Mechanical and Energy Engineering Grad Track to Ph.D.

Program Overview

It emphasizes energy-related coursework and prepares students for research and engineering careers in areas such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, and advanced materials. The program boasts expert faculty, state-of-the-art laboratories, and hands-on learning opportunities, equipping students with marketable skills and a deep understanding of mechanical and energy engineering principles.

Program Outline

on an accelerated time frame. The curriculum focuses on energy-related courses that target natural energy applications and materials.

Objectives:

• To provide students with a strong foundation in mechanical and energy engineering principles.
• To develop students' skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, and design.
• To prepare students for careers in research, development, and engineering.
• To foster students' understanding of the environmental, ethical, and societal impacts of energy technologies.

Teaching:

• The program is taught by world-class faculty members who are experts in their fields.
• Students have opportunities to conduct research with faculty members in state-of-the-art laboratories.
• The program emphasizes hands-on learning through projects and design challenges.

Careers:

• Advanced materials design
• Building energy efficiency
• Energy management and conservation
• Energy (oil, gas, and nuclear) production and distribution
• Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
• Manufacturing and product design
• Nanotechnology
• Renewable energy
• Vibration and control
• Research and Education

Other:

• The program is the first of its kind in Texas.
• Students can take a maximum of nine (9) credit hours of graduate courses while completing their BS degree.
• The program offers a Capstone Senior Design project that allows students to solve real-world issues.
• Students can conduct research with faculty members in laboratories containing the most modern equipment in the nation, including the Zero Energy Research Laboratory, the first of its kind in Texas.
• The program provides students with marketable skills such as mechanical design and development, manufacturing processes and system evaluation, team-based project management, problem-solving and troubleshooting, interdisciplinary research leadership, scholarly excellence, identifying knowledge gaps, innovative research leadership, and communication of complex problems/solutions.