Advanced Manufacturing and Process Systems (AMPS)
Graduate Coordinator: Gordon Huang, PhD
Program Description
The Advanced Manufacturing and Process Systems (AMPS) program adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the training of highly qualified specialists from a multiplicity of backgrounds who intend to work in the fast-advancing manufacturing and process industries. Graduates of the AMPS program will bring their different backgrounds in engineering, computer science and administration to bear in developing solutions for the many problems facing the manufacturing and process industries in their drive toward better control of their operations through improved technology and innovative management techniques.
The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Regina is the administrative home for the AMPS program. Students enrolled in AMPS will receive a Master of Applied Science degree from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Accordingly, AMPS students must meet the admissions standards of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and for the Master’s graduate programs in Engineering. The thesis research topic will be interdisciplinary in nature and a minimum of two co-supervisors, one from the Faculty of Engineering and another from either the Faculty of Administration or the Faculty of Science, will supervise the student.
The AMPS program consists of a minimum of 18 credit hours of course work and 15 credit hours of thesis research. All students must take AMPS 900, a 3 credit hour seminar course, and six additional credit hours of courses must be taken from the Faculty of Engineering’s course offerings. Six additional credit hours of courses must be taken from the Faculty of Administration’s or from the participating departments of the Faculty of Science’s course offerings. The remaining 3 credit hours of course work may be taken from those courses offered by the Faculty of Administration, the Faculty of Engineering, or the Faculty of Science. The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research must approve each student’s program.
Admission
Students seeking admission to the AMPS program must provide a research proposal outlining the interdisciplinary nature of the research and the proposed courses for their program. In this regard, applicants are encouraged to consult with the coordinator prior to making a formal application. Subsequent changes to the proposed courses and thesis research must be approved by the AMPS Steering Committee and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. The completed application (all materials for a regular MASc, a memo from the co-supervisors indicating their willingness to supervise, plus the research proposal and list of proposed courses) must be submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. The application would subsequently require the approval of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research before a formal offer of admission will be sent to the applicant.
Courses
AMPS 880AA-ZZ Selected Topics (Variable 1-3)
Selected topics in Advanced Manufacturing and Process Systems.
Prerequisite: Permission of Coordinator.
AMPS 900 Seminar Course (3)
AMPS 901 Thesis Research (Variable 1-15)
Thesis research.
Cross-Listed Courses
All 800-level courses offered in the Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, and 400-level courses in these Faculties may be considered as eligible courses, subject to the approval of the student’s supervisory committee. A maximum of one 400-level course may be taken by AMPS students during the course of their program. For detailed descriptions of available courses, see the appropriate Faculty/Department headings.