....Applicants
having a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
from an accredited program are given a maximum of
30 transferred semester hours, and their course requirements
done at FIU should include at least 36 credit hours
earned in academic courses which are part of the doctoral
program, and a minimum of 24 credits of dissertation.
....Ph.D.
students are required to submit a proposed program
of study for approval by their advisor and the MME
Graduate Program Coordinator before the beginning
of their third semester.
Core
Courses
Mathematics
Core Courses (9 credits selected from the following
list)
....This
is a partial list of approved courses form the
mathematics and statistics department. Please see
the department advisor for other approved courses
that are not on this list.
MAA
4402 Complex Variables*
MAS
5145 Applied Linear Algebra
STA
5206 Design of Experiments I
MAD
5405 Numerical Methods
STA
5126 Fundamental of Design of Experiments
MAP
4401 Adv. Differential Equations*
STA
5236 Regression Analysis
MAP
5236 Math. Tech. of Oper. Research
STA
5676 Reliability Engineering
MAP
5407 Methods of Applied Analysis
STA
5800 Stochastic Proc for Engineers
STA
5505 Nonparametric Methods
STA
6166 Statistical Methods in Research I
STA
6167 Statistical Methods in Research II
STA
6176 Biostatistics
STA
6246 Data Analysis I
STA
6247 Data Analysis II
STA
6326 Mathematical Statistics I
STA
6327 Mathematical Statistics II
STA
7707 Multivariate Methods I
STA
7708 Multivariate Methods II
*These
are the only two undergraduate courses that are allowed.
These two courses are in the process of being upgraded
to graduate level courses by the Math department.
Engineering
Core Courses: 21 credit hours as listed below:
EGM
5315 Intermediate Analysis of Mechanical Systems
EGM
5615 Synthesis of Engineering Mechanics
EGM
5346 Computational Engineering Analysis
EGM
6422 Adv. Analysis of Mechanical Systems
EMA 5001 Physical Property of Materials or
EMA 5106 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials
EML
5530 Intermediate CAD/CAE
EML
5709 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
Dissertation
24
credits of EML 7979 Dissertation
Elective
Courses
....An
additional 21 credit hours of electives are required
for Ph.D. students beginning with a Bachelor’s
degree. Refer to Graduate
Elective Courses in Mechanical Engineering for
a list of elective courses offered by the Mechanical
Engineering Department.
....Other
graduate electives may include courses in EE, CE,
CS, IE, Mathematics and Life Sciences at the 5000
or 6000 level, with a MAXIMUM of 9 hours taken outside
the ME department. The Advisor and Graduate Program
Coordinator must approve these courses (reflected
on the program of study checklist). A maximum of three
hours of EML 6908 Independent Studies may be used
toward elective credits.
Ph.D.
Course Breadth Requirements
....All
potential Ph.D. candidates are required to take one
three-course sequence for a total of 9 credits outside
of their major area and receive a grade of "B"
or better in each course. The appropriate areas of
study are determined by the thesis advisor.
....Students
must demonstrate graduate knowledge acquisition in
four incremental stages in order to be awarded a Ph.D.
in Mechanical Engineering:
Stage
I Qualifying
Exam (QE)
Stage
II Proposal
Defense
Stage
III Candidacy
Exam (CE)
Stage
IV Final Defense
....In
the semester prior to his/her taking the QE or CE,
student must declare intention to take the QE or CE
and must declare a major area.
....Students
who request changes in schedule of any exam will have
their requests evaluated on a case-by-case basis and
must file a petition in written form for approval
by the ME Department Graduate Committee. The petition
must be approved by the student’s advisor before
being sent to the ME Department Graduate Committee
for action.
