2021 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate major in Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Production Engineering A
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Sadami Suzuki / Masahiko Yoshino / Kunio Takahashi
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - To be announced
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MEC.U433
- Number of credits
- 300
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Overview] The instructor in this course will teach the basics of industrial engineering comprised of Fundamentals of Production Technology, Quality and Operations Management, as well as Welding and Joining.
The instructor in Fundamentals of Production Technology will explain the principles of machining based on theoretical analysis.
The instructor in Quality and Operations Management will explain the fundamentals of operations management.
The instructor in Welding and Joining will explain the principles of joining.
[Aims] The aim of this course is to encourage students to gain a comprehensive understanding of industrial engineering, from processing principles to production management.
Course description and aims
By taking this course, students will acquire the knowledge on processing, and production management techniques necessary at production sites.
Keywords
cutting, grinding, joining, welding, operations management
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students will follow lectures streamed from Thailand through TV cable. The course is lecture-based, and students will complete assignments such as exercises and reports.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction for Fundamentals of Production Technology | To understand the role of production technologies in engineering industry, and the objective of the lecture. |
| Class 2 | Basics of plasticity theory and metal cutting technology | To understand the basics of plasticity theory, and the fundamentals of metal cutting technology |
| Class 3 | Theoretical analysis of metal cutting process | To understand mathematical model and theoretical analysis of metal cutting process |
| Class 4 | Theoretical analysis of grinding process | To understand mathematical model and theoretical analysis of grinding process |
| Class 5 | Advanced manufacturing technology | To understand recent advancement of metal cutting and grinding technologies. |
| Class 6 | Historical view of operations management | To understand the basic concept of Taylor-ism, Ford-ism, Toyota-ism, Lean Production and supply chain management |
| Class 7 | Inventory Management | To understand the concept of single and multiple stage inventory management system |
| Class 8 | Project Management (PERT, CPM) | To understand and utilize Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) for project management |
| Class 9 | Production Scheduling | To compute and evaluate solutions for flow shop and job shop scheduling problems |
| Class 10 | TOC; Theory of Constraints | To understand the TOC's management philosophy based on total optimization |
| Class 11 | Introduction of Welding and Joining Technology | To understand the background of welding and joining technology. To categorize the process from a scientific and technological perspective, and learn the knowledge necessary to design a joint. |
| Class 12 | Governing phenomena and their physics for the solid state bonding and brazing | To understand Governing phenomena and their physics for the solid state bonding and brazing |
| Class 13 | Governing phenomena and their physics for the fusion welding | To understand Governing phenomena and their physics for the fusion welding |
| Class 14 | Heat and Mass transfer | To understand heat and mass transfer |
| Class 15 | Metallurgical phenomena in the welding and joining process | To understand Metallurgical phenomena in the welding and joining process |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京工業大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京工業大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
The textbook specified by the instructor.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Books specified by the instructor.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Report and/or examination
Related courses
- ZSK.T512 ： Advanced Production Engineering B
Prerequisites
none