Digital Design & Manufacturing

Upon completing the program, students will be able to:

  1. Use digital design tools and processes to create and evaluate 3D CAD models
  2. Apply simulation and analysis skills to digital design projects
  3. Use emerging technologies in the digital design and manufacturing process
  4. Apply data-driven decision-making to the development of digital design and manufacturing products
  5. Use design optimization methods for the design of engineered products
  6. Evaluate manufacturing automation and its potential for adaptation to industry trends

Forge your path as an Engineering Innovation Leader with our MENG in Digital Design & Manufacturing. Master the tools shaping the future – Digital Twins and 3D design software. This program equips you not only with in-demand engineering expertise, but also the power of Machine Learning and Data Science. Don't just stay competitive, become the one driving innovation!

UConn’s Master of Engineering (MENG) in Digital Design & Manufacturing is a 30-credit online graduate degree for students seeking to advance their knowledge in digital tools and models used by industry today. UConn’s School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing possesses one of the strongest digital design and manufacturing groups with world-class research capabilities backed by significant external funding from the National Science Foundation, various DoD funding agencies, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Education.

Students can complete UConn’s Master of Engineering in Digital Design & Manufacturing degree remotely, 100%, from anywhere in the world.

View the Master of Engineering (MENG) Digital Design & Manufacturing online Plan of Study.

This current MENG concentration is not eligible for UConn visa sponsorship.  Please get in touch with ISSS for more information regarding programs that allow UConn visa sponsorship at international@uconn.edu. 

Plans of Study

The School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing offers a Master of Engineering (MENG) degree program in Digital Design and Manufacturing. Master of Engineering students must complete:

MENG Core Courses (12 credits)

  • ENGR 5311 - Professional Communication and Information Management
  • ENGR 5312 - Engineering Project Planning and Management
  • ENGR 5314 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics
  • ENGR 5315 - MENG Capstone Project – Students are encouraged to work on a company-sponsored project that also benefits the participating sponsor

Concentration Courses (12 credits)

Choose any 4 courses for a total of 12 credits:

  • DDM 5110 - CAD for Industrial Design
  • DDM 5120 - Applied Finite Element Analysis
  • DDM 5130 - Data Science for Materials and Manufacturing
  • DDM 5140 - Engineering Optimization and Robust Design
  • DDM 5150 - Design under Uncertainty and Health Prognostics
  • DDM 5170 - Applied Structural Optimization DDM 5170 (new course, but based on existing graduate ME course)

The above-listed core courses are offered periodically (once every three to four semesters). Students are required to take four core courses from the area of concentration in which the student is enrolled.

Concentration Elective Courses (6 credits)

Two 3-credit electives (6 credits) are required from the courses listed below or from any of the concentration courses listed above:

  • MFGE 5110 – Advanced Manufacturing Quality Control
  • MFGE 5120 – Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Products
  • MFGE 5130 – Manufacturing Automation and Industry 4.0
  • MFGE 5140 – Manufacturing System Planning
  • MFGE 5210 – Data Science for Materials and Manufacturing
  • MFGE 5220 – Composites Manufacturing
  • ME 5520/CE 5164 - Finite Element Methods in Applied Mechanics I
  • CE 5125 - Reliability for Engineers

Your Plan of Study is determined by your catalog year. Please use your Advisement Report or Academic Requirements Report in StudentAdmin to determine your catalog year.