Department of
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty
Professors:
Xin-Lin Gao, Hongbing Lu, Mario Rotea
Associate
Professor: Yaoyu Li
Assistant Professors: Wonjae Choi, Fatemeh
Hassanipour, Wooram Park, Yonas
Tadesse, Walter Voit
Senior Lecturer: Oziel Rios
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Professors:
Ray Baughman, Andrew J. Blanchard, Gerry Burnham, Cyrus D. Cantrell III, Yves J.
Chabal, Bruce E. Gnade, Matthew Goeckner, Robert
Helms, Louis R. Hunt (Emeritus), Moon J. Kim, Jeong-Bong
Lee, Mark. W. Spong, Mathukumalli Vidyasagar, Robert
M. Wallace, Steve Yurkovich
Associate Professors:
Gerald O. Burnham, Kyeongjae Cho, Wenchuang (Walter)
Hu, Jiyoung Kim
Objectives
The program leading to the M.S.M.E.
degree provides advanced studies for both recent baccalaureate graduates and
experienced engineers in the following core areas: control & dynamic
systems, manufacturing & design innovation, mechanics & materials, and
thermal & fluid sciences. It is designed to serve the needs of mechanical
engineers for advanced skills in industry and provides the foundation for a
Ph.D. degree in engineering or closely related discipline.
Facilities
The Engineering and Computer Science
Building and the new Natural Science and Engineering Research Laboratory
provide extensive facilities for teaching and research. These include wind
tunnels, material test systems, nanoindenter, impact facilities, ultra-high
speed camera, DMA, XPS, FTIR, NMR, TGA, DSC, XRD, µ-Raman, Fluorescence
Spectrometer, FIB/SEM, and TEM. A Class 10000 microelectronics clean room
facility, including e-beam lithography, sputter deposition, PECVD, LPCVD, etch,
ash and evaporation, is available for student projects and research.
In addition to the facilities on
campus, cooperative arrangements have been established with many local
industries to make their facilities available to U.T. Dallas graduate
engineering students.
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Admission Requirements
The University’s general admission
requirements are discussed here.
A student lacking undergraduate
prerequisites for graduate courses in mechanical engineering must complete
these prerequisites or receive approval from the graduate adviser and the
course instructor.
A diagnostic exam may be required.
Specific admission requirements follow.
The student entering the M.S.M.E.
program should meet the following guidelines:
• An undergraduate preparation equivalent
to a baccalaureate in mechanical engineering from an accredited engineering
program,
• A
grade point average in upper-division quantitative course work of 3.0 or better
on a 4-point scale, and
• GRE
scores of 500, 700 and 4 for the verbal, quantitative and analytical writing
components, respectively, are advisable based on our experience with student
success in the program.
Applicants must submit three letters
of recommendation from individuals who are able to judge the candidate’s
potential for success in pursuing a program of study leading to the master’s
degree. Applicants must also submit an essay outlining the candidate’s
background, education and professional goals. Students from other engineering
disciplines or from other areas of science or mathematics may be considered for
admission to the program; however, additional course work may be necessary to
complete the master’s program.
Degree Requirements
The University’s general degree
requirements are discussed here.
The M.S.M.E. requires a minimum of 33
semester hours.
All students must have an academic
advisor and an approved degree plan. These are based upon the student’s choice
of concentration, Dynamic Systems & Controls
(DSC), Manufacturing & Design Innovation (MDI), Mechanics & Materials
(MM), Thermal & Fluid Sciences (TFS)). Courses taken without advisor
approval will not count towards the 33 semester-hour requirement. Successful
completion of an approved course of studies leads to the M.S.M.E. degree.
The M.S.M.E. program has both a thesis
and a non-thesis option. All part-time M.S.M.E. students will be assigned
initially to the non-thesis option. Those wishing to elect the thesis option
may do so by obtaining the approval of a faculty thesis supervisor.
All full-time, supported students are
required to participate in the thesis option. The thesis option requires six
semester hours of research, a written thesis submitted to the graduate school,
and a formal public defense of the thesis. The supervising committee
administers this defense and is chosen in consultation with the student’s
thesis adviser prior to enrolling for thesis credit. Research and thesis hours
cannot be counted in a
M.S.M.E. degree plan unless a thesis is written and successfully defended.
M.S.M.E.
All students must take one designated
core course from each of the four core concentrations on Mechanical
Engineering, MECH 6300, MECH 6303, MECH 6306, MECH 6307. Only grades of B- or better are acceptable
in these four required core courses. In addition, students must take at least 3
courses from one concentration area and four graduate level electives subject
to approval by a graduate adviser.
|
CORE CONCENTRATIONS |
Main Concentration
courses (All students must
take these courses) |
Students must take at least 3 courses from one concentration area. |
|
Dynamic
Systems & Controls (DSC) |
ME6300 Linear
Systems |
MECH 6311 Advanced Mechanical Vibrations MECH 6312(EESC 6349) Random
Processes MECH 6313 (EEGR 6336) Nonlinear Systems MECH 6314
(SYSM 6306, BMEN 6372) Engineering Systems: Modeling & Simulation MECH 6323 (SYSE 6323) Robust Control MECH 6324
Robot Control MECH 6v29
Special topics in CDS |
|
Manufacturing
& Design Innovation (MDI) |
MECH 6303 Computer
Aided Design |
MECH 6330 Multiscale Design & Optimization MECH 6333
Materials Design & Manufacturing MECH 6334 Smart Materials and Structures MECH 6341
(EEMF 6348, MSEN 6348) Lithography & Nanofabrication MECH 6347
Intro to MEMS (EEMF6382) MECH 6348
Semiconductor Processing Technology (EEMF 6322; MSEN 6322) MECH 6v49
topics in MDI |
|
Mechanics
& Materials (MM) |
MECH 6306 Continuum
Mechanics |
MECH 6350
Advanced Solid Mechanics MECH6353
Computational Mechanics MECH 6354
Experimental Mechanics MECH 6355
Viscoelasticity MECH 6367
Mechanical Properties of Materials MECH 6368
Imperfections in Solids (MSEN 6350) MECH 6v69
Special topics in MM |
|
Thermal
& Fluid Sciences (TFS) |
MECH 6307 Thermal
& Energy Principles |
MECH 6370
Fluid Mechanics MECH 6371
Computational Fluid Dynamics MECH 6384
Applied Heat Transfer MECH 5383
Plasma Processing (EEMF5383 Phys5383; MSEN 5383; PHYS 5383) MECH 6380
Advanced Heat Transfer MECH 6383
Plasma Science (EEMF6383, PHYS6383) MECH 6v89
Special topics in TFS |
|
Common
Math courses |
|
MECH 6391 Computational Methods
(EEGR6381) |
Dynamic Systems and Controls (DSC)
This concentration is focused on the
fundamental principles of the control of dynamic systems.
Each student electing this
concentration must take three prescribed elective courses within this
concentration and four free electives to make a total of 33 hours.
The prescribed elective courses for
this concentration are MECH 6311, MECH 6312, MECH 6313, MECH 6314, MECH 6323,
MECH 6324, MECH 6V29.
Manufacturing & Design Innovation
(MDI)
This concentration is focused on the
fundamental principles of design, fabrication and analysis of complex
mechanical systems.
Each student electing this
concentration must take three prescribed elective courses within this
concentration and four free electives to make a total of 33 hours.
The prescribed elective courses for
this concentration are MECH 6330, MECH 6333, MECH 6334, MECH 6341, MECH 6347,
MECH 6348, MECH 6V49.
Mechanics & Materials (MM)
This concentration emphasizes the
fundamentals of Mechanics and Materials.
Each student electing this
concentration must take three prescribed elective courses within this
concentration and four free electives to make a total of 33 hours.
The prescribed elective courses for
this concentration are MECH 6350, MECH 6353, MECH 6354, MECH 6355, MECH 6367,
MECH 6368, MECH 6V69.
Thermal & Fluid Sciences (TFS)
This concentration emphasizes the
fundamentals of Thermal and Fluid Sciences.
Each student electing this
concentration must take three prescribed elective courses within this
concentration and four free electives to make a total of 33 hours.
The prescribed elective courses for
this concentration are MECH 5383, MECH 6370, MECH 6371, MECH 6380, MECH 6384,
MECH 6383, MECH 6V29.
