Thermal-Fluid Science Group
Core Courses
- MIME 6460/8460, Intermediate fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (focus area course requirements for PhD Candidacy)
- MIME 6580/8580, Advanced Heat Transfer -or- MIME 3570/8570 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
- MIME 6440/8440 Computation Fluid Dynamics I -or- MIME 6450/8450 Experimental Fluid Mechanics -or- MIME 6470/8470 Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (focus area course requirements for PhD Candidacy)
Required Math Course
MIME 6000/8000* Advanced Engineering Mathematics I -or-
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.
Degree Requirements
- Focus Area Core Courses: 9 credit hours
- Mathematics requirement: 3 credit hours
- Thesis (MIME 6960 Graduate Research and Thesis): 9 credit hours of thesis
- Any approved Engineering or Mathematics Elective: 9 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: 9 credit hours
- Mathematics requirement: 3 credit hours
- Project (MIME 6920 Special Projects): 6 credit hours
- Focus Area Electives: 3 credit hours
- Any approved Engineering or Mathematics Elective: 9 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: 9 credit hours
- Mathematics requirement: 3 credit hours
- Focus Area Electives: 9 credit hours
- Any approved Engineering or Mathematics Elective: 9 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.
- A minimum of 15 credit hours of coursework beyond the 6000 level
- A minimum of 30 Dissertation Research hours (MIME 8960).
- Successful completion of the PhD Qualifier requirements.
- A minimum total of 60 credit hours beyond the master's level.
Elective Courses
Other engineering and/or Mathematics courses may be accepted with prior approval from your adviser. Please discuss your course selection and plan of study with your adviser to determine appropriate courses for your individual program. See the course catalog for the full list of active graduate-level courses.
- MIME 5510, Turbomachinery
- MIME 5520, HVAC
- MIME 5530, IC Engine
- MIME 5540, Jet Propulsion
- MIME 5550, Aerodynamics
- MIME 5560, Gas Dynamics
- MIME 6440/8440, Computational Fluid Mechanics I
- MIME 6450/8450, Experimental Fluid Mechanics
- MIME 6460/8460, Intermediate Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
- MIME 6470/8470, Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics
- MIME 6540/8540, Computational Fluid Mechanics II
- MIME 6570/8570, Advanced Fluid Mechanics
- MIME 6580/8580, Advanced Heat Transfer