Materials, Design and Manufacturing Focus Group
Degree Requirements
Materials, Design and Manufacturing
The Materials, Design, and Manufacturing focus group conducts research and trains
students to advance engineering knowledge that will lead to new processes and products
in mechanical systems, dynamic systems and control, and mechanical design.
Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineering covers operations research, production and supply chain engineering, management engineering, ergonomics and human factors engineering, safety engineering, or financial engineering. Students obtaining a Masters of Science in Industrial Engineering fall under the umbrella of Materials, Design and Manufacturing.
Core Courses
Choose two from the following Four:
- MIME 6720/8720* Design of Experiments, 3 credits
- MIME 6810/8810 Assembly and Joining Processes, 3 credits
- MIME 5300 Advance Mechanics of Materials, 3 credits
- MIME 6200/8200* Advanced Dynamics, 3 credits
*Focus area course requirements for PhD Candidacy
- MIME 6720/8720* Design of Experiments, 3 credits
- MIME 5060* Manufacturing Engineering, 3 credits
*Focus area course requirements for PhD Candidacy
- MIME 6000/8000* Advanced Engineering Mathematics I
- MIME 6100/8100* Advanced Engineering Mathematics II
*Focus area course requirements for PhD Candidacy
Graduate Seminar
All graduate students are required to register for and attend the MIME 6930/8930 Graduate Seminar every fall and spring semester. Email announcements are sent out prior to each seminar and the schedule and select past recordings are available on the Graduate Seminar page.
MS Degree requirements
- Focus Area Core Courses: 6 credit hours
- Mathematics Requirement: 3 Credit Hours
- Thesis Hours: 9 credit hours of Thesis (MIME 6960 Graduate Research and Thesis)
- Any Approved Engineering or Mathematics Elective: 12 credit hours
- Total: 30 Credit Hours
You must list a total of 30 credit hours on your plan of study, no more and no less. However, you may take additional course work and/or project/thesis hours.
- Focus Area Core Courses: 6 credit hours
- Mathematics Requirement: 3 Credit Hours
- Research Hours: 6 credit hours of Research, 3 credit hours of focus area electives
- Any Approved Engineering or Mathematics Elective: 12 credit hours
- Total: 30 Credit Hours
You must list a total of 30 credit hours on your plan of study, no more and no less. However, you may take additional course work and/or project/thesis hours.
- Focus Area Core Courses: 6 credit hours
- Mathematics Requirement: 3 Credit Hours
- 9 credit hours of focus area electives
- Any Approved Engineering or Mathematics Elective: 12 credit hours
- Total: 30 Credit Hours
You must list a total of 30 credit hours on your plan of study, no more and no less. However, you may take additional course work and/or project/thesis hours.
PhD Degree Requirements
- 15 credit hours of coursework beyond the 6000 level
- 45 credit hours of Dissertation Research hours (MIME 8960).
- Successful completion of the PhD Qualifier requirements.
- A minimum total of 60 credit hours beyond the master's level.
- You must list 60 credit hours on your plan of study, no more and no less. You may however take additional coursework and/or dissertation hours.
Electives
This is not an exhaustive list of all possible courses. Please discuss your course selection and plan of study with your advisor and see the course catalog for the full list of active graduate-level courses.
- MIME 5060, Manufacturing Engineering
- MIME 5070, Computer-Aided Manufacturing
- MIME 5080, Operations Research I
- MIME 5100, Manufacturing Systems Simulation
- MIME 5230, Dynamics of Human Movement
- MIME 5240, Experimental Methods in Orthopaedic Biomechanics
- MIME 5280, CAD-Finite Element Methods
- MIME 5300, Advanced Mechanics of Materials
- MIME 5310, Mechanics of Composite Materials
- MIME 5320, Fatigue of Materials & Structures
- MIME 5380, Engineering Polymers and Rubbers
- MIME 5390, Failure Analysis of Materials
- MIME 5410, Alternative Energy
- MIME 5420, Modeling and Control of Engineering Systems
- MIME 5430, Advanced Automotive Control Systems
- MIME 5440, Advanced Mechatronics
- MIME 5450, Advanced Automation Design
- MIME 5460, Advanced MATLAB for Engineers
- MIME 5510, Turbomachinery
- MIME 5520, Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning
- MIME 5690, Reliability
- MIME 5820, Sustainability Analysis and Design
- MIME 5350, Advanced Ceramics
- MIME 5370, Advanced Materials for Automotive structures
- MIME 5380, Polymers and Rubbers
- MIME 5390, Failure Analysis of Materials
- MIME 5820, Sustainability Analysis and Design
- MIME 6180, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
- MIME 6200/8200, Advanced Dynamics
- MIME 6210/8210, Advanced Mechanical Vibrations
- MIME 6300/8300, Continuum Mechanics
- MIME 6350/8350, Elasticity
- MIME 6360/8360, Plasticity
- MIME 6380/8380, Fracture Mechanics
- MIME 6800, Adv. Manufacturing Systems Engineering
- MIME 6810/8810, Assembly and Joining Processes
- MIME 6910/8910, Engineering Analysis of Smart Material Systems