Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Core Requirements

Mathematics Competency
ME 6200Mathematical Methods for Mechanical Engineers 14
Thermofluids Competency
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:4
Solar Thermal Engineering
Gas Turbine Combustion
Aerodynamics
Multiscale Flow and Transport Phenomena
Combustion and Air Pollution
Fundamentals of Combustion
Computational Fluid Dynamics with Heat Transfer
Mechanics/Mechatronics Combined Competency
Complete 4 semester hours from the following: 4
Digital Control Systems
Digital Signal Processing
Mechatronic Systems
Robot Mechanics and Control
Advanced Mechanics of Materials
Elasticity and Plasticity
Dynamics and Mechanical Vibration
Finite Element Method 1
Control Systems Engineering
Finite Element Method 2
Materials Competency
Complete 4 semester hours from the following: 4
Soft Matter
Principles, Devices, and Materials for Energy Storage and Energy Harvesting
Structure, Properties, and Processing of Polymeric Materials
Materials Processing and Process Selection
Fundamentals of Advanced Materials
or any MATL courses

Options

Complete one of the following options:

Coursework Option

Complete 16 semester hours in the following subject areas:16
ME, MATL

Project Option

ME 7945Master’s Project4
Electives
Complete 12 semester hours in the following subject areas:12
ME, MATL

Thesis Option1

ME 7945Master’s Project4
ME 7990Thesis4
Electives
Complete 8 semester hours in the following subject areas:8
ME, MATL
In addition to completing the thesis course, students must successfully complete the thesis submission process, including securing committee and Graduate School of Engineering signatures and submission of an electronic copy of their MS thesis to ProQuest.

Optional Co-op Experience

Complete the following (students must complete ENCP 6100 to qualify for co-op experience):
ENCP 6100Introduction to Cooperative Education1
ENCP 6964Co-op Work Experience0
or ENCP 6954 Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
or ENCP 6955 Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
or ENCP 6965 Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

32 total semester hours required (33 with optional co-op)
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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Thesis option is required for all students who receive financial support from the university in the form of a research, teaching, or tuition assistantship.