Program Information
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Coordinator: Stephen Ross, Professor, PhD, Johns Hopkins University.
A minimum of 33 credits must be completed to earn the master of science degree in mechanical engineering. Depending on a student’s academic background, one of the five required courses may be waived. Specialized areas include: acoustics/aerodynamics, fluids/biomechanics, heat transfer/thermodynamics, applied mechanics, systems analysis/machine design/random vibrations/numerical analysis, solid mechanics/computer-aided design.
Candidates for admission to the master’s program are normally expected to have a grade average of “B” or better in their undergraduate coursework and to hold a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from a program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, http://abet.org/), or demonstrated equivalent. In some cases, applicants with a bachelor's degree in a field closely related to mechanical engineering or who have graduated from a non-ABET accredited undergraduate degree program may be considered for admission on a provisional basis.
Students accepted on a provisional basis may be required to complete certain additional undergraduate mechanical engineering courses. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Two letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the applicant’s potential for graduate study are also required.
If a thesis is not chosen, the student must complete a major special project approved by the graduate program coordinator within the scope of other mechanical engineering courses or a three- or six-credit project, on an independent study basis, supervised by a full-time mechanical engineering faculty member.
5 Required Courses (15 credits)
ME602 Mechanical Engineering Analysis
ME610 Advanced Dynamics
ME615 Theory of Elasticity
ME620 Classical Thermodynamics
ME630 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
6 Elective Courses*(18 credits)
ME604 Numerical Techniques in Mechanical Engineering
ME605 Finite Element Methods in Engineering
ME611 System Vibrations
ME613 Fundamentals of Acoustics
ME622 Topics in Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics (for provisionally admitted students only)
ME625 Mechanics of Continua
ME627 Computer-Aided Engineering
ME631 Topics in General Heat Transfer (for provisionally admitted students only)
ME632 Conduction Heat Transfer
ME633 Convection Heat Transfer
ME635 Dynamic Systems and Control
ME638 Measurement and Instrumentation in ME
ME670 Selected Topics
ME690 Research Project
ME695/696 Independent Study I and II
ME698/699 Thesis I and II
Total credits: 33
* With the coordinator’s written approval, one of the elective courses may be taken in other programs closely related to mechanical engineering.
Required courses: MSME courses
