Doctoral 51视频 Programs in Energy Engineering
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Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.)
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Energy Engineering Option
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
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Energy Engineering Option
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The objective of 51视频's doctoral program in energy engineering is to prepare engineers for leadership positions in industry, academia, and government to provide society with sustainable energy systems. Presently there are two areas of concentration: renewable and nuclear. The renewable concentration is administered by the Mechanical Engineering Department and the nuclear engineering concentration is administered by the Chemical Engineering Department.
Admission Requirements
The applicant is required to have an M.S. degree in engineering or other suitable technical area, or its equivalent, or to have completed fifteen credit hours of graduate study, with a minimum grade point average of 3.25.
Core Course Requirements
The core requirements will consist of two courses in advanced mathematics, two courses in thermal/fluid processes, one course in materials, and one course in systems/controls. The specific courses follow:
Advanced Mathematics (select two of these or suitable alternatives with approval):
10/24.509 Systems Dynamics
10/24.539 Mathematical Methods for Engineers
92.545 Partial Differential Equations
92.530 Applied Math
Thermal/Fluid Processes (select two of these or suitable alternatives with approval):
10.510 Advanced Separation Processes
10.520 Advanced Thermodynamics
10.528 Advanced Transport Phenomena
22.540 Conduction Heat Transfer
22.541 Radiation Heat Transfer
22.542 Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
22.513 Finite Element Methods
Materials (select one of these or a suitable alternative with approval):
10.506 Interfacial Science and Engineering and Colloids
10.508 Material Science and Engineering
10.523 Nanodevices and Electronic Materials
10.525 Design and Packaging of Materials
10.527 Nanomaterials Science and Engineering
10.535 Principles of Cell and Microbe Cultivation
95.539 Electro_Optics
Systems/Controls (select one of these or a suitable alternative with approval):
16.513 Control Systems
16.584 Probability and Random Processes
22.556 Stochastic Processes
22.573 Manufacturing Systems (Operations Research)
22.554 Dynamic Systems and Control
Concentration Courses
A total of 15 credits of concentration courses must be taken, either from the renewable area or from the nuclear area. The specific courses in those areas follow:
Renewable (select five of these or suitable alternatives with approval):
22.521 Solar Engineering Fundamentals
22.527 Solar Systems Engineering
22.504 Energy Systems Design Workshop
16.515 Power Electronics
16.528 Alternative Energy Systems
87.572 Energy and the Environment
22.531 Energy and Sustainable Development
95.537 Geometrical Optics
95.538 Physical Optics
95.577 Solid State Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices
Nuclear (select five of these or suitable alternatives with approval):
24.504 Energy Engineering Workshop
24.505 Nuclear Reactor Physics
24.506 Special Topics in Nuclear Reactor Physics
24.507 Nuclear Reactor Engineering and Safety Analysis
24.508 Special Topics in Nuclear Reactor Engineering
24.511 Advanced Reactor Concepts
24.514 Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Management
24.519 Nuclear Reactor Operator Training I
24.520 Nuclear Reactor Operator Training II
Qualifying Examination
Students are required to take the qualifying examination within their first year of residency in the program. The first part of the exam is intended to cover knowledge of undergraduate engineering and is satisfied by passing the Professional Engineering Fundamentals Exam. The second part is intended to cover topics in an area of energy engineering of the student's interest, with the approval of the student's thesis advisor. The written part of this examination is closed book and composed of two sections, each of three hours duration. The examination is set and evaluated by the program Graduate Examination Committee, which determines whether or not a student shall be eligible to take the oral portion. Students who pass the written part of the qualifying examination must take the oral part of the examination within 6 weeks of notification of results of the written exam. The student is permitted two attempts at passing the qualifying examination which is administered on a declared schedule. Students who fail the qualifying examination the first time must retake the exam at its next scheduled offering. Students failing the doctoral exam twice will be automatically dismissed from the doctoral program.
Dissertation
Students may register for no more than six credit hours of research in preparing a formal dissertation proposal. This proposal, and the student's ability to perform the research, must be orally defended before the student's doctoral committee and other interested parties. The written proposal and oral defense constitute the candidacy examination. Upon passing this examination and completing all course requirements, the student becomes a candidate for the D.Eng./Ph.D. degree and may register for additional research credit with the advisor's approval.
The research work for the dissertation shall be conducted under the supervision of a program faculty advisor and a committee of two others, at least one of whom must be a faculty member in the university with the appropriate background for the thesis topic.