If you enjoy working with your hands and your head to make things-and to make them better-Western Michigan University's manufacturing engineering technology program may be for you. Manufacturing engineering technologists implement the designs for products by bringing together people, raw materials, processes and capital to solve manufacturing problems and create efficient production systems.<br><br>As a manufacturing engineering technology student at WMU, you will study math and basic sciences with materials and manufacturing processes, productivity techniques, computer applications and robotics, and product design. You will also practice communicating your ideas orally and in writing. A degree in this field will enable you to work in manufacturing planning and operations, tooling and systems design, process and product development, quality assurance, technical training and supervision.<br><br>On the job you may research new types of robot grippers in a laboratory setting, evaluate a product for production possibilities, introduce closed-loop control into the assembly of plastic components, improve machine tools, supervise an automobile production line, bring automation to a foundry, train technicians to apply a computer-aided design system, or diagnose and correct malfunctions in laser welding equipment.