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The Department of Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems has 18 tenured and tenure-track faculty, and more than 260 students at the bachelor's, masters and doctoral levels. There are three undergraduate degrees, one master’s degree and one doctorate offered. Graduates from our programs are employed in a wide variety of positions in both manufacturing and service industries. Several departmental minors are offered in plastics, automotive, cast metals and manufacturing. Students may also take other approved minors. 

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Working in Covid-19 times: when we bust out, who will you be? by Larry Mallak

The Great COVID quarantine of 2020 changed how we work, live, play, read, source essentials, and even how we think. We used new tools, got creative with old ones, connected more with some people and less with others, things were canceled, webinars were added, plans were scuttled and new ones were created, some gigs went away and others were added. When you look back on your time working from home (WFH), what will you identify as your accomplishments? Did you intentionally write down goals to achieve during this time or did it just evolve on its own?