Graduate Mechanical Engineering Programs

Integrated Product Development

The Integrated Product Development degree is an integrated Master of Engineering degree program. The core courses emphasize the design, manufacture, implementation, and life-cycle issues of engineering systems. The remaining courses provide a disciplinary focus. The program embraces and balances qualitative as well as quantitative aspects and utilizes state-of-the-art tools and methodologies. It aims to educate students in problem-solving methodologies, modeling, analysis, simulation, and technical management. The program trains engineers in relevant software applications and their productive deployment and integration in the workplace. For a detailed description of this program please visit the IPD Web site.

Masters Program in Product Architecture & Engineering

The Master of Engineering in Product-Architecture & Engineering degree program is supported by The Product - Architecture Lab and is intended to integrate the study of Product Design, Computational Architecture and Engineering with production methodologies and emerging materials. It can be considered as a terminal degree or as preparation for the Ph.D. program. A Bachelors of Science degree in Engineering, a BID, (BFA, BA, or BS) in Industrial Design, or a BArch (Bachelor in Architecture) is needed for acceptance to the master’s program. Applicants with undergraduate degrees in other engineering or design disciplines may be required to take appropriate undergraduate courses before being formally admitted into the program.

The Master of Engineering in Product-Architecture and Engineering degree requires 30 credits, approved by the student’s academic advisor. Fifteen of the credits (or five courses) form the core and comprise the student’s major field. Nine of the credits (or three courses) form the Mechanical Engineering requirements and can consist of any of the offered ME courses included in the course catalogue. The core classes and the recommended courses from the ME department are as follows:

The remaining two courses (6 credits) constitute the student’s elective field and will consist of: at least one course of "600-level or higher" given in the Product-Architecture and Engineering department a maximum of one course given in other departments

A student may elect to complete a Thesis (PAE 900 Thesis in Produuct-Architecture and Engineering, 3 credits) in lieu of completing one of the two open electives.

In order to graduate with a Master of Engineering in Product-Architecture and Engineering, a student must obtain a minimum of "B" average in the major field as well as an overall average of "B" in all the courses needed to meet the 30-credit requirement for the degree. Please see the Office of Graduate Studies section on Student Status.

Graduate Certificates

The Mechanical Engineering department offers several graduate certificate programs to students meeting the regular admission requirements for the master's program. Each graduate certificate program is self-contained and highly focused, carrying 10 or more graduate credits. All of the courses may be used toward the Master of Engineering degree as well as for the graduate certificate. Current programs include:

Advanced Manufacturing	Air Pollution Technology	Computational Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer
ME 560 Total Quality Control OR ME 564 Principles of Optimum Design and Manufacture ME 566 Design for Manufacturability ME 621 Introduction to Modern Control Engineering ME 652 Advanced Manufacturing.	ME 532 Air Pollution Principles and Control ME 534 Industrial and Environmental Catalytic Processes ME 590 Environmental Law for Practicing Engineers ME 612 Selected Topics in Air Pollution Technology	ME 594 Computer Methods in Mechanical Engineering ME 604 Advanced Heat Transfer OR ME 609 Convective Heat Transfer ME 674 Fluid Dynamics ME 675 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Design and Production Management	Power Generation	Ordnance Engineering
ME 560 Total Quality Control ME 566 Design for Manufacturability ME 644 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing OR ME 645 Production Systems IPD 612 Project Management and Organizational Design	ME 510 Steam Power Plants ME 595 Heat Exchanger Design and two of the following: ME 529 Modern and Advanced Combustion Engines ME 546 Introduction to Turbomachinery ME 625 Gas Turbines	ME 505 Theory of Performance of Propellants and Explosives I ME 507 Ordnance Engineering I and any two of the following three courses: ME 504 Ballistics, Theory and Practice ME 506 Theory of Performance of Propellants and Explosives II or ME 508 Ordnance Engineering II

