Graduate programs

The MME Department offers three graduate degrees and one graduate certificate: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME), Master of Science in Materials Science (MSMSE), PhD in Mechanical Engineering, and the Semiconductor Materials and Manufacturing Graduate Certificate (SMMGC). Each program is designed to help students achieve career goals, meeting industry, or research interests.

 

Master’s students who plan to work or who are currently working in industry have the ability to earn a master's degree by completing coursework and foregoing research, while students seeking research opportunities or advancement to a PhD program have the option to perform research with a variety of faculty members, and complete either a thesis or project. PhD students are required to conduct research and complete a dissertation.

Focus areas, research possibilities, faculty and lab information can be found here: Graduate Focus Areas.

Admission requirements

Mechanical Engineering M.S.

Materials Science and Engineering M.S.

Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.

Semiconductor Materials & Manufacturing

Semiconductor Materials & Manufacturing

The Semiconductor Materials & Manufacturing Graduate Certificate is a 16-credit program. Graduate-level courses in semiconductor materials, manufacturing processes, materials characterization and failure analysis techniques are bundled in this program.

Students are required to take ME 577 and a minimum of 3 additional courses from the list below to earn the certificate.

Required course:

ME 577Introduction to Semiconductor Manufacturing

4

Choose three of the following:

ME 513Engineering Material Science

4

ME 527Phase Transformations and Kinetics in Materials

4

ME 528Scanning Electron Microscopy for Materials and Device Characterization

4

ME 529Transmission Electron Microscopy and Chemical Analysis of Materials

4

ME 547Transfer and Rate Processes

4

ME 576Materials Failure Analysis

4

ME 578Introduction to Electronic Packaging

4