Design and Production Engineering Program
Program Description
The Design and Production Engineering program prepares students for entry level professional practice in mechanical design and production engineering, both locally and internationally.
The Design and Production Engineering program is one of the oldest engineering programs in Egyptian universities. The program flourished with the boom in Egyptian industry during the sixties of the twentieth century. Recently, there is an increasing need for the modernization of industry in Egypt to cope with the global challenges of designing and producing cost effective products that can compete with the international market. Consequently, the Design and Production Engineering program needs to be modernized as well. The program developed at Ain Shams University equip students with necessary competencies contemporary to the current industry. It also inspires graduates for self-learning to cope with the requirements of ever-changing career path after their graduation.
Career Prospects
Design and Production Engineering is one of the most recognized disciplines in Egyptian industry. Design and Production engineers are needed in many industries aiming to design and produce all kinds of products, machines and equipment. Graduates work in all industrial sectors including engineering, metallurgical, petrochemical, textiles, furniture, etc. They can work as engineers in research and development, operations management, quality control, tool design, work study, cost analysis, process control, heat treatment, etc.
Graduates can be specialized in a specific field of the following concentrations: Manufacturing engineering, Mechanical design, Industrial engineering and operations management, or Materials engineering.
Program Concentrations
The program qualifies graduates to work as Design and Production engineers. The graduate can be specialized in one of the following four concentrations:
- Mechanical Design
- Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
- Materials Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
The program concentration is achieved by 12 credit hours including 6 credit hours of courses and 6 credit hours of the graduation project, all related to the specific concentration.
- Mechanical Design: Graduates are more specialized in the design of mechanical systems. Graduates demonstrate additional abilities to model, analyse, and design mechanical components and systems using the most up-to-date tools of integrated systems.
- Industrial Engineering and Operations Management: Graduates are more specialized in Industrial engineering and operations management. Graduates demonstrate additional abilities to analyse, design, integrate, operate, evaluate, control, automate, and implement methods and techniques to manage industrial systems.
- Materials Engineering: Graduates are more specialized in materials engineering. Graduates demonstrate additional abilities to select, prepare, analyse, treat, and test materials for specific applications.
- Manufacturing Engineering: Graduates are more specialized in manufacturing processes. Graduates demonstrate additional abilities to select and link different manufacturing processes to certain design requirement to achieve desired levels of quality, product and process performance.
Agreements with another University
The program is not yet partnered with another university.
Program Competences
In addition to the competences for all Engineering Programs (A-Level) and the competencies for the Mechanical Discipline (B-Level), the Design and Production Engineering Program graduate must be able to (C-Level):
- C1: Implement basic theories to production processes including new technologies in manufacturing to select proper processes and process parameters for specific products.
- C2: Design systems, machines, tools, and products implementing proper standards and developing the necessary calculations, construction and working drawings
- C3: Implement basics of industrial engineering to analyse, plan and design production systems.
- C4: Select materials suitable for specific application.
- C5: Demonstrate additional abilities related to the field of the concentration within Design and Production Engineering as listed below.
Concentration | Graduate attributes |
Mechanical design | C5a. Demonstrate additional abilities to model, analyse, and design mechanical components and systems using the most up-to-date tools of integrated systems. |
Industrial Engineering | C5b. Demonstrate additional abilities to analyse, design, integrate, operate, evaluate, control, automate, and implement methods and techniques to manage industrial systems. |
Materials Engineering | C5c. Demonstrate additional abilities to select, prepare, analyse, treat, and test materials for specific applications. |
Manufacturing | C5d. Demonstrate additional abilities to select and link different manufacturing processes to certain design requirement to achieve desired levels of quality, product and process performance. |
Required Courses
In order to get a Bachelor of Science Degree in this program, and to satisfy the Program Competences, the following set of courses need to be completed.
Table 16 List of Design and Production Engineering Program Requirements courses.
