越来越多的制造业希望工程专业的毕业生一旦加入工作岗位，就会有生产力。因此，未来的毕业生有望在制造硬件和软件以及世界领先制造技术方面拥有丰富的知识。为了培养这样的毕业生，OSU净形状制造工程研究中心启动了一个新项目，学生在完成学位要求的同时从事行业合同工作。本文回顾了这一教育项目的重要方面，并介绍了学生们在管液压成形、机械加工、精密锻造和冲压方面进行的研发工作的实例。

Increasingly, the manufacturing industry expects the engineering graduates to be productive as soon as they join the workforce. Consequently, future graduates are expected to be knowledgeable in manufacturing hardware and software as well as in worldwide advances in leading edge manufacturing technologies. In order to educate such graduates the Engineering Research Center for Net Shape Manufacturing of OSU started a new program where students work on industry contracts while they are completing the requirements for the degrees. This paper reviews the significant aspects of this educational program and presents examples of work conducted by the students including R&D in tube hydroforming, machining, precision forging and stamping.