School of Mechanical Engineering (Graduate)

Website URL:

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/Academics/Graduate/index.html

Department/School Head:

Head: Dr. Eckard Groll, William E. and Florence E. Perry Head of Mechanical Engineering and Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Associate Head for Graduate Studies; Dr. Nicole Key, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Contact Information

ME Graduate Office

585 Purdue Mall (Room 1003)

West Lafayette, IN 47907

(765) 494-5730

Email: MEgradoffice@purdue.edu

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/AboutUs/contact.html

School of Mechanical Engineering

Overview

Mechanical Engineering is, simply, applying engineering principles to machines that have movement. If you think that sounds all-encompassing, well, you’re right. Mechanical Engineering is the broadest of all Engineering majors, and their students can do just about anything because they have a broad understanding of the principles of physics, design, thermodynamics, and control systems.

In the job world, you can take these skills to almost any industry. Many Mechanical Engineering students end up in the automotive or manufacturing industries, but many also pursue biotech, law, renewable energy, electronics, or any number of emerging industries. NASA loves Purdue students, and many mechanical engineers find places in the aerospace and defense industries. And some ME graduates don’t go into engineering at all but use their problem-solving skills to start a business or go into sales or management. The foundational know-how of Mechanical Engineering will serve you, wherever in the world you choose to go.

Academic Programs:

Master’s Program—Thesis or Non-Thesis

Students admitted to the Master’s program can choose to complete either the thesis option or the non-thesis option. The thesis option is highly recommended because it includes conducting independent research and a publishable report or thesis. The non-thesis option allows for a more predictable completion time frame of coursework so students can more accurately plan a graduation date.

Professional Master’s Program

A full-time on-campus program blending 21 credits of technical specialties with 9 credits of management and professional development classes, offered by Purdue’s Krannert School of Management. This option is perfect for current undergrads who want a graduate degree, but still want to jump into industry quickly, or students who want a more practice-oriented engineering degree; or for busy professionals who want specialized expertise to advance in their careers.

Online Master’s Program

You can get a Master’s Degree from Purdue University Mechanical Engineering entirely online. Your course materials and lectures are accessible online any time, so you aren’t restricted by timetables. You get the same quality education from the same faculty who teach on-campus but on your schedule.

Combined Degree Program (5-Year Plan–Undergraduate Degree/Master’s Degree)

The combined BSME/MSME Program is an integrated five-year degree program in which qualified students can receive a BS and an MS in Mechanical Engineering.
The program provides a seamless transition from the BS to MS programs for Purdue students where graduate courses taken as undergraduate electives are counted toward both the BS and MS degrees, thereby reducing the overall time required for the MS degree. This program is only available at the West Lafayette campus.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Mechanical Engineering’s PhD program requires a minimum of 21 credit hours of coursework beyond the Master’s Degree. A minimum of 90 graduate course and research credit hours is required for graduation.

Direct Ph.D. Degree Program

Students with a strong performance in coursework and some research experience at the undergraduate level may be admitted to our Direct to a PhD program at the time of admission to graduate students at Purdue. Students enrolled in this program have the option of seeking a Master’s Degree “along the way” to the Ph.D.

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

Research areas include:

Acoustics
Bioengineering
Combustion
Computational Engineering
Design
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
HVAC & Refrigeration
Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanics & Vibration
Nanotechnology
Robotics
Solid Mechanics
Systems, Measurement, & Controls

Graduate Certificate

Hybrid Vehicle Systems ME Graduate Certificate is available to graduate students in good standing in the College of Engineering. The certificate program is focused on providing students a framework for gaining relevant expertise in the area of advanced hybrid vehicle systems.

Faculty

Mechanical Engineering has more than 80 faculty members, pursuing research in numerous fields. Are you interested in doing research as an undergrad? Contact a faculty member whose research interests you:

https://purdue.edu/ME/people

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor:

Anil K. Bajaj
J. Stuart Bolton
James E. Braun
Richard Buckius
Mukerrem Cakmak
Luciano Castillo
Qingyan Chen
George T. C. Chiu
Raymond J. Cipra
Patricia Davies
Shirley Dyke
Jay P. Gore
Eckhard Groll
Bumsoo Han
Stephen Heