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Contact Information—Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering Graduate Programs, University of Minnesota, 1120 Mechanical Engineering, 111 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-2009; fax 612-624-2010; gradinfo@me.umnx.edu; www.me.umn.edu).
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the General Information section of this catalog for Graduate School requirements that apply to all major fields.
Curriculum—Coursework and research for all graduate degrees are offered in bioengineering; biomechanics; combustion; computer-aided design; computer-aided manufacturing; computer graphics; control systems; design; energy conservation; environmental control; environmental engineering; fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer; history of science and technology; human factors engineering; industrial engineering; innovative methodologies; integration of structural and environmental systems; lubrication; manufacturing engineering; particle technology; plasma chemistry; plasma heat transfer; power, propulsion, and applied thermodynamics; socioeconomic systems; solar energy; solar processing and thermochemistry; statistics; structures; systems dynamics; technology assessment; thermal energy storage; thermal environmental engineering; thermodynamics; transportation; tribology; vibration; and interdisciplinary finite element methodology. Additional instructional and research programs can be formulated.
Prerequisites for Admission—An undergraduate degree in engineering or in a closely related scientific field such as physics, chemistry, or mathematics, is required. Unusually well-qualified students may be admitted directly to the Ph.D. program with a baccalaureate degree.
Special Application Requirements—GRE General Test scores are required for admission and also are used in evaluating requests for financial aid. For the Ph.D. program, three letters of recommendation from faculty members at the previous educational institution are required. Students are admitted in the fall and spring semesters only, the departmental deadlines for which are December 15 and October 15, respectively, of the previous year.
Key to test abbreviations (GRE, TOEFL, GMAT, MELAB).
 For an online application or for more information about Graduate School admissions, see the General Information section in this catalog, or visit the Graduate School Web site.
Courses—Refer to Mechanical Engineering (ME) in University Courses for courses pertaining to the program.
Use of 4xxx Courses—Selected 4xxx courses from other departments may be applied toward the degree in consultation with the student's adviser and the director of graduate studies. No 4xxx ME courses may be applied toward the degree. |
M.S.M.E. Degree Requirements | | The M.S.M.E. requires at least 30 credits, including at least 14 course credits in the major and 6 course credits in a minor or related field. At least 1 credit of graduate seminar and one mathematics/numerical methods course from an approved list must be included in the 30 credits. Also, of the 30 credits, Plan A (thesis) students must enroll for 10 thesis credits. For Plan B (without thesis), students must either take the Plan B course, ME 8951/8953, or must complete one to three Plan B papers, determined in consultation with the adviser.
Language Requirements—None.
Final Exam—The final exam is oral.
Minor Requirements for Students Majoring in Other Fields—At least 6 credits in mechanical engineering are required for a master's minor. | Ph.D. Degree Requirements | The M.S.M.E. requires at least 30 credits, including at least 14 course credits in the major and 6 course credits in a minor or related field. At least 1 credit of graduate seminar and one mathematics/numerical methods course from an approved list must be included in the 30 credits. Also, of the 30 credits, Plan A (thesis) students must enroll for 10 thesis credits. For Plan B (without thesis), students must either take the Plan B course, ME 8951/8953, or must complete one to three Plan B papers, determined in consultation with the adviser.
Language Requirements—None.
Final Exam—The final exam is oral.
Minor Requirements for Students Majoring in Other Fields—At least 6 credits in mechanical engineering are required for a master's minor. |
Faculty | | For latest graduate faculty listings, see <www.grad.umn.edu/faculty_rosters/faculty.html>. Key to membership categories (abbreviations after faculty names).
Regents Professor
Richard J. Goldstein, SM
Benjamin Y. H. Liu (emeritus), ASM
Professor
Roger E. Arndt, Civil Engineering, ASM
Saifallah Benjaafar, SM
Mrinal Bhattacharya, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, ASM
John C. Bischof, SM
Thomas R. Chase, SM
Jane H. Davidson, SM
Max Donath, SM
William K. Durfee, SM
Arthur G. Erdman, SM
Edward A. Fletcher (emeritus), ASM
Steven L. Girshick, SM
Caroline C. Hayes, SM
Joachim V. R. Heberlein, SM
Warren E. Ibele (emeritus), ASM
David B. Kittelson, SM
Barney E. Klamecki, SM
Uwe R. Kortshagen, SM
Thomas H. Kuehn, SM
Francis A. Kulacki, SM
Jack L. Lewis, Orthopaedic Surgery, ASM
Susan C. Mantell, SM
Virgil A. Marple, SM
Peter H. McMurry, SM
Katsuhiko Ogata (emeritus), ASM
Emil Pfender (emeritus), ASM
David Y. H. Pui, SM
Rajesh Rajamani, SM
Subbiah Ramalingam, SM
Sridharan Ramaswamy, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, ASM
James W. Ramsey, SM
Jeffrey T. Roberts, Chemistry, ASM
Terrence W. Simon, SM
Fotis Sotiropoulos, ASM
Ephraim M. Sparrow, SM
Patrick J. Starr, SM
Kim A. Stelson, SM
Paul J. Strykowski, SM
Kumar K. Tamma, SM
Robert T. Tranquillo, Biomedical Engineering, ASM
Vaughn R. Voller, Civil Engineering, ASM
Adjunct Professor
Paul Iaizzo, ASM
Associate Professor
Jennifer Alexander, AM
Victor H. Barocas, Biomedical Engineering, ASM
Joan Bechtold, Orthopaedic Surgery, ASM
Tianhong Cui, SM
Sean C. Garrick, SM
Allison Hubel, SM
Heinrich O. Jacobs, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ASM
Perry Y. Li, SM
Assistant Professor
Alptekin Aksan, SM
Traian Dumitrica, SM
Julian Marshall, ASM
Associate Program Director
Craig R. Shankwitz, AM
Nicholas J. Ward, AM
Research Associate
Michael Manser, AM | | | | | |