Code | Course Title | Credits and SWL | Contact Hours | |||||
CH | ECTS | SWL | Lec | Tut | Lab | TT | ||
University Requirements Courses | 14 | 21 | 525 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 22 | |
Faculty Requirements Courses | 42 | 92 | 2300 | 36 | 25 | 14 | 75 | |
General Mechanical Engineering Requirements Courses | 63 | 110 | 2750 | 48 | 32 | 22 | 102 | |
MDP312s | Mechanical System Design | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
MDP381s | Theory of Metal Forming | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
MDP382s | Theory of Metal Cutting | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
MDP383s | Metal Forming Technology, Machines and Dies | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
MDP384s | Metal Cutting Machines and Technology | 3 | 6 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
MDP481s | Design of Tools & Production Facilities | 3 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
MDP482s | Metrology & Measuring Instruments | 4 | 8 | 200 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
MDP483s | Computerized Numerical Controlled Machines | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
MDP332s | Work Study | 3 | 6 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
MDP333s | Operations Research | 3 | 6 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
MDP431s | Operations Management | 3 | 6 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
MDP432s | Facilities Planning | 3 | 7 | 175 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
MDP433s | Quality Control | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Design And Production Concentration Elective Course (1) | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Design And Production Concentration Elective Course (2) | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
MDP401s | Mechanical Design & Production Graduation Project (1) | 3 | 6 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
MDP402s | Mechanical Design & Production Graduation Project (2) | 3 | 6 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
Total | 170 | 317 | 7925 | 131 | 92 | 61 | 284 | |
Design And Production Concentration Elective | ||||||||
Mechanical Design Concertation Elective | ||||||||
MDP411s | Introduction to Finite Elements | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
MDP412s | Noise & Vibration Control | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
MDP413s | Design Optimization | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
MDP414s | Product Design & Development | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
MDP415s | Selected Topics in Mechanical Design | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Industrial Engineering Concertation Elective | ||||||||
MDP434s | Quality Systems & Assurance | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
MDP435s | Industrial Systems Modeling & Simulation | 3 | 6 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
MDP436s | Production Planning & Control | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
MDP437s | Ergonomics | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Subpool F Materials Engineering Concertation Elective | ||||||||
MDP256s | Phase Transformation and Heat Treatment | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
MDP451s | Failure Analysis | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
MDP452s | Material and Process Selection | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
MDP453s | Composites Technology | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
MDP454s | Corrosion | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
MDP455s | Renewable Materials | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Manufacturing Concertation Elective | ||||||||
MDP484s | Product Life Cycle Management | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
MDP485s | Advanced Topics in CNC Machine Tools | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
MDP486s | Selected Topics in Manufacturing | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
MDP487s | Computer Integrated Manufacturing | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
MDP488s | Advanced Manufacturing Technology | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
MDP489s | Selected Topics in Forming | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 170 | 317 | 7925 | 131 | 92 | 61 | 284 |
Program Study Plan
Code | Course Title | Credits and SWL | Contact Hours | Prerequisites | |||||
CH | ECTS | SWL | Lec | Tut | Lab | TT | |||
Semester 1 | |||||||||
PHM012 | Mathematics (1) | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
PHM021 | Vibration and Waves | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
PHM031 | Statics | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
MDP011s | Engineering Drawing | 3 | 6 | 150 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
PHM041 | Engineering Chemistry | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
CSE031s | Computing in Engineering | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 17 | 30 | 750 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 28 | ||
Semester 2 | |||||||||
PHM013 | Mathematics (2) | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ( PHM012 ) |
PHM022 | Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
PHM032 | Dynamics | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ( PHM031 ) |
CEP011s | Projection and Engineering Graphics | 3 | 6 | 150 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
MDP081s | Production Engineering | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
ENG011s | Fundamentals of Engineering | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Total | 17 | 30 | 750 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 29 | ||
Semester 3 | |||||||||
