Academic Program

The M.S. degree requires the successful completion of core courses, elective courses, and a thesis. The requirements for the Master’s Degree must be completed during a total elapsed period of three years.

 Each students admitted to the M.S. program in Mechanical Engineering must select a research field from the four basic ME research fields,  listed  below. Every M.S. student must take two core courses (6 credit hours) coherent to his research area from the core courses listed below. Students, who has not taken MATH 301 or equivalent in their undergraduate program should take this course or its equivalent as a deficiency course without any credit. In addition, the program of study requires three Mechanical Engineering elective courses (9 credit hours) related to his research area, and three Technical Elective courses (9 credit hours). The technical electives could be taken from courses offered by the Mechanical Engineering Department or other departments in the College of Engineering  Science, College of Science, and College of Computer Science and Engineering.  To complete the 30 credit-hour program of study, each student must also complete a research thesis (6 credit hours) and seminar requirements. Each student should have a degree plan consisting of courses, which are required to be taken.  The degree plan should be approved by the Mechanical Engineering Department.

RESEARCH FIELDS  FOR M.S. PROGRAM

The following are the three basic research fields in the M.S. program:

1. Thermofluid Sciences  :  This field covers thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, refrigeration and air-conditioning, energy conversion, and combustion areas.

2.  Engineering Mechanics : This field covers solid mechanics, dynamics,   vibrations, control, and design areas.

3. Materials & Manufacturing : This field covers manufacturing, materials science and engineering metallurgy, in service materials behavior, and tribology areas.

MS Degree Plans

	Thermo-fluid Sciences
	Engineering Mechanics
	Materials & Manufacturing

Application Form can be obtained from : Graduate Studies