AET: Applied Engineering Technology
Students in the AET program at Joliet Junior College Main Campus will have opportunities to focus on applying and implementing design theory. During the first semester, students will engage in classroom lessons and hands-on shop activities. The shop experience emphasizes exercises and procedures that demonstrate the basic processes and operations of using hand tools, layout tools, and machine tools such as vertical saws, drill presses, engine lathes, vertical milling machines, and surface grinders. In the classroom, emphasis is placed on theory-related information that is essential for setting up and operating machine tools and performing basic processes in the machine shop. In the second semester, students will gain knowledge and skills in numerical control and computer programming procedures. The course will also include hands-on experience programming, setting up, and operating an NC milling and drilling machine, as well as a CNC milling and drilling machine. Students will become familiar with Windows NT and the computer program “Notepad.” Additionally, students will work to develop a high level of skill in visualizing, applying, and interpreting machining and welding symbols and specifications. The course also covers reading diagrams.
Students are required to provide their own transportation to and from class at Joliet Junior College Main Campus following Wilco’s 3rd block daily schedule. A JJC registration application for the program is required.
Dual credit: Joliet Junior College MFG101, MFG 111, and MFG 115. (11 credit hours)
Guidance Notes: Senior-only program. Documentation of a 95% attendance rate, a 2.5 GPA, and a record of good behavior. Solid math skills are needed.
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