StudyQA — Master: Mechanical Engineering

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The goal of the Graduate Program is to educate students in the disciplines of Mechanical Engineering, in more depth and breadth than is possible at the B.S. level. This preparation will allow the graduate to utilize contemporary methods at an advanced level during a professional career in engineering design, development, teaching, and research. Each student's plan of study is based on her/his background and career objectives as well as on sound academic practice. The Mechanical Engineering Program faculty members have teaching and research expertise in areas related to fluids engineering, thermal sciences, solid mechanics, and mechanical systems.

Academic programs emphasizing fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, heat transfer, combustion, materials processing, solid mechanics, and mechanical systems may be developed from courses offered by the Mechanical Engineering Program faculty. Students desiring a more general program may combine these emphases, while those wishing a degree of specialization in computational mechanics, bio-fluid dynamics, environmental fluid mechanics, atmospheric processes and climate change, materials engineering, chemically reactive flows, computer-aided design, bio-mechanics, manufacturing, or automatic control may combine departmental courses with appropriate courses from other departments of the College of Engineering and the University.

Computer Aided Engineering
Engineering Design Optimization
Finite Element I
Manufacturing Processes & Automation
Intermediate Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
Fundamentals of Vibrations
Intermediate Kinematics and Dynamics
Fracture Mechanics
Composite Materials
Continuum Mechanics
Manufacturing Systems
Control Theory
Computer-Based Control Systems
Analytical Methods in Mechanical Systems
Probabilistic Mechanics and Reliability
Multiscale Modeling
Computational Solid Mechanics
Multibody System Dynamics
Advanced Modeling and Simulation for Manufacturing Processes
Advanced Fracture Mechanics
Mechanical Design in Structures
Nonlinear Elasticity
Advanced Numerical Methods for Mechanical Systems
Advanced Fracture Mechanics
Laser Materials Processing
Finite Element II

Requirements

Students who have earned a B.S. or a M.S. degree in an engineering curriculum or a curriculum in the mathematical or physical sciences are eligible to be considered for admission to the graduate program in Mechanical Engineering.
You must first submit the online application to the Graduate College and pay the $60 application fee by credit card ($100 for international applicants).
Minimum GPA 3.0 on a 4.0 scale on all previous college level work
3 letters of recommendation
Unofficial transcripts (official transcripts only required if accepted)
Statement of purpose
GRE scores: 152V; 159Q; 4.0AW
TOEFL if English is not your first language: 600 PBT (equivalent to 250 CBT; 100 IBT). Alternatively, International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score 7.