介绍了作者开发和教授的一门新的本科制造工程课程的经验。本课程旨在让来自不同工程学科的学生接触制造业，并激发他们对制造业作为职业领域的兴趣。通过课堂教学和由当地制造商参与的项目，向学生介绍制造业。

Experience with a new undergraduate manufacturing engineering course developed and taught by the authors are presented. The course purpose is to expose students from varied engineering disciplines to manufacturing and to generate interest in manufacturing as a career field. Students are introduced to manufacturing through classroom instruction and a project conducted with the participation of a local manufacturer.