Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

MATERIEL ENGINEERINGMASTER OF ENGINEERING IN MATERIELENGINEERINGPROGRAM DIRECTORShowkat J. Chowdhury256-372-8401Showkat.chowdhury@aamu.eduGraduate FacultyProfessorsNesar U. AhmedMohammad A. AlimShowkat J. ChowdhuryZhengtao DengKaveh HeidaryGoang S. LiawPabitra K SahaMohamed A. SeifVernell Trent MontgomeryAssociate ProfessorsVenkata R. GotetiAmir MobasherXiaoqing QianAndrew R. ScottZhigang XiaoAssistant ProfessorsSudip BhattacharjeeMohamed GadallaADMISSION REQUIREMENTSApplicants for admission to the Graduate School ofAAMU must provide transcripts from each postsecondaryschool attended, as well as a transcript ofthe Graduate Record Examination (GRE).Applicants must also provide two letters ofrecommendation and submit details of anyprofessional work experience. Students from non-English speaking countries are required to have aminimum score of 500 on the Test of English as aForeign Language (TOEFL).Regular AdmissionTo be admitted with regular status to the Master ofEngineering program, an applicant must:1. Hold a bachelor’s degree in an engineeringprogram from an accredited ABET program.2. Provide evidence of an overall Grade PointAverage (GPA) of at least 3.00 on a scale of 4.00(in most cases an official transcript of allprevious academic work completed will berequired), or have passed the National Council ofExaminers for Engineering and Surveying(NCEES) Fundamentals of EngineeringExamination.3. Minimum of GRE scores of 148 on thequantitative portion and 294 on the combinedverbal and quantitative portions.ABOUT THE PROGRAMThe Departments of Civil, Electrical, and MechanicalEngineering collectively offer a graduate programleading to the Master of Engineering (M.Eng) degreein Materiel Engineering. Materiel is defined as theequipment, apparatus, and supplies used by anorganization. Materiel engineering involves thedesign, production, test and evaluation, distribution,operation and support, and ultimate disposition ofman-made equipment, apparatus, and supplies, and,as such, is highly interdisciplinary. This program isintended for individuals holding a bachelor’s degreefrom a regionally accredited institution in any area ofengineering or a closely related discipline. Thecollective program requires a minimum of 30 hoursto complete the program.Conditional AdmissionApplicants who do not meet one of above conditionsmay be admitted on a conditional basis under thefollowing conditions:1. GPA or GRE Deficiency. Persons with abachelor’s degree in engineering may receiveconditional admission provided their GPA is atleast 2.5 on all undergraduate engineeringcourses attempted. This condition also holds forindividuals with a GRE deficiency, includingthose who have not taken the GRE.2. Degrees in Other Fields. Individuals with abachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics,computer science, chemistry, or other fieldsclosely related to engineering may receiveconditional admission provided they havecompleted prescribed deficiency coursesidentified by the programmatic faculty.68