Thermal Fluids

Program Requirements:

Students should plan a program of study in consultation with a faculty advisor. The program of study should be finalized by the time the student completes nine (9) semester credit hours of graduate study.

The following requirements must be met for the Master of Science in Engineering degree:

Completion of 30 graduate credit hours in courses that have prior approval by an engineering graduate advisor.
At least 24 of the 30 graduate credit hours must be in engineering or computer engineering courses, and at least 18 of these must be engineering courses.
At least 18 of above 24 credit hours must be courses numbered above 7000.
The program of study must include MTH 5040 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics .
Students must choose either a thesis option or advanced course work option. For students choosing the thesis option, nine (9) credit hours of ME 7950 - Thesis are required and will count toward the degree requirements outlined above in item #s 2 and 3. Students employed as teaching or research assistants through the School of Graduate Studies at any time during their degree candidacy must choose the thesis option.
Students who elect the non-thesis option must take graduate courses at the 7000 level from an approved list to replace thesis credits. Students have the option of taking up to three (3) credits of independent study ME 7990 .

Dept Core and Electives

I. Core Courses

Thermofluids: 9 Hours

Must choose three (3) courses from the list below:

ME 7300 - Advanced Fluid Dynamics Credit Hour(s): 3
ME 7330 - Convective Heat & Mass Transfer Credit Hour(s): 3
ME 7340 - Computational Fluid Dynamics Credit Hour(s): 3
ME 7500 - Advanced Thermodynamics Credit Hour(s): 3
ME 7520 - Hydrogen Energy Credit Hour(s): 3
ME 7550 - Photovoltaics Credit Hour(s): 3

II. Math Course: 3 Hours

MTH 6050 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics Credit Hour(s): 3

III. Elective Courses: 9 Hours

Elective courses at the graduate level

IV. Thesis or Non-Thesis Option: 9 Hours

Thesis Option

ME 7950 - Thesis Credit Hour(s): 1 to 12

Non-Thesis Option

Additional 7000 level courses

Note(s):

Students who elect to do the non-thesis option must take graduate courses at the 7000 level from an approved list to replace thesis credits. Students have the option of taking up to three (3) credits of independent study ME 7990 .

Total: 30 Hours

Research/Areas of Expertise:

Research in mechanical engineering spans several exciting areas. There is a large program in design optimization addressing large structures, die shapes, flight trajectories, and other applications. Work is also being done in structural dynamics areas including vehicle suspensions and turbine blades. Mechanical design studies include the characterization of carbon-carbon composites. Fluid dynamics research is being conducted both experimentally and via computer computation (CFD). Projects include study of flows in turbine engines and reciprocating compressors. There is also a large thermal science program in the analysis and application of heat pipes and related devices.

Research at Wright State is not limited to the laboratory facilities on campus. Several industrial companies, laboratories, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are involved in joint research efforts with the university and have unique facilities that are available for faculty and graduate research.

Graduate students have access to a wide range of modern facilities including classrooms, laboratories, and computer systems interconnected by local and wide area communication networks. Computational facilities include numerous PC clusters, workstations, X-windowing terminals and personal computers.