MET 495 and IET 495 Senior Project Survey both require
students who register for the course to take either the Certified
Manufacturing
Technologist, Fundamentals of Manufacturing Examination exam or an ASQ
quality certification exam such as the Certified Quality Associate
(CQIA) or higher if qualified. For the ASQ CQIA exam contact
Professor
Scachitti whose office is ANDR 232. Student fees for the
SME exam are
$195
for student non-members and $95 for Student Chapter S161
members.
Give your check or credit card information and filled out application
to
Professor Neff by Monday, March
29,
2010.
The SME CMfgT exam currently costs $490 for non-members who are not students and $245 for SME members who are not students. People who pass the CMfgT exam are certified and may use the designator CMfgT after their name on business cards, email signitures, name plaques, SME membership, and the like.
Professor Neff has a computer based practice test called the CMfgT
Self
Assessment Program with 160 questions available on the campus network
for
use at no cost. SME prints a very good review
book called "Fundamentals of Manufacturing," 2nd Ed. by Philip D.
Rufe
published in 2002, available for $75 Member price, (non-members pay
$83).
Calumet
Senior
Chapter #112, which sponsors our PUC Student Chapter 161 has given 22
copies
of the book as part of its scholarship program to the department to
lend
to students currently registered for the senior survey course
MET/IET
495. Having this text is required for the senior survey
course
and is a needed reference for the exam. To borrow a copy you will need
to sign the return agreement available from Prof. Neff or your senior
survey
instructor. If you want your own copy use this
link to the SME web site and pay via credit card or call SME toll free
at 1-800-733-4763. There is also a free 70 page Adobe Acrobat (pdf)
solutions
manual file for the exercises in the text available from SME.
There is also a 104 page pdf
practice
exam file with 59 questions available on the web. Newly
prepared is a reference covering those sections of the test not
included in the Fundamentals of Manufacturing called the Fundamentals
of Manufacturing Supplement. This book is also a required
reference for the exam. Again, as part of its scholarship program
SME Senior Chapter 112 has bought 21 copies of this $75 (member price)
book (non-members pay $83) which can be borrowed through Professor
Neff.
A new 200 question practice exam is given in the 102 page Fundamentals
of Manufacturing Workbook that will be used in the class
review. SME Chapter 112 has contributed 18 copies of this $21
(member
price) book (non-members pay $25) to the METS Department for students
to borrow. The savings from borrowing the three books is $171
compared to individual member prices to purchase (not counting $8
shipping and handling per book).
To join SME as a student member ($20), fill out the student
application
using the link on the Club MET home page or get a student membership
application
from Professor Neff.
Membership
application and dues payment must be received at least 30 days prior to
taking the exam to qualify for the member rate on the certification
exam. Apply for SME student membership
to get the student member certification rate which saves you at least
$80.