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Mechanical Engineering

Graduate Program Summary

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Graduate Degrees Offered

M.S.; Ph.D.*
Specializations - what's a specialization?
  • Materials Science Engineering (M.S.)
  • Metallurgy (M.S.)
Areas of Study
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Dynamics/Control Systems and Design Engineering
  • Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
  • Mechatronics and Robotics
  • Thermal/Fluids Engineering

*Ph.D. is available through the Unified Ph.D. Program in Engineering with a specialization in Mechanical Engineering



  

Mechanical Engineering

  • On the Web
    Department Website
  • Graduate Chair
    Professor John Reid
  • Assistant to Chair
    Ms. Nan Rowe
    megrad@unl.edu
    402-472-2375
  • Department Address
    N104 Walter Scott Engineering Center
    Lincoln NE 68588-0656

Application Checklist and Deadlines

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Required by Mechanical Engineering

  • Entrance exam(s):
    Domestic Applicants:  None
    International Applicants:  GRE
  • Minimum TOEFL:  Paper-550  Internet-79
  • Letter of intent specifying field of interest
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Use GAMES for online submission of materials (Ph.D. only)

Application Deadline

   Rolling admissions. Early applications encouraged for financial consideration, contact the department for more information.

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Description of Program

In a friendly and professional department, approximately 60 students and 17 faculty members work closely together in funded graduate research and education in diverse aspects of thermal/fluids engineering, systems and design engineering, and metallurgical/materials science engineering. Students may earn a Master of Science in mechanical engineering, or a Ph.D. in engineering with a specialization in a field of engineering, including mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, or materials engineering.

Current computational and experimental research includes: fast laser, acoustic, electron, and other radiation interactions with materials; micro- and nanoscale heat transfer; gas dynamics; combustion; surgical and other robots; remote and autonomously controlled systems; medical and thermal sensors; detection of biological agents; neutron detection; mechatronics; surface engineering and coatings; rapidly solidified magnetic materials; crashworthiness and roadside safety; stochastic structural dynamics; development of finite elements; modular design and mechanism synthesis; controls; nanostructured materials; and nanofabrication.

For instruction and research, students have access to many experimental and computational research laboratories and facilities including: Computational Thermal/Fluid Sciences, Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Sciences, Midwest Roadside Safety, Robotics and Mechatronics, Rapid Solidification, Thin Films, X-Ray Diffraction, Electron Microscopy, and Nanofabrication.



  

Graduate Bulletin

The Graduate Bulletin provides course descriptions, program requirements, and more:

Faculty and Research

John Barton Laser Beam Particle Interactions; Acoustics; Electromagnetic Wave Theory; High Temperature Gas Dynamics
Kevin Cole Web-Based Interactive Green's Functions; Hot Film Sensors; Heat Conduction Models; Inverse Problems and Design Optimal Experiments
Shane Farritor Robotic Highway Safety Markers; Real-Time Measurement of Track Stiffness; Miniature Surgical Robotics
George Gogos Transport Phenomena in Vaporizing and Combusting Sprays; Thermal Processes in DNA Multiplication; Laser and Materials Interactions
David Lou Thermodynamics; Heat Transfer and Conduction; Solar Thermal Energy Conversion; Biomechanics
Carl Nelson Robotics and Mechanical Systems
John Reid Crashworthiness of Vehicles; Roadside Safety; Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
Brian Robertson Magnetic and Electronic Thin Films; Nanoscale Wires and Devices
George Schade Automatic Control and Stability; Probabilistic Design
Jeffrey Shield Microstructural Development; Nanoscale Materials; Magnetic Materials; Electron Microscopy; X-ray Diffraction
Wieslaw Szydlowski Dynamics of Machinery; Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms; Computer Simulation of Mechanical Systems
C. W. Solomon To Sound and Vibration Studies; Solid and Computational Mechanics; System Dynamics and Controls
Lin Wu Microscale and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer; Nanoimprint Technology; Lubrication Theory; Nanotribology
Zhaoyan Zhang Laser Material Processing; Diesel Engine Emissions Control; Blast Wave Absorbing Structure
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