• PhD in Mechanical Engineering program Conduct research on the forefront of biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, energy, microscale and nanoscale science and engineering, and other areas.
  • The PhD requires 108 semester hours, beginning with coursework and culminating in the research, writing, and defense of an original dissertation. 
  • Doctoral students in mechanical and industrial engineering develop their own research agendas in one (or more than one) of the 22 research labs, working alongside faculty mentors who are pursuing investigations with National Science Foundation funding and other grants.