MFG 189 - Quality Assurance for Composites

1.5 Credits
Students gain an understanding of inspection of aerospace materials and parts made from composite, aluminum, and steel. Students learn how to properly document defects and errors for repair. Students also review and document repaired parts and learn how to have difficult conversations regarding inspection outcomes.
Prerequisite MFG 105, MFG 120, and MFG 159 all with GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Corequisite MFG 123, MFG 124, and MFG 169.

Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Perform quality inspection of composite, steel, aluminum materials, and parts.
Document part condition before repair.
Identify sources of damage.
Describe different repair techniques for various sorts of damage.
Define foreign object damage (FOD) and identity sources of FOD.
Conduct quality inspection of repaired materials and identify acceptable or unacceptable repairs.

Course Typically Offered
Full Year