Mechanical Engineering
- Programs under this Subject:
- Mechanical Engineering PhD
- Mechanical Engineering MS
- Subjects under same Department
- Aerospace Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
Department Contact Information
- Department
- Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
- Phone
- (520) 621-4692
- Fax
- (520) 621-8191
- Mailing Address
- Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Building, Room N-712
1130 N Mountain PO Box 210119 Tucson, AZ 85721 - Website
- http://www.ame.arizona.edu/
PhD program
Contact Information
Application Questions
Barbara Heefner(520) 621-4692
heefner@email.arizona.edu
Advising Questions
Dr. ChoLik Chan(520) 621-2552
cholik@email.arizona.edu
Deadlines
Domestic Applicants
- Fall
- June 1
- Spring
- October 1
- Summer I
- No admissions
- Summer II
- No admissions
International Applicants
- Fall
- December 1
- Spring
- June 1
- Summer I
- No admissions
- Summer II
- No admissions
Minimum Application Requirements
- GPA 3.25
- TOEFL 550 (CBT 213) (internest based 79-80)
- GRE general
- 3 letters of recommendation
- Statement of purpose
- Separate department application is required
- Foreign students who are applying for a teaching assistant position should take the Test of Spoken English (TSE) in their own country. If this is not possible, it is recommended that you take the iBT internet based TOEFL with and a score of 26 or higher in the speak section would be required.
GRE Code
1502(MEE), 1609(NUE), 1601(AEE)
Financial Aid
- Fall: December 1
- Spring: June 1
- It is recommended that domestic students also apply with these earlier deadlines if you plan on requesting department funding.
MS program
Contact Information
Application Questions
Barbara Heefner(520) 621-4692
heefner@email.arizona.edu
Advising Questions
Dr. Cho Lik Chan(520) 621-2503
cholik@email.arizona.edu
Deadlines
Domestic Applicants
- Fall
- June 1
- Spring
- October 1
- Summer I
- No admissions
- Summer II
- No admissions
International Applicants
- Fall
- December 1
- Spring
- June 1
- Summer I
- No admissions
- Summer II
- No admissions
Minimum Application Requirements
- GPA 3.25
- TOEFL 550 (CBT 213) (internet based 79-80)
- GRE general
- 3 letters of recommendation
- Statement of purpose
- Separate department application is required
- Foreign students who are applying for a teaching assistant position should take the Test of Spoken English (TSE) in their own country. If this is not possible, it is recommended that you take the iBT internet based TOEFL with and a score of 26 or higher in the speak section would be required.
GRE Code
1502(MEE), 1609(NUE), 1601(AEE)
Financial Aid
- Fall: December 1
- Spring: June 1
- It is recommended that domestic students also apply with these earlier deadlines if you plan on requesting department funding.
Description
The department offers programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees with a major in aerospace engineering or mechanical engineering. Close relation with the Applied Mathematics Program is maintained.
A Bachelor of Science degree from an aerospace or mechanical engineering curriculum of a recognized institution of higher education is required of applicants to the graduate program. In general, a grade average of "B+" or better in previous academic work is expected. Graduates from other engineering, mathematics, and physical sciences curricula may be admitted provisionally. All applicants must submit scores from the Graduate Record Examination general test.
Master of Science: All students are required to complete 32 units of graduate work, including two units of 696G. All students are required to complete 500a and 500b and core courses in one fundamental area, i.e., dynamics and control systems, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics and dynamics, and thermal sciences. A student may elect to present a master's thesis (6 units of 910), a master's report (3 units of 909), or complete a course work option. No more than 3 units of independent study are allowed for the course work option. No independent study units are allowed for the thesis or report options. All students are expected to attend a weekly graduate seminar. Specific departmental M.S. degree requirements and examination procedures are described in the department Graduate Program booklet.
Doctor of Philosophy: Students admitted with a recent Master of Science degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering are required to complete 30 units of graduate coursework, 18 units of dissertation (920), and 3 units of AME 696G. All other students are required to complete a minimum of 54 units of graduate course work (including 30 units, earned for the M.S. degree), 18 units of dissertation (920), and 3 units of 696G. Each student must pass a qualifying examination. After completing all or nearly all the required course work, the comprehensive examination may be scheduled. The comprehensive examination on the major field is taken after the student has passed the examination on the minor field. Minor fields may be chosen from other engineering, physical sciences, or mathematics departments. A final oral examination including defense of the dissertation is required. Doctoral students are expected to attend a weekly graduate seminar. All degree candidates are required to present a department seminar on their research during the last year in residence. Specific department Ph.D. degree requirements and examination procedures are described in the department Graduate Program booklet.
Graduate Faculty
Professor
- John J. McGrath, Head
- Manfred Bottaccini (Emeritus)
- ChoLik Chan
- Frances Champagne (Emeritus)
- Chuan F. Chen (Emeritus)
- Harvey D. Christensen (Emeritus)
- Hermann F. Fasel
- Barry D. Ganapol
- Hussein A. Kamel (Emeritus)
- Jeffrey W. Jacobs
- Dimitri B. Kececioglu
- Edward J. Kerschen
- Erodogan Madenci
- Parviz E. Nikravesh
- Henry C. Perkins, Jr. (Emeritus)
- Russell E. Petersen, Jr. (Emeritus)
- Kumar N. R. Ramohalli
- Lawrence B. Scott, Jr. (Emeritus)
- Bruce R. Simon (Emeritus)
- Anatoli Tumin
- Thomas L. Vincent (Emeritus)
- John Williams
- Israel J. Wygnanski
- A. Ralph Yappel (Emeritus)
- Yitshak Zohar
Associate Professor
- Ara Arabyan
- Eniko Enikov
- Morris Farr (Emeritus)
- Rocco Fazzolari (Emeritus)
- Sergey Shkarayev
Assistant Professor
- Peiwen Li
- Samy Missoum
- Jonathan VandeGeest
- Pak Kin Wong
- Lesley Wright
- Xiaoyi Wu
Adjunct Professor
- Rudolph A. Eisentraut
- Oleg Likhatchev
Adjunct Associate Professor
- Ahmed A. Hassan
- John Peck
- Ramesh Sharma
- John A. Szivek
- Ranji Vaidyanathan
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Wayne Jouse
Research Professor
- Ming De Zhou
Research Assistant Professor
- Atila Barut
- Ibrahim Guven
