Mechanical Engineering, MS
The MS Mechanical Engineering Program helps engineers with an undergraduate degree enter a new phase in their careers. They will build technical expertise in a subset of mechanical engineering such as Manufacturing and Design, Thermo-Fluids and Energy, or Controls, Dynamics, and Aerospace Systems. Students will learn the apply their acquired knowledge and insight into professional practice. Along the way students will engage in original research, pushing the boundaries of human knowledge, and they will learn how to share their hard-won insights with the wider engineering community. By doing so they will be well positioned to address the current and future challenges facing society.
Admission Requirements
Applicants meeting the Graduate School admissions standards will be considered for acceptance to the Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering program provided they meet the additional acceptance criteria in Section I and II A & B.
- All applicants must hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, with a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.00 on a 4-point scale (where A is 4.00), or its equivalent. Applicants with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.70 - 2.99 may be considered for conditional admission.
- Undergraduate degree:
A. Applicants must hold a four-year Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Mechanical Engineering from and ABET, Inc, accredited program; or
B. Applicants that hold a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in a different Engineering specialty must complete the necessary pre-requisite foundation courses, or their equivalents as specified by the Engineering department after credentials are assessed. Applicants needing three or fewer foundational courses will be considered for conditional admission. All necessary foundation courses would be specified by the department after credentials are assessed.
Foundation course subjects include Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering Materials, and Mechanical Engineering.
Although not required, applicants may choose to submit a resume with the application. Instructions for uploading the resume will be found in the online application.
Applications must be submitted by the fall and spring general university deadlines.
Requirements
Program Core (3 Credits)
Capstone (6 cr)
Students shall select one of the following three options.
Thesis
Students shall complete a research project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Comprehensive Exam
Students shall pass a comprehensive exam and then complete an additional 6 credits of additional coursework selected from the list of elective courses below.
Capstone Project
Students shall complete an advanced project in Mechanical Engineering under the supervision of a faculty member and then complete 3 credits of additional coursework selected from the list of elective courses below.
ME 595 (<- Registrar, please add this new course to the list of courses for this requirement. Thanks!)
Electives (21 cr)
| ENGR 510 | Engineering Optimization | 3 |
| ENGR 592 | Research and Development of Experiments | 3 |
| ME 501 | Digital Control | 3 |
| ME 502 | Optimal Control | 3 |
| ME 503 | Dynamic System Parameter Identification | 3 |
| ME 505 | Design of Control Systems with Uncertainties | 3 |
| ME 509 | Guidance, Navigation, and Control | 3 |
| ME 516 | Machines and Mechanisms | 3 |
| ME 518 | Fracture Mechanics | 3 |
| ME 520 | Tribology | 3 |
| ME 522 | Elasticity and Plasticity | 3 |
| ME 523 | Contemporary Engineering Materials | 3 |
| ME 525 | Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing | 3 |
| ME 540 | Advanced Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing and Metrology | 3 |
| ME 545 | Design and Analysis of Additive Manufacturing | 3 |
| ME 551 | Advanced Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| ME 555 | Combustion | 3 |
| ME 553 | Computational Fluid Dynamics | 3 |
| ME 554 | Advanced Heat Transfer | 3 |
| ME 555 | Combustion | 3 |
| ME 557 | Turbomachinery | 3 |
| ME 559 | Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning | 3 |
| ME 563 | Engineering of Additive Manufacturing Processes | 3 |
| ME 565 | Advanced Manufacturing Engineering | 3 |
| ME 567 | Advanced Finite Element Analysis | 3 |
| ME 569 | Composite Design and Analysis | 3 |
| ME 580 | Aerospace Propulsion Systems | 3 |
| ME 582 | Advanced Propulsion | 3 |
| ME 583 | Advanced Aerodynamics | 3 |
| ME 586 | Aerospace Structures | 3 |
| ME 588 | Flight Dynamics | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 30