Mechanical Engineering with Concentration in Thermofluids, MSME (Boston)

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Required Core Courses

ME 6200 — Mathematical Methods for Mechanical Engineers 1
ME 7270 — General Thermodynamics
ME 7275 — Essentials of Fluid Dynamics
One of:
- ME 7285 — Heat Conduction and Thermal Radiation
- ME 7290 — Convective Heat Transfer

Thermofluids Concentration Course

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

Coursework Option

12 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 12 semester hours from the course list.

Project Option

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the course list.

ME 7945 — Master’s Project

Thesis Option1

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the course list.
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.

ME 7945 — Master’s Project
ME 7990 — Thesis

Course List

From the catalog
Any course in the following list will fulfill the coursework option, provided the student satisfies prerequisites and program requirements (students can take courses outside this list with prior approval from the faculty advisor):

One of:
- 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

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 co-op experience) 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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