Applied Engineering and Technology Management

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Chairperson: Dr. M. Affan Badar
Department Office: Myers Technology Center, room 201
Web site: technology.indstate.edu/aetm

The Department of Applied Engineering and Technology Management prepares students for professional careers in management, supervision, education, training, and applied engineering in a variety of technical disciplines. Students may choose from among several baccalaureate degree majors that offer a balance of classroom study and experience in modern laboratories responsive to the changes and needs of industry and technology and engineering education. Baccalaureate degree programs are offered in adult and career education, advanced manufacturing management, automotive engineering technology, mechanical engineering technology, packaging engineering technology, technology and engineering education, and technology management.  Graduates from these degree programs are employed in various industrial companies, educational agencies, and government branches.  Graduate programs are offered in career and technical education, industrial technology, and technology education.  The department in collaboration with the Departments of Built Environment, Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology, and Human Resources Development and Performance Techologies departments also offers a doctor of philosopy program in technology management. Students planning graduate study should consult the Graduate Catalog for information about graduate degrees.  Additional department offerings include minors in advanced manufacturing management, automotive engineering technology, automotive technology management, computer-aided design and drafting, lean six sigma, technology and engineering education, and packaging.

DegreeLink Program

The Department of Applied Engineering and Technology Management offers baccalaureate degree-completion programs in automotive engineering technology, career and technical education, mechanical engineering technology, packaging, and technology management to students through the University’s DegreeLink Program. DegreeLink, an extended access, degree-completion program, enables students who have earned credit hours and associate degrees from accredited institutions to transfer credit hours as a block or on a course-by-course basis to baccalaureate degree programs. (See the DegreeLink Program Description in the Catalog.)

Adult and Career Education

The Adult and Career Education Program provides a means for those who have completed some college, but stopped short of graduating, to earn a four-year degree.  This accelerated program focuses on on-line courses and provides credit for college-level learning gained outside the classroom.  Students take 24 credit hours of core course work.  Beyond those core classes, students have the flexibility to design an individualized approach to completing their degrees through an additional 18 hour track, fulfilled by a minor, certificate program, or interdisciplinary course work approved by an advisor.  Some of the on-line minors include accounting, forensic accounting, packaging, and human resource development.  On-line certificate programs include corrections, law enforcement, private security and loss prevention, driver education, and post-secondary facilitator. 

Advanced Manufacturing Management

The advanced manufacturing management major provides students with the knowledge and management skills needed to pursue a manufacturing career. Manufacturing, one of the leading industries in the United States, needs trained professionals who can improve processes and products in an increasingly competitive world market. Graduates are competent in both the technical and managerial aspects of advanced manufacturing and find employment as quality specialists, manufacturing engineers, project engineers, supervisor/managers, and in a variety of jobs in the manufacturing industry.

Automotive Engineering Technology 

Study in automotive engineering technology at Indiana State University combines the theory, laboratory, and practical experiences needed for careers in automotive and related industries. The program is concerned with all areas of the automotive and wheeled transportation industries. The program integrates classroom and laboratory experiences to give the student experience with the design, theory of operation, and testing of modern automotive components used in road and off-road vehicles and the skills to manage these and other automotive-related operations such as dealerships, parts and service operations, and many others.

Mechanical Engineering Technology

Indiana State’s Mechanical Engineering Technology Program prepares graduates with knowledge, problem solving ability, and hands-on skills to enter careers as engineers, technical managers, or technologists in the design, installation, manufacturing, testing, evaluation, technical sales, maintenance, or management of mechanical and related systems and processes. The program is accredited by ABET’s Technology Accreditation Commission. The program focuses on engineering design (mechanical design), analysis, management, and manufacturing. Throughout the program’s curriculum, emphasis is placed on computer-aided design (CAD) and its integration with other computer aided engineering (CAE) tools or technologies (e.g. computer-aided manufacturing, rapid prototyping). Students develop hands-on experience and technical problem-solving skills with state-of-the-art CAD/CAE technologies. While students focus on the design of mechanical products and systems, they also study the management aspect of engineering design, and are prepared to manage people, resources, and systems related to design and manufacturing.

Packaging Engineering Technology

The packaging engineering technology degree prepares students to become professionals in the challenging and demanding industrial environment of packaging engineering and management. Program instruction is designed to involve students in combinations of classroom learning situations and hands-on laboratory experiences. These activities allow students to explore the use and application of machines and test equipment, learn design techniques, and gain an understanding of the management function. The program utilizes new and well-equipped laboratories.

Technology and Engineering Education

The Technology and Engineering Education Program prepares students to teach in the areas of pre-engineering, communications, construction, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, and power and energy. The content of the degree is derived extensively from technology and the impact that technology makes on society and the environment.  Graduates desiring teaching licensure for the secondary schools of Indiana must meet the requirements of the technology and engineering education major under the teaching curriculum.  The department has an articulation agreement with Ivy Tech Community College that allows for seamless transfer of credits to the Technology and Engineering Education Program.

Technology Management

The Technology Management Program is designed primarily as a degree completion transfer program to articulate with accredited associate of science and associate of applied science programs in industrial and engineering technology related fields.  However, high school graduates can be admitted into the program at the freshman level. The program focuses on the technology management skills needed to prepare students for career advancement in supervision and management. Graduates of the program are competent in supervision, quality control, production planning, workplace law, project management, and a variety of other skills that prepare them for technology management.

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