Ohio State offers welding engineering course of study - worldwide...

Interested in becoming a welding engineer? It can be done - even if you don't live near a goo d program - with the OSU welding engineering program. The program's designed to train welding engineers to meet the challenges of manufacturing for the 21st century. It's the only ABET accredited undergraduate program in North America

Welding is a critical manufacturing process that has been estimated to impact over 50% of the products manufactured in the U.S. Almost every segment of our economy depends, to some degree, on welding and materials joining. While most may think of welding in terms of a process, it is actually a complex engineering discipline that involves aspects of materials science, design, inspection, mechanical and electronic systems, lasers, and robots.

The Welding Engineering Program at Ohio State University supplies top-notch welding engineers to the worldwide manufacturing community. According to their site, "In order to expand the availability of a Welding Engineering education to a wider audience, the faculty has embarked upon a distance education program to allow students from around the world to access Welding Engineering courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level."

These courses can be taken on either a credit or non-credit basis. The following provides additional information on undergraduate and graduate courses that are being offered via distance education, a schedule for course offerings, and an on-line M.S. Welding Engineering degree program.

Interesting stuff, for sure, and worth checking out if you're interested in advancing your career.