Graduate School - The University of Akron

College ofEngineeringIrving F Miller, Ph.D., DeanMax S. Willis, Ph.D., Associate Dean,ReseardJ and Graduate StudiesPaul C. Lam, Ph.D., Associate Dean,Undergraduate Studies and M!rwrity AffairsDeanna Dunn, Coordinator of Engineering CooperativeEducation ProgramDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY INENGINEERING DEGREEThe Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering is an interdisciplinary doctoral programoffered on a collegiate basis.Admission RequirementsApplicants for the Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering must hold a bachelor'sdegree from a program that is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commissionof the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology at the time ofgraduation, or provide satisfactory evidence of an equivalent academic backgroundto the Dean of the College of Engineering.Applicants with a master of science degree must provide satisfactory evidence ofan equivalent engineering baccalaureate background to the Dean of the Collegeof Engineering.Applicants must submit off1cial undergraduate transcripts, undergraduate gradepoint average, at least two letters of recommendation, and official results of theverbal, quantitative, and analytical portions of the GRE. Personal statements ordescriptions of post-baccalaureate experience that provide a rationale for the proposedgraduate study may also be submitted.Applicants with a bachelor's degree must have a cumulative grade-point averageof at least 3.0/4.0Applicants with a master's degree must have a cumulative graduate grade pointaverage of at least 3.5/4.0.Applicants whose native language is not English must have a TOEFL score of atleast 550, and also must submit their score on the Test of Written English.Applicants not satisfying the requirements for Full Admission may be classifiedeither as a Provisional Admission or as a Deferred Admission.Applicants with a bachelor's degree or a master's degree in a discipline other thanengineering shall have completed undergraduate coursework in calculus, differentialequations, have one year of classical physics, and must select and completeat least 24 credits of undergraduate coursework of which 18 credits must be fromone of the four undergraduate engineering disciplines listed below. The remaining6 credits may be from among the four disciplines listed below. These undergraduateengineering courses may be taken prior to graduate admission, or concurrentlyif the student has Full Admission or Provisional Admission, and is enrolledfor at least 9 graduate credits.Chemical Engineering4200 325 Equli1bnum ThermodynamiCS4200:321 Transport Phenomena I4200:322 Transport Phenomena II4200:330 Chemical Reaction Eng1neenng4200:351 Fluid and Thermal Operations4200:353 Mass Transfer Operations4200:435 Process Analysis and Control4200:441 Process Econom1cs and Des1gnTotalCivil Engineering4300:306 Theory of Structures4300.313 So1l Mechanics4600:310 Fluid Mechanics4300:323 Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal4300.341 Hydraulic Engineering4300:361 Transportation Engineering4300:401 Steel Des1gn4300:403 Reinforced Concrete DesignTotalElectrical Engineering4400:360 Physical ElectroniCS4400:361 Electronic Design4400·363 Switching and Logic4400:334 Energy Conversion I4400:335 Energy Convers1on Lab43333334263334333325344324400:4454400:5534400:572Analog CommunicationsAntenna TheoryControl Systems IITotalMechanical Engineering4600:300 Thermodynamics I4600:301 Thermodynamics II4600:310 Flu1d Mechanics4600:315 Heat Transfer4600:336 Analysis of Mechanical Components4600:340 Systems Dynam1cs and Response4600:330 Mechanical Metallurgy4600:531 Fundamentals of Mechanical Vibrations4600:541 Control System DesignTotalDegree RequirementsGraduate Studies 41The University's Academic Requirements (See Academic Requirements in thisGraduate Bulletin) for the Doctoral Degree and the following College of Engineering'sacademic requirements for the Doctoral Degree must be satisfied.• Pass a departmental Qualifying Examination. The purpose of the qualifyingexamination is to determine admissibility to the doctoral program and any technicalweakness.• Identify an interdisciplinary field of study, a dissertation director, and an InterdisciplinaryDoctoral Committee before completion of 18 credits of coursework.• Complete a formal Plan of Study that is acceptable to the Interdisciplinary DoctoralCommittee. The plan of study must have at least 48 credits of coursework,of which 42 credits must be at the 600 and 700 level and of which 6 credits maybe special topics or 400/500 level courses. At least 24 of these course creditsmust be completed at The University of Akron. The minimum total credit hoursfor the doctoral program is 96 credit hours.• Satisfy the language requirement specified by the Interdisciplinary DoctoralCommittee.• Pass a Candidacy Examination. The purpose of the candidacy examination is totest the student's ability to conduct independent research.• Present an acceptable Dissertation Proposal that describes the proposedresearch to the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Committee.• Present and successfully (no "fail" votes) defend the dissertation to the InterdisciplinaryDoctoral Committee.A copy of the Ph.D. in Engineering Program Procedures may be obtained from theoffice of the Dean of the College of Engineering.Interdisciplinary Fields of StudyThe proposal to establish a doctoral program in the College of Engineering, whichwas approved by the Board of Trustees of The University of Akron and the OhioBoard of Regents in 1967-BB, defines the four undergraduate departments, Chemical,Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical, as the basic disciplines for the interdisciplinaryprograms in Environmental Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanics,Systems Engineering, and Transport Processes. The objectives of the proposalwere to 1) allow doctoral students access to the infrastructure resources of theentire college, 2) reduce administrative costs, and 3) permit the interdisciplinaryprograms to adapt to the changing research and funding environment. Since theapproval of the proposal, the interdisciplinary areas have expanded from the originalfive programs to ten interdisciplinary programs. These interdisciplinary programsare broadly defined as follows.Environmental Engineering includes the study of water and air pollution, environmentalhealth, chemical disposal, waste management, noise control,resource engineering, and appropriate fields of urban planning.Mechamcs includes the theoretical and experimental study of the stresses,strains, and endurance of structures, machines and various materials, mechanicsof solids, fluids, solid, and composite materials.Systems Engineering include the scientific prediction, control, and evaluation ofthe performance of integrated operational systems, and interaction effectsamong the components of engineering systems. It includes system analysisand design, operations research, linear and dynamic programming.Materials Science studies the materials from the physical, chemical, and engineeringstandpoints. Its purpose is to develop a better understanding of thecomposition, properties, and performance of various materials, and to developnew materials, manufacturing methods, and applications.Transport Processes include the theoretical and experimental study of the transferof mass, energy, and power, as related to engineering systems and processes.Biomedical Engineering studies the theoretical and experimental application ofengineering principles to biomedical problems. Some typical areas of interestare signal and image processing, biomechanics, and biomaterials.3342643333323327