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Graduate Study Opportunities
The
graduate program of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Northern
Illinois University offers many opportunities for graduate assistantships,
tuition waivers and job employments in the great
The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a program which leads to a M.S. in mechanical engineering. The program is designed to stimulate creativity, to provide an in-depth understanding of the basic physical phenomena involved in mechanical systems, and to provide the student with the ability to use modern techniques in the analysis and design of mechanical components and systems. Admission to the graduate program in mechanical engineering requires a baccalaureate degree in mechanical engineering or related areas such as physics, mathematical sciences, chemistry, computer science and engineering disciplines. NIU undergraduate majors in mechanical engineering can however, be admitted to the integrated B.S/M.S sequence after finishing 90 semester hours with a GPA of at least 3.00.
All students admitted to the M.S program are initially classified as thesis option students. The thesis option is designed to prepare students for graduate work at the doctoral level or advanced engineering work in industry and focuses on original research techniques. The graduate program study must include 6 semester hours of MEE 599, Master's Thesis, on a topic approved by the student graduate committee. The thesis must be satisfactorily defended at an oral examination. Portions of the research work required in MEE 599 may be performed in off-campus facilities if approved by the student's graduate committee.
Students wishing to pursue the non-thesis option are required to petition the department's graduate committee upon admission to the major. The non-thesis option is designed for practicing professionals who wish to pursue advanced study in mechanical engineering culminating in the M.S degree and who cannot pursue the traditional research experience of a thesis option. Students pursuing a M.S degree under this option must earn a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate credit including 3 semester hours in significant original work which must be defended at an oral examination and presented in a written report.
Students must satisfy the following departmental requirements. · Submit to the department a program of graduate study approved by the students graduate committee or the department. · Complete at least 30 (thesis option) or 33 (non-thesis option) semester hours of graduate work, not more than 30 percent of which may be in courses numbered 400-499. All courses taken outside the department of mechanical engineering must have a departmental approval in advance. · Complete a minimum of 6 semester hours of applied mathematics or advanced engineering analysis selected with the advice and the consent of the student's advisor. ·
Complete two courses from one of the following
groups
The graduate program must also include 6 semester hours of MEE 599, Master's Thesis, on a topic approved by the student's graduate committee or must include 3 semester hours of MEE 597, Independent Study, for a master's project plus additional 500-level MEE course work for 6 semester hours. Employed students may use topics and facilities from their work if approved.
Students are required to fulfill all the requirements mentioned in the
previous section. In addition, students are required to take at least three
courses from one of the following groups depending on their chosen field of
study. The department will stipulate the courses to be taken. A grade of B or
better must be obtained in each of these courses.
The integrated sequence leads to both the B.S and M.S degrees in mechanical engineering and is available to all undergraduate mechanical engineering majors who have finished at least 90 semester hours of undergraduate work with a GPA of at least 3.00 must be maintained during the course of study. Failure to meet the requirements of the integrated sequence may lead to a B.S degree only after all the requirements for that degree have been met. All students enrolled in the integrated B.S/M.S sequence are required to take the state fundamentals of Engineering (FE/EIT) examination before graduation from the B.S program. Students must complete all the undergraduate required courses, including 9 semesters of technical electives, all of which must be taken for graduate credit during the students final undergraduate term. Students must also complete 21 (thesis option) or 24 (non-thesis option) additional graduate semester hours, as follows. 500 level applied mathematics or advanced engineering analysis with department approval. Course work in one of the following areas of study
Additional 500 level course work with department approval. MEE 599, Master's Thesis or MEE 597, Independent Study for master's project and additional 500 level MEE course work with department approval.
All the international students who wish to enroll in the department of mechanical engineering, must satisfy the requirements for a master's in mechanical engineering. The students must select either the Thesis or the Non-Thesis option depending upon the requirements for the mechanical engineering as laid above. Other information regarding the international students |
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Northern