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Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering
Curriculum Plan
Student Name:
Student Number:
Initial Enrollment Date:
Initial Advisor:
Permanent Advisor:
Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering
Important PhD Steps
This package includes:
PhD degree information sheet
Comprehensive Exam information and subject sheets
Dissertation committee and deadlines information sheet
Permanent Graduate Advisor Request Form
Example By Arrangement Request Form
Graduate information sheet
Sign up for Comprehensive Exam: Yes No Date(s):
Comprehensive Exam subject areas (at least one must be outside the students area of
interest):
1.
2.
3.
Comprehensive Exam results: Pass Fail Conditional Pass
If conditional pass, conditions & due date:
Conditions met: Yes No
Dissertation committee selected and GO-16D submitted: Yes No
Dissertation committee:
1.
2.
3.
4. (Optional)
5. (Optional)
6. (Optional)
Prospectus date:
Doctorial Request For Advancement to Candidacy Form (GO-23) submitted:
Yes No
Applied for graduation: Yes No
Schedule dissertation defense: Yes No Date:
Provide abstract to department one week prior to defense: Yes No
Doctoral Recommendation For The Degree Form (GO-17D) submitted by Dissertation
Chair: Yes No
Thesis signature page submitted: Yes No
Final dissertation submitted: Yes No
Please see Dissertation Information sheet and Comprehensive Exam sheet for deadlines/dates details.
Doctorate Mechanical Engineering
Curriculum Requirements
(Total: 81 credits)
Courses Prereqs* Credits Term Grade**
45 C
red
its
ME 603 - Dissertation 27
ME 6XX 4
ME 6XX 4
ME 5XX or 6XX 4
ME 5XX or 6XX 4
ME 5XX or 6XX 4
ME 5XX or 6XX 4
ME 5XX or 6XX 4
Electives 27
Advisor Signature Meeting Date
Advisor Signature Meeting Date
PhD Curriculum Plan
Year
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer Total
Credits
Pre-admission, course transfers and substitutions:
Must see Student Coordinator or Graduate Committee Chair for course transfers and substitutions policy.
*Please check prerequisite in the bulletin for Total Credits
**Only courses with a grade of B- or higher will be applied to the degree.
ME graduate electives can include graduate credits earned while completing a master’s degree. Students
should review their Degree Audit Report (DARS) with their advisor to see how many credits of electives
are needed.
Students can apply up to three credit hours ME 607 Seminar towards their degree. Nine credits per term is considered full time for graduate students.
NOTES:
Students pursuing an ME PhD degree must complete 81 credit hours of graduate level coursework. This can include credit hours from a master's degree*. In addition, students must take and pass a comprehensive examination, a prospectus defense, and final dissertation defense.
Students can apply up to three credit hours ME 607 Seminar toward their degree.
Only courses with a grade of B- or higher will be applied to the degree. The MME Department does not accept ME 502 Independent Study credits.
Required Coursework
ME 603 Dissertation 27 Credit Hours
ME 6XX 600 Level ME Courses 8 Credit Hours
ME 5XX/6XX 500 or 600 Level ME Courses 19 Credit Hours
ME 5XX/6XX ME Graduate Electives* 27 Credit Hours
Total 81 Credit Hours
Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering
(PhD)
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
The PhD program in Mechanical Engineering aims to
educate technical experts and researchers to fill key
leadership roles in industry, research and education.
The program culminates in a written dissertation
representing an original contribution to knowledge in
the field.
PhD applicants must have a master’s of science degree.
Specialty Areas Include:
Building Science & Energy Systems
Controls and Dynamics
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Materials Science
Mechanical Design
For more information visit www.pdx.edu/mme/graduate • Email: [email protected]
*ME graduate electives can include graduate credits earned while completing a master's degree. Students should review
their Degree Audit Report (DARS) with their advisor to see how many credits of electives are needed.
**Please see website www.pdx.edu/mme/me-phd-degree-requirements for PhD requirements AY 2015-2016 and earlier.
A PhD student must complete the following departmental requirements:
Pass the Comprehensive Examination.
Complete an approved program of study, which includes a minimum of 27 hours of approved coursework, with at least 8** credits in 600-level courses. Up to 3 credits of ME 607 seminar may count toward this total.
Complete 27 credit hours of dissertation credit (ME 603) leading to the completion of a doctoral dissertation.
Present and pass a Prospectus Defense for advancement to candidacy.
Present and pass a public final oral Dissertation Defense.
Submit the written dissertation in compliance with University guidelines and deadlines.
Please contact the MME department for the full, official overview of the program.
PhD Requirements (AY 2016 – 2017 and later)
Comprehensive Exam
Comprehensive Exam Subjects
Students must choose three subjects to be tested on. One subject must be outside of the student’s area of interest.
Students should reach out to faculty listed for the subjects they plan to be tested on for study preparation. Subjects
are listed on the Comprehensive Exam Subject sheet.
Mechanical Engineering PhD students are required to take and pass the Comprehensive Exam
(CE) prior to their prospectus. Students have eight terms (excluding summer) from the time of
admission to pass the CE, with a maximum of two consecutive attempts. Master’s candidates in-
tending to continue on for a PhD may take the CE in their second year of master’s-level studies.
Students sign up for the CE in the winter term and take the exam in spring term.
Comprehensive Exam consists of:
Three written exams, each in a different subject. Each exam is two hours.
One oral exam. This generally occurs one week after completion of written examinations.
Comprehensive Exam Grading
The PhD Exam Committee will asses the student’s overall performance and assign a CE grade of pass, conditional
pass or fail. In order to develop exam consistency, all exams and corresponding grading will be available to the en-
tire faculty after student completion of the exam.
Conditional Pass
Retake one or more sections of the exam.
Enroll in additional coursework to strengthen weak areas.
Complete a special project in the deficient area.
Act as TA for special classes to address any deficiencies.
Fail
Retake the entire qualifying exam at the next availability offering.
Students who fail the CE twice will be expelled from the PhD program.
Subject Heat and Mass Transfer
Faculty Gerald Recktenwald Email: [email protected]
Corresponding
Courses ME 323
Fundamentals of engineering heat transfer with design applications; steady-state and transi-
ent analysis of conduction in one and two dimensions; concepts of convection, forced con-
vection, internal and external flows, natural convection, and heat exchanger design; study
of radiation concepts and radiation exchange between surfaces.
Prerequisites: Mth 256, Mth 261, ME 320, ME 321.
Subject Thermodynamics
Faculty Derek Tretheway Email: [email protected]
Corresponding
Courses
ME 321
Study of energy sources and utilization; First and Second Laws of thermodynamics; closed
and control volume systems: thermodynamic processes and cycles; thermodynamic proper-
ties; heat power systems.
Prerequisites: Ph 223, Mth 252.
Comprehensive Exam Subjects
Faculty assignments are AY 16 – 17
Subject System Dynamics and Vibration
Faculty David Turcic Email: [email protected]
Faryar Etesami Email: [email protected]
Corresponding Courses
ME 351
An introduction to vibrations and system dynamics for single and multiple degree-of-
freedom linear systems. The course includes: free and forced vibrations; resonance; model-
ing of mechanical and electrical systems; Laplace transformations; and dynamic system re-
sponse in the time and frequency domains. Computer analysis and solution techniques will
be utilized.
Prerequisites: EAS 215, Mth 256, Mth, 261, ECE 241, ME 350.
Subject Engineering Mechanics
Faculty Chien Wern Email: [email protected]
Hormoz Zareh Email: [email protected]
Corresponding
Courses
ME 313
Stress and deflection analysis of structural components including review of stress and strain;
curved beams; pressure vessels, impact loading, stability, and energy methods. Topics will be
synthesized in a design project.
Prerequisites: EAS 212, Mth 261.
Subject Machine Design
Faculty Faryar Etesami Email: [email protected]
Hormoz Zareh Email: [email protected]
Corresponding Courses
ME 314
Analysis and design of machine elements and systems, covering failure theories, fatigue, fas-
teners, welds, gears, springs, bearings, introduction to stochastic design. Topics will be syn-
thesized in a design project.
Prerequisite: ME 313.
Subject Fluid Mechanics
Faculty Raul Cal Email: [email protected]
Corresponding
Courses
ME 320
Properties of fluids; hydrostatics; fluid dynamics, Bernoulli’s Equation; conservation of
mass, energy, and momentum; differential analysis; and dimensional analysis.
Prerequisites: EAS 215, Mth 256.
Subject Material Science
Faculty Tae-Kyu Lee Email: [email protected]
Jun Jiao Email: [email protected]
Corresponding
Courses
ME 213
Basic properties, behavior, and survey of engineering and industrial applications of metals,
polymers, ceramics, and composites.
Prerequisite: Ch 221.
Dissertation Information
Dissertation committee breakdown
Committee must consist of:
A dissertation advisor/committee chair. Must be a regular, full-time PSU instructional faculty, tenured
or tenure-track, assistant professor or higher in rank.
A Graduate Office Representative. Must be a regular, full-time PSU instructional faculty, tenured or
tenure-track, assistant professor or higher in rank.
Two to four additional committee members. May include adjunct or fixed-term PSU faculty and/or
one member of the OHSU faculty.
If it is necessary to go off-campus for one committee member with specific expertise not avail-
able among PSU faculty, a curriculum vitae (CV) for that proposed member must be presented
with the GO-16D form.
All committee members must have doctoral degrees.
A dissertation committee must be approved by OGS using the Appointment of Doctoral Dissertation Committee
form (GO-16D). No proposal defense shall be valid without a dissertation committee approved by OGS.
Fall Winter Spring Summer
GO-16D Submission (committee
appointment)
This will always be done prior to graduation term
GO-23 (advancement to candidacy/
dissertation proposal approved)
This will always be done prior to graduation term
Apply to Graduate Sept. 30 Jan. 13 Apr. 7 Jun. 30
Dissertation Abstract sent to
department
At least one week prior to defense
Dissertation Defense Nov. 4 Feb. 17 May 12 Jul. 14
Dissertation Submission Nov. 18 Mar. 3 May 26 Jul. 28
GO-17D Submission
(recommendation for degree)
Dec. 13 Mar. 28 Jun. 20 Aug. 22
Dissertation Signature Page Aim for same day as dissertation submission
Dissertation Deadlines AY 16 – 17
Please note that the GO-16D and GO-17D should be submitted to the MME department, not OGS. Students are
prohibited from handling their GO-17D.
Permanent Graduate Advisor Request Form
To request a change of advisor, please complete and submit this form to the Mechanical &
Materials Engineering Department. A permanent advisor must be chosen by the end of your
second term after admission or you will be moved to the coursework-only track of your
degree program.
To be completed by student:
Name: ___________________________
Student ID: _______________________
PSU Email Address: _________________
Current Advisor:
_________________________________
Requested Advisor:
_________________________________
Has your current advisor been notified of
your request? Yes_____ No_____
To be completed by requested
advisor:
This signature indicates that requested
advisor, __________________________,
agrees to serve as the permanent advisor
for ______________________________.
________________________ _______
Permanent Advisor Signature Date
What degree options are you pursuing?
Thesis _____
Project _____
Coursework _____
Dissertation (PhD Only) _____
Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Post Office Box 751 503-725-4290 tel
Portland, Oregon 97207-0751 503-725-8255 fax
Engineering Building Suite 400 [email protected]
Web: http://www.pdx.edu/mme
THINGS YOU GRADUATE STUDENTS
NEED TO KNOW
Mechanical & Materials Engineering (MME)
Machine Shop Provides support for various faculty
research, student projects and academic
courses.
All Students must complete the
Machine Shop Safety Class & turn in
their signed Machine Shop Waiver and
Policy Form to gain access.
The Machine Shop Safety Class is not
required for students who have
successfully completed ME 241L at
Portland State University.
In order to have weekend access,
students must complete
Weekend/Holiday Access request form at
http://www.pdx.edu/mme/weekendholida
y-access-request-form.
Additional information could be found
http://www.pdx.edu/mme/machine-shop-
safety-class.
MELT (Mechanical Engineering
Laboratory Team) A group of MME students create a
mutually beneficial collaboration
between students and the MME
faculty and staff responsible for
operation of the MME shop and
MME instructional and research
laboratories.
Students can request assistance from
MELT technicians to support students
for various course-related
projects/prototypes.
Learn to use equipment such as the
3D printer, Laser Cutter, CNC (or
Conventional) Mill or Lathe,
Welding, etc.
Addition information could be found
at http://psumelt.blogspot.com/.
HOW TO APPLY FOR
GRADUATION
Admitted students seeking to
graduate with their Master
Degree can be directed to
http://www.pdx.edu/ogs/proc
edures-masters-degrees for a
summary of procedures.
Admitted students seeking to
graduate with their Doctoral
Degree can be directed to
http://www.pdx.edu/ogs/proc
edures-doctoral-degrees for a
summary of procedures.
Visit
http://www.pdx.edu/ogs/grad
uate-candidate-deadlines for
graduate candidate deadlines.
Please contact the Office of
Graduate Studies at
503.725.8410 or
[email protected] or visit 184
Parkmill for more
information.
Materials Store Contains a supply of materials, such as Multipurpose Aluminum (various thickness /width
/length), etc., that are not tied to a specific class & students may purchase for use.
Be sure to connect with Mike Chuning at [email protected] prior to purchase, to ensure
the requested materials are in stock.
Materials can be purchased through cashnet via
https://commerce.cashnet.com/cashnetk/selfserve/BrowseCatalog.aspx
Project or Thesis Option Project presentations and thesis
defenses must be scheduled at least
two weeks prior to events.
Abstracts must be submitted to
[email protected] at least one week
prior to presentation defense.
Permanent Graduate Advisor
Request Form A permanent advisor must be chosen
by the end of your second term after
admission.
Please visit
http://www.pdx.edu/mme/sites/www.
pdx.edu.mme/files/Permanent%20Gra
duate%20Advisor%20Request%20Fo
rm.pdf to complete a permanent
advisor request form.
MME Course Override Form Fill out form if you need an override
for any ME course.
Course Override Request Form located
at http://www.pdx.edu/mme/mme-
course-override-request-form.
Please note that if you are receiving a
closed-course error for a split 400/500
level course, you will need to check
both the 400 and 500 level registration
counts because seats are split between
the two sections.
Any open seats you see in the 400 level
course option are taken by students
registered in the 500 level option, and
vice versa.
MME Resources W: pdx.edu/mme
P: 503.725.4290