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The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers graduate degrees with concentrations in three areas:

• Manufacturing Systems
• Automotive Engineering
• Thermal Systems

The Mechanical Engineering graduate program is student-centered, providing high-quality instruction in both theory and the latest engineering developments. Nearly all graduate faculty members hold doctorates in engineering, and most bring significant industrial experience to the classroom. For the working person, all our classes are held in the late afternoon and evening. Many of our full-time graduate students obtain paid internships in local industry for one or two terms during their course of study.

Master of Engineering
The Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering may be completed through either a thesis or non-thesis plan. The thesis plan includes 24 credit hours of course work and six credit hours of thesis for a total of 30 credit hours. The non-thesis plan consists of 30 credit hours of course work and a three-credit hour capstone design course for a total of 33 credit hours. The project-based design course assesses the student's ability to synthesize material covered in the graduate curriculum.

All students are required to takeE 502 , Design of Experiments. In addition all students are required to take at least one advanced mathematics course (e.g.E 530 , Advanced Engineering Mathematics, orMTH 527 , Probability and Statistics. Each student will have two additional required core courses dependent upon the chosen concentration as follows:

The manufacturing systems concentration provides students with modern scientific training in manufacturing engineering. Career opportunities in manufacturing systems are excellent. This program educates students to deal effectively with the complex manufacturing systems prevalent in industry today.

The application of mechanical engineering to the automotive industry has taken new directions as critical technologies are incorporated into vehicles. The concentration in automotive engineering prepares graduates to design quality products in this highly competitive international market.

The study of thermal systems enables the graduate to make substantive contributions to the generation, use and conservation of energy.

The Doctor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering requires that students complete the doctoral core courses, the core courses for one concentration, as well as nine credit hours in a related discipline and 36 credit hours of dissertation.