Imagine you could take an idea for a new smart product and bring it to life. Take a conceptual design, optimize it, do mechanical engineering analysis and create a prototype that may include user configurable options, intelligent control and sensors. As you design and prototype, you also plan how it will be manufactured with the latest automation and robotic equipment.

The Design and Manufacturing Engineering Technology program (formerly CAD/CAM Engineering Technology) has mechanical engineering subjects and mechanical design at its core, with specialty areas such as:

Advanced Manufacturing (CNC machines, robots, industrial 3D printing)
Mechatronics (Electronics, Microcontrollers - Arduino/Raspberry Pi, Programming)
Computer systems and networking (Computer hardware, WiFi, Networking)
CAD and engineering software (2D/3D CAD, CNC simulation, Finite Element Analysis)
All these capabilities combine to enable smart product and systems design.

Work Integrated Learning methodology uses projects in many of the courses. Students have the opportunity to design and build products to reinforce the theory, rather than just theory and assignments.

Students also have an opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities including our Eco-car project, which is a student designed and built super mileage concept car. The car has placed as high as second in the world at the Shell Eco-marathon Drivers World Championship. There may also be opportunities for students to attend a short two-week international exchange to visit and learn in another country.

The Design and Manufacturing Engineering Technology program is a two-year diploma offered at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon Campus, Idylwyld Dr.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic's experienced instructors and leading-edge lab equipment provide an exceptional hands-on learning experience. The program enables your creativity and gives you the engineering and manufacturing tools and expertise that you need to bring ideas to life.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic prepares you to work in both traditional and computer-aided engineering fields.

The manufacturing field is a big employer. You could work in engineering design, drafting, quality control, and programming and operating CNC machines. Consulting engineering firms hire grads to work in design and drafting, while research and design firms employ grads in product design, prototype development, solid modeling and advanced stress analysis.