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Mechanical Engineering, MSE

(Concentration: Thesis Track)

The mission of the Mechanical Engineering Department is to educate students to be engineers in the twenty-first century in the United States and in the world. This mission includes educating new engineering students and updating the knowledge of practicing engineers. Traditional mechanical engineering fields are emphasized, but opportunities exist for non-traditional and interdisciplinary fields of study consistent with department, college, and university faculty areas of expertise.

Campus Location:
Main Campus

Students are able to complete the degree program through classes offered after 4:30 p.m. Students able to complete the degree program on a part-time basis (8 credit hours or less per semester).

Department Information
Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Temple University, 1947 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA19122
vross@astro.temple.edu
215-204-7808

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Accreditation:
False

Areas of Specialization:
The mechanical engineering department offers research concentrations in Bioengineering, Manufacturing and Materials Processing, and Thermal and Fluid Sciences. The Bioengineering concentration covers biomaterials, biomechanics, biotransport, instrumentation, prosthesis and tissue engineering. The Manufacturing and Materials Processing concentration specializes in machine-tool design, failure and fracture mechanics, reliability, rapid prototyping, solidification, finite element analysis, CAD/CAM, and mechatronics. The Thermal and Fluid Sciences area addresses combustion, heat transfer enhancement, thermal control in microelectronics, flow diagnosis, computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, and cardiovascular flow.

Job Placement:
Graduates with an MSE in Mechanical Engineering are employed in high tech industries as well as government labs in design, analysis, and applications. Typical examples are various manufacturing companies, companies involved in research and development in fluid flow and heat transfer, computer aided design and manufacturing, and computer technology. Students who complete an MSE with a thesis are also prepared to enter into a doctoral program.

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Interdisciplinary Study :
The program encourages interdisciplinary research with other branches of engineering as well as various science departments and applied mathematics. Recent collaborative research with faculty and students of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering includes investigation of heat dissipation on microchips. Bioengineering research has led to collaborations with Dental and Medical Schools of Temple. Faculty are also collaborating with Civil Engineering in water turbulence studies. There is also collaboration with the Physics Department in nanotechnology research.

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Licensure:
False

Non-degree Student Policy:
Non-matriculated students can take up to 9 s.h. of graduate level courses. If accepted to the MSE program, those courses (with grades B or above) may be applied toward the MSE degree requirements. Students who complete 9 s.h. courses in good standing may request waiver of GRE, which is usually required for admission to the MSE program.