Mechanical Engineering with Concentration in General Mechanical Engineering, MSME (Boston)

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Mathematics Competency

ME 6200 — Mathematical Methods for Mechanical Engineers 1

Thermofluids Competency

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ME 5685 — Solar Thermal Engineering
- ME 5690 — Gas Turbine Combustion
- ME 5695 — Aerodynamics
- ME 7295 — Multiscale Flow and Transport Phenomena
- ME 7300 — Combustion and Air Pollution
- ME 7310 — Computational Fluid Dynamics with Heat Transfer

Mechanics/Mechatronics Combined Competency

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- EECE 5610 — Digital Control Systems
- EECE 5666 — Digital Signal Processing
- ME 5245 — Mechatronic Systems
- ME 5250 — Robot Mechanics and Control
- ME 5650 — Advanced Mechanics of Materials
- ME 5654 — Elasticity and Plasticity
- ME 5655 — Dynamics and Mechanical Vibration
- ME 5657 — Finite Element Method 1
- ME 5659 — Control Systems Engineering
- ME 7238 — Finite Element Method 2

Materials Competency

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:
or any MATL courses

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- MATL 6250 — Soft Matter
- MATL 6270 — Principles, Devices, and Materials for Energy Storage and Energy Harvesting
- MATL 6285 — Structure, Properties, and Processing of Polymeric Materials
- ME 5600 — Materials Processing and Process Selection
- ME 5620 — Fundamentals of Advanced Materials

Coursework Option

16 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 16 semester hours in the following subject areas:
ME, MATL

Project Option

ME 7945 — Master’s Project

Electives

12 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 12 semester hours in the following subject areas:
ME, MATL

Thesis Option1

ME 7945 — Master’s Project
ME 7990 — Thesis

Electives (2)

8 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours in the following subject areas:
ME, MATL
In addition to completing the thesis course, students must successfully complete the thesis submission process, including securing committee and Graduate School of Engineering signatures and submission of an electronic copy of their MS thesis to ProQuest.

Optional Co-op Experience

From the catalog
Complete the following (students must complete ENCP 6100 to qualify for co-op experience):

ENCP 6100 — Introduction to Cooperative Education
One of:
- ENCP 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
- ENCP 6954 — Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
- ENCP 6955 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
- ENCP 6965 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad

GPA requirements

32 total semester hours required (33 with optional co-op) Minimum 3.000 GPA required

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

Thesis option is required for all students who receive financial support from the university in the form of a research, teaching, or tuition assistantship.

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