Job Placement Rate for Dunwoody Grads:
100%
Source 2022-23 Dunwoody Career Services Annual Report
Design for Manufacturing: 3D Printing
Ready to design solutions for the manufacturing industry? Dunwoody’s Design for Manufacturing: 3D Printing Certificate can help launch–or further–your career in additive manufacturing.
59K
Average Salary: Robotics & Manufacturing, Certificate
Source 2022-23 Dunwoody Career Services Annual Report
Dunwoody Design for Manufacturing: 3D Printing
NOTE: Dunwoody College isn’t accepting new students into the Design for Manufacturing: 3D Printing program. Students interested in additive manufacturing should consider Engineering Drafting & Design. Interested in a fast-track to the manufacturing industry? Check out Right Skills Now for Manufacturing.
Stratasys and Dunwoody College have teamed up to offer the Design for Manufacturing: 3D Printing certificate.
Learn how to utilize 3D printing software and hardware to set-up, run, maintain, and calibrate 3D printing machines; and adapt printing techniques to traditional manufacturing processes.
While at Dunwoody, you won’t just print prototype parts and widgets. You’ll design, print, build, and inspect real-world parts in our state-of-the-industry labs, which are equipped with three different platforms of 3D printing technology.
Already in the industry and want to learn more about additive manufacturing? Individual courses may also be taken.
Credits earned in the Design for Manufacturing: 3D Printing certificate directly transfer into Dunwoody’s Engineering Drafting & Design or Machine Tool Technology associate’s degrees.
Class topics include:
- Engineering Drawings with SolidWorks
- Machine Shop Fundamentals
- 3D Printing Applications
- Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerances
Degree Requirements
To view program requirements, including required courses, electives, course descriptions, and credit hours, visit:
Common Job Titles
Possible job titles upon graduation include:
- Manufacturing Engineering Technician
- Application Engineer
- Tool Designer
- 3D Printing Technician
Student Organizations
Opportunities to get involved outside of the classroom include:
- Robotic Snow Plow Team
- SkillsUSA
Facilities
Engineering, Materials, Mechanics & Metrology Lab
Open to all manufacturing and engineering students (and those with training on the equipment), this lab brings together equipment for additive manufacturing, material testing, measurement, and CNC simulation.
- Two Stratasys Fortus 250 3D Printers
- One Stratasys F370 3D Printer
- One Fortus 400 3D Printer
- Two MakerBot 3D Printers
- Two Zeiss Duramax Coordinate Measurement Machines
- Two MTS Criterion Tensile/Shear/Compression Testers
- 7 Haas CNC Controller Simulators
- One Zeiss Stemi 305 Microscope
Gene Haas Manufacturing Innovation Lab
Learn to program CNC milling and turning operations and develop the tooling used in modern manufacturing processes like injection molding and metal stamping.
- 10 Haas CNC Mini Mills
- 2 Haas VF2 Mills
- Haas ST-10 Lathe
- Sodick Wire EDM
- Charmilles Sinker EDM
- Cincinatti Injection Mold Press