phd mechanical engineering purdue

Website URL:

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/Academics/Graduate/index.html

Department/School Head:

Head: Dr. Eckard Groll, William E. and Florence E. Perry Head of Mechanical Engineering and Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Associate Head for Graduate Studies; Dr. Nicole Key, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Contact Information

ME Graduate Office

585 Purdue Mall (Room 1003)

West Lafayette, IN 47907

(765) 494-5730

Email: [email protected]

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/AboutUs/contact.html

School of Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is, simply, applying engineering principles to machines that have movement. If you think that sounds all-encompassing, well, you’re right. Mechanical Engineering is the broadest of all Engineering majors, and their students can do just about anything because they have a broad understanding of the principles of physics, design, thermodynamics, and control systems.

In the job world, you can take these skills to almost any industry. Many Mechanical Engineering students end up in the automotive or manufacturing industries, but many also pursue biotech, law, renewable energy, electronics, or any number of emerging industries. NASA loves Purdue students, and many mechanical engineers find places in the aerospace and defense industries. And some ME graduates don’t go into engineering at all but use their problem-solving skills to start a business or go into sales or management. The foundational know-how of Mechanical Engineering will serve you, wherever in the world you choose to go.

Academic Programs:

Master’s Program—Thesis or Non-Thesis

Students admitted to the Master’s program can choose to complete either the thesis option or the non-thesis option. The thesis option is highly recommended because it includes conducting independent research and a publishable report or thesis. The non-thesis option allows for a more predictable completion time frame of coursework so students can more accurately plan a graduation date.

Professional Master’s Program

A full-time on-campus program blending 21 credits of technical specialties with 9 credits of management and professional development classes, offered by Purdue’s Krannert School of Management. This option is perfect for current undergrads who want a graduate degree, but still want to jump into industry quickly, or students who want a more practice-oriented engineering degree; or for busy professionals who want specialized expertise to advance in their careers.

Online Master’s Program

You can get a Master’s Degree from Purdue University Mechanical Engineering entirely online. Your course materials and lectures are accessible online any time, so you aren’t restricted by timetables. You get the same quality education from the same faculty who teach on-campus but on your schedule.

Combined Degree Program (5-Year Plan–Undergraduate Degree/Master’s Degree )

The combined BSME/MSME Program is an integrated five-year degree program in which qualified students can receive a BS and an MS in Mechanical Engineering. The program provides a seamless transition from the BS to MS programs for Purdue students where graduate courses taken as undergraduate electives are counted toward both the BS and MS degrees, thereby reducing the overall time required for the MS degree. This program is only available at the West Lafayette campus.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Mechanical Engineering’s PhD program requires a minimum of 21 credit hours of coursework beyond the Master’s Degree. A minimum of 90 graduate course and research credit hours is required for graduation.

Direct Ph.D. Degree Program

Students with a strong performance in coursework and some research experience at the undergraduate level may be admitted to our Direct to a PhD program at the time of admission to graduate students at Purdue. Students enrolled in this program have the option of seeking a Master’s Degree “along the way” to the Ph.D.

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

Research areas include:

Bioengineering
Computational Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
HVAC & Refrigeration
Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanics & Vibration
Nanotechnology
Solid Mechanics
Systems, Measurement, & Controls

Graduate Certificate

Hybrid Vehicle Systems ME Graduate Certificate is available to graduate students in good standing in the College of Engineering. The certificate program is focused on providing students a framework for gaining relevant expertise in the area of advanced hybrid vehicle systems.

Mechanical Engineering has more than 80 faculty members, pursuing research in numerous fields. Are you interested in doing research as an undergrad? Contact a faculty member whose research interests you:

https://purdue.edu/ME/people

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank: Professor: Anil K. Bajaj J. Stuart Bolton James E. Braun Richard Buckius Mukerrem Cakmak Luciano Castillo Qingyan Chen George T. C. Chiu Raymond J. Cipra Patricia Davies Shirley Dyke Jay P. Gore Eckhard Groll Bumsoo Han Stephen Heister E. Daniel Hirleman Greg Jensen Nicole Key Galen B. King Klod Kokini Marisol Koskowski Charles M. Krousqrill Kai Ming Li Robert P. Lucht Ajay Malshe Peter H. Meckl Terrence R. Meyer Issam Mudawar Guillermo Paniagua Arvind Raman Karthik Ramani Jeffrey Rhoads Xiulin Ruan Farshid Sadeghi Cagri A. Savran Gregory M. Shaver Yung C. Shin Thomas Siegmund Paul E. Sojka Steven F. Son Ganesh Subbarayan John Sutherland Pavlos Vlachos Carl Wassgren Steven T. Wereley Xianfan Xu Bin Yao Song Zhang Chenn Zhou Associate Professor: Arezpp Ardekani Edward Berger David Cappellen Jun Chen Gary Cheng Jong Hyun Choi Carlos Corvalan Eugenio Culurciello Xinyan Deng Hector Gomez James D. Jones Martin Byung-Guk Jun Matthew Krane Guang Lin Nina Mahmoudian Amy Marconnet Partha P. Mukherjee Liang Pan Jitesh Panchal Gordon R. Pennock Li Qiao Tahira Reid Smith Shirley Rietdyk Mikhail Slipchenko John M. Starkey Athanasios Tzempelikos Andrea Vacca Justin Weibel Benxin Wu Fu Zhao Assistant Professor: Kartik Ariyur Andres Arrieta Ilias Bilionis Adrian Buganza Tepole Chun-Li Chang Ivan C. Christov Sadegh Dabiri Satari James Gilbert Christopher S. Goldstein Marcial Gonzalez Veeraraghava Raju Hasti W. Travis Horton Neera Jain Chi Hwan Lee Yangfan Liu Aaron Morris Dimitrios Peroul David Piercey Carlo Scalo David Warsinger Kejie Zhao Emeritus Faculty: David Anderson Stephen Citron Raymond Cohen Suresh Garimella Victor Goldschmidt Keith Hawks Joe Hoffman Mel L’Ecuyer Joseph Pearson Robert Schoenhals Werner Soedel John Starkey Howard Thompson Raymond Viskanta