Structural Analysis and Design	Vibration and Noise Control	Robotics and Control
ME 658 Advanced Mechanics of Solids ME 661 Advanced Stress Analysis ME 663 Finite Element Methods ME 664 Special Topics in Applied Finite Element Methods or ME 668 Engineering Fracture Mechanics	ME 631 Mechanical Vibrations I ME 651 Analytic Dynamics ME 584 Vibration and Acoustics in Product Design ME 611 Engineering Acoustics	ME 621 Introduction to Modern Control Engineering ME 622 Optimal Control and Estimation of Dynamical Systems OR ME 623 Design of Control Systems ME 598 Introduction to Robotics ME 654 Advanced Robotics.

Professional Development

Helping professionals meet the demands of the 21st century.

The pharmaceutical manufacturing practices program was developed to provide the necessary skills to engineers and others in healthcare related industries focusing within the framework of regulatory requirements.

The Design & Manufacturing Institute (DMI) does research and development for advancing the state of industrial effectiveness through design and manufacturing integration. DMI's primary focus is the development and commercialization of the Automated Concurrent Engineering Software (ACES) system.

DMI also does work in polymer and composite research, advanced software, and advanced manufacturing techniques in support of ACES. DMI provides commercial and military customers with a variety of services related to product design, engineering analysis, materials characterization, and the rapid manufacturing and prototyping of molds and parts.

Degree of Mechanical Engineering

Thirty credits beyond a master's degree are required for the Mechanical Engineer degree (with no more than three courses at the 500 level). A design project, ME 950 (12 credits), is a part of this 30 credits.

The degree candidate must also demonstrate professional competence by having at least two years of responsible engineering experience. This industrial experience is to be completed before entering the program or in the process of being satisfied upon entering the program.

Each candidate will be assigned an advisor. The candidates and their advisors will submit a study plan for approval to the departmental committee on the engineer degree. The plan must include descriptions of the required professional experience and the design project. There will be an oral presentation of the design project after the departmental committee has approved a written report.

It is assumed that you will already have the Master of Engineering degree in your concentration from Stevens, or its equivalent; otherwise, additional courses will be required.

Doctoral Degree

Admission to the doctoral program will be made through the department director and will be based on an assessment of your academic background, competence, and aptitude for advanced study and research. An appropriate Master of Engineering degree or its equivalent is required. If deemed acceptable, you will be assigned an advisor with whom you will select a thesis topic and study plan.

Courses are selected to develop skills in a particular area of interest. While this course work is necessary to develop the tools and skills of your profession, the most important aspect of the doctoral program is your original research topic. The subject of the doctoral dissertation (ME 960) is open to a wide range of particular choices. The selection of a topic by the doctoral aspirant provides for a sub-specialization within the broad range of Mechanical Engineering disciplines. The courses selected for your study plan should complement your dissertation subject. Upon approval of your thesis topic and study plan by the Doctoral Committee, you will be admitted to the doctoral program.

Normally, you will be required to successfully complete a Qualifying Examination within the first year after admission to the doctoral program. This examination, which is intended to test your comprehension of undergraduate and master's level courses, will be in mathematics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, analytic dynamics, and solid mechanics. The Qualifying Examination is usually given early in the spring and/or during the fall semester.

The Preliminary Examination is usually taken after most of the course requirements for the doctoral degree are completed. The examination is primarily intended to evaluate your competence and aptitude for advanced research and your understanding of the subjects associated with your dissertation problem. It should be taken within two years after passing the Qualifying Examination.

Upon satisfactory completion of the Preliminary Examination and all course work, you will be considered a doctoral candidate and begin the research which will form the basis of your dissertation. The dissertation must be based upon original investigation in the field of mechanical engineering, approved by the departmental supervisory committee, and must be a contribution worthy of publication in the current professional literature.

Before receiving the doctoral degree, you must also satisfy the requirements for residence and publication of the dissertation.