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Mechanical Engineering Program
Graduate Program
The Mechanical Engineering Program offers exceptionally high quality graduate studies opportunities in select areas of mechanical engineering. The Program offers both the MS degree and the PhD degree, with both thesis and non-thesis tracks for the MS degree available. Most of our thesis-based MS degree and PhD degree students are supported by a combination of research and teaching assistantships and fellowships.
Research Focus Areas
Mechanical
Systems—Mechanical systems engineering concerns deformation
and motion of solids in a wide variety of mechanical systems, as well
as methodologies to optimize design of these systems in terms of strength,
performance, and reliability. The graduate program in mechanical systems
emphasizes fundamental principles and computational methodologies used
to analyze and design mechanical systems. Areas of concentration include
biomechanics, computational solid mechanics, fatigue and fracture mechanics,
multiscale analysis, optimal design and sensitivity analysis, probabilistic
mechanics and reliability, reliability-based design and optimization,
and vehicle dynamics.
Thermal-Fluid
Engineering—Thermal-fluid engineering is concerned with the
transport of momentum, heat and chemical constituents in various types
of fluids systems. The graduate program in thermal-fluid engineering emphasizes
fundamental principles and techniques of solving problems in the various
fields of fluid and thermal engineering. Computer use, both in mathematical
modeling of flow phenomena and in acquisition and processing of experimental
data, is emphasized. Areas of concentration include atmospheric and environmental
flows, biofluid mechanics, fluid-structure interaction, free-surface flows,
fuel cell modeling, materials processing, ship hydrodynamics, turbulent
combustion, and vortex dynamics.
Courses, Admissions and Seminars
Information on graduate courses, admissions or seminars can be obtained by clicking on the sites below:
Graduate Handbook
Additional information on the Mechanical Engineering graduate program is available in our Graduate Handbook.
Graduate Scholarships
Richard B. Stewart Thermal-Fluids Graduate Scholoarship
Sharada Devi Planjery Memorial Award
The Sharada Devi Planjery Memorial Award supports two scholarships in the amount of $2500 each to deserving students in the College of Engineering’s Mechanical Engineering program. It is the Donor’s wish that preference be given to graduate students, the award be both need- and merit-based, and have no geographic constraints.