Sask Polytech curriculum updates and program name change to benefit engineering technology students

A wider variety of employment opportunities, a broad, desirable skillset, and integration of advanced technologies – these are just a few reasons the CAD/CAM Engineering Technology program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic has undergone a name change and curriculum update. This includes a new mechatronics stream which ties electronics, programming, mechanical design, and manufacturing together. First-year students entering the program in fall 2020 will be the first to graduate under the new program name, Design and Manufacturing Engineering Technology.

To better reflect the program, a name change was necessary. Many people identified the CAD/CAM program as simply a CAD drafting program but according to Tim Muench, program head, Design, and Manufacturing Engineering Technology, the program offers «a much broader engineering base and advanced technologies that are used, which make our grads very desirable to employers. He also notes that the change identifies that graduates are designers with the engineering fundamentals to go with design, they are also capable of using many advanced technologies and programming automated manufacturing equipment to turn designs into finished prototypes and products».

Design and Manufacturing Engineering Technology is a two-year diploma offered at Sask Polytech, Saskatoon Campus. Develop the knowledge and skills you need to put computer and engineering principles to work.