Graduate programs
The MME Department offers three graduate degrees and one graduate certificate: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME), Master of Science in Materials Science (MSMSE), PhD in Mechanical Engineering, and the Semiconductor Materials and Manufacturing Graduate Certificate (SMMGC). Each program is designed to help students achieve career goals, meeting industry, or research interests.
Master’s students who plan to work or who are currently working in industry have the ability to earn a master's degree by completing coursework and foregoing research, while students seeking research opportunities or advancement to a PhD program have the option to perform research with a variety of faculty members, and complete either a thesis or project. PhD students are required to conduct research and complete a dissertation.
Focus areas, research possibilities, faculty and lab information can be found here: Graduate Focus Areas.
Semiconductor Materials & Manufacturing
The Semiconductor Materials & Manufacturing Graduate Certificate is a 16-credit program. Graduate-level courses in semiconductor materials, manufacturing processes, materials characterization and failure analysis techniques are bundled in this program.
Students are required to take
ME 577 and a minimum of 3 additional courses from the list below to earn the certificate.
Required course:
| ME 577 | Introduction to Semiconductor Manufacturing | 4 |
Choose three of the following:
| ME 513 | Engineering Material Science | 4 |
| ME 527 | Phase Transformations and Kinetics in Materials | 4 |
| ME 528 | Scanning Electron Microscopy for Materials and Device Characterization | 4 |
| ME 529 | Transmission Electron Microscopy and Chemical Analysis of Materials | 4 |
| ME 547 | Transfer and Rate Processes | 4 |
| ME 576 | Materials Failure Analysis | 4 |
| ME 578 | Introduction to Electronic Packaging | 4 |