systems Design Project
18-523 Analog Integrated Circuit Design
18-525 Integrated Circuit Design Project
18-545 Advanced Digital Design Project
18-547 Computer System Design
18-551 Digital Communications and Signal Processing Systems Design
18-575 Control System Design
24-441 Engineering Design
24-442 Engineering Design - EPP
24-443 Design for Manufacture
27-357 Introduction to Materials Selection
27-421 Processing Design
39-647 Independent Study in Engineering Design
42-580 Medical Instrumentation Design
Graduate Elective Courses
06-720 Advanced Process Systems Engineering
12-747 CAE Software Project
12-740 CAE Tools
12-784 Artificial Intelligence for Design
18-725 Digital Integrated Circuit Design
18-748 Dependable System Design
18-760 VLSI CAD: Logic to Layout
18-761 VLSI CAD: Layout to Manufacture
18-763 Physical CAD for VLSI
18-765 Digital System Testing and Testable Design
18-778 Mechatronic Design
18-814 Microelectromechanical Systems
24-788 Mechatronic Design
16-788 Mechatronic Design
24-781 Design Procedures
24-784 Computational Design Tools
27-721 Processing Design
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