PHM111 | Probability and Statistics | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ( PHM013 ) |
MDP151s | Structures & Properties of Materials | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ( PHM041s ) |
MDP111s | Mechanical Engineering Drawing | 3 | 6 | 150 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ( MDP011s ) |
MDP181s | Manufacturing Technology (1) | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ( MDP081s ) |
MEP111s | Thermal Physics | 2 | 4 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
EPM116s | Electrical Circuits and Machines | 4 | 6 | 150 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ( PHM022s ) |
Total | 16 | 29 | 725 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 27 | ||
Semester 4 | |||||||||
PHM112 | Differential Equations and Numerical Analysis | 4 | 6 | 150 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ( PHM013 ) |
PHM131 | Rigid Body Dynamics | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ( PHM032 ) |
MDP112s | Machine Construction | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ( MDP111s ) |
MDP152s | Metallurgy & Material Testing | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ( MDP151s ) |
MEP211s | Thermodynamics | 4 | 6 | 150 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ( MEP111s ) |
ECE215s | Introduction to Electronics | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ( PHM022s AND EPM116s ) |
Total | 18 | 30 | 750 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 28 | ||
Semester 5 | |||||||||
MDP231s | Engineering Economy | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
MDP212s | Mechanics of Machines | 4 | 6 | 150 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ( PHM131s ) |
MDP211s | Machine Elements Design | 4 | 8 | 200 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ( MDP112s ) |
MEP221s | Fluid Mechanics and Turbo-Machinery | 4 | 7 | 175 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ( PHM112s ) |
MEP231s | Measurement and Instrumentation | 2 | 5 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Total | 16 | 30 | 750 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 | ||
Semester 6 | |||||||||
MDP232s | Industrial Project Management | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
MDP251s | Casting & Welding (1) | 3 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ( MDP152s ) |
MDP311s | Mechanical Vibrations | 4 | 7 | 175 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ( PHM131s ) |
MEP212s | Heat Transfer | 4 | 8 | 200 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ( MEP211s ) |
Mechanical Engineering Requirement Elective Course | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
ASU112s | Report Writing & Communication skills | 3 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Total | 18 | 31 | 775 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 28 | ||
Semester 7 | |||||||||
MDP312s | Mechanical System Design | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ( MDP211s ) |
MDP383s | Metal Forming Technology, Machines and Dies | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ( MDP181s ) |
MDP384s | Metal Cutting Machines and Technology | 3 | 6 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ( MDP181s ) AND ( MDP211s ) |
MDP333s | Operations Research | 3 | 6 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ( PHM013s ) AND ( PHM111s ) |
MCT211s | Automatic Control | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ( PHM112s ) |
Asu Elective A Course | 2 | 3 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Total | 17 | 30 | 750 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 29 | ||
Semester 8 | |||||||||
MDP381s | Theory of Metal Forming | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ( MDP181s ) |
MDP382s | Theory of Metal Cutting | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ( MDP181s ) |
MDP332s | Work Study | 3 | 6 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ( PHM111s ) |
MCT311s | Hydraulics and Pneumatics Control | 3 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ( MEP221s OR MEP222s ) |
Design And Production Concentration Elective Course (1) | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
Asu Elective B Course | 2 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Total | 17 | 28 | 700 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 25 | ||
Semester 9 | |||||||||
MDP482s | Metrology & Measuring Instruments | 4 | 8 | 200 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
MDP483s | Computerized Numerical Controlled Machines | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ( MDP382s ) |
MDP431s | Operations Management | 3 | 6 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ( MDP231s ) |
MDP401s | Mechanical Design & Production Graduation Project (1) | 3 | 6 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
Design And Production Concentration Elective Course (2) | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
ASU114s | Selected Topics in Contemporary Issues | 2 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 17 | 31 | 775 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 29 | ||
Semester 10 | |||||||||
MDP481s | Design of Tools & Production Facilities | 3 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ( MDP382s ) |
MDP432s | Facilities Planning | 3 | 7 | 175 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ( MDP332s ) AND ( MDP333s ) |
MDP433s | Quality Control | 3 | 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ( PHM111s ) |
MDP402s | Mechanical Design & Production Graduation Project (2) | 3 | 6 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | ( MDP401s ) |
ASU111s | Human Rights | 2 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
ASU113s | Professional Ethics and Legislations | 3 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Total | 17 | 28 | 700 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |