Graduate Program

  • Graduate Handbook

    • Mechanical Engineering

    The graduate program offers M.S. (both thesis and non-thesis) and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Systems. The name Engineering Systems is consistent with the multi- disciplinary make up of the Division of Engineering faculty. It also resonates with the fact that many of our research areas span across traditional disciplinary boundaries. This dictates that we have strong ties and collaboration with the departments of chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, engineering physics, mathematics and mining engineering. Student transcripts will include a subtitle that identifies their degree option to be Mechanical Engineering.

    The technical elective courses in mechanical engineering include; bioengineering, computational engineering, fluid mechanics and thermal sciences, fuel cell science and technology, material mechanics, and intelligent engineering and robotics.

    Currently we are involved in interdisciplinary research areas and projects in: bio- engineering and bio-materials, fuel cell technology, nano-mechanics and nano-materials, materials processing, clean energy systems, combustion, and bioengineering and intelligent control and robotics.

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    Featured Project

    Featured project Optimal Flexion Axis for Femoral Implant Positioning
    The objective of this research was to compare and contrast axes used clinically for femoral implant positioning in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Through this comparison, the goal was to ascertain which axis best represents the true functional flexion-extension axis of the knee and therefore the ideal axis to be used in TKA alignment of single radius of curvature implants. The four axes investigated include: the transepicondylar (TEA), posterior condylar (PCA), cylindrical (CA), and Whiteside’s line (also known as anteroposterior). Kinematic data for all six degrees of freedom were collected on nine cadaveric knees for both the transepicondylar and cylindrical axes. The relative position of all four axes were also determined on a CT based model for each of the nine knees. Each axis was then compared in the frontal and transverse planes and the angular variance was measured.
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