Defense Education Solutions
WPI Advantages
- Challenging courses that emphasis ongoing technical change
- Faculty comprised of practicing engineers with real-world experience
- Case studies, role-playing, team assignments
- Stimulating presentations combining theories and practice
- Technical and business/management course options
WPI Corporate and Professional Education has been providing education in the defense industry for decades. Our mission is to combine the best, most relevant elements of our campus-based program to provide educational solutions tailored to meet the needs of specific organizations. The result is a comprehensive array of programs and subject matter designed to help companies make the most of their human capital.
The needs of the defense industry are unique in their structure and stringent quality control requirements. Drawing upon an extensive pool of resources, including faculty and industry experts with a wealth of real-world experience, WPI excels in developing customized programs to meet YOUR needs.
Benefits and Features
Professional education for working Engineers and Scientists is an essential element of being a learning organization. WPI can help increase your teams' engineering, technical and management skills through a variety of course options. Our programs provide you with the ability to meet complex systems requirements, reduce cycle time and ensure the success of projects.
Programs are available at your company site weekday afternoons, evenings, or Saturdays. Class size is limited to enable case studies, role-playing, and team assignments. Admissions requirements vary depending on your program selections. Contact us for more details on selecting the best program for your team.
Programs
Graduate degree and certificate programs - Choose from 18 academic departments including topics in mechanical engineering, operations leadership, materials engineering and interdisciplinary systems engineering. Customized corporate programs can be developed to meet the unique needs of your organization.
Professional Workshops – Improving efficiency and effectiveness are outcomes you can depend on when participating in our workshops which range from one to four days in length. Participating in five related workshops will earn you a certificate of completion. Open enrollment and customized corporate delivery options are available. Topics include Lean Manufacturing, Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance, Six Sigma Process Improvement, Design of Experiments and Project Management.
Technical Short Courses – One to five day courses are available to enhance your technical knowledge in a specific area. Topics include Fire Protection, Analysis and Design of Shell Structures, Impact Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Basic RF Electronic Concepts, Design of Experiments, and Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing.
Experience
Sample Programs – For a glimpse at what combination of courses have worked well for other companies in the defense industry check out our sample programs which include both credit and non-credit options.
Clients
- BAE Systems
- Charles Stark Draper Labs
- Foster Miller Corp.
- General Dynamics
- General Dynamics Electric Boat
- Naval Undersea Warfare Center
- Northrop Grumman
- Raytheon
- Sup Ship/US Navy Groton CT
- Textron
- Triton Systems
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U.S. Soldier Center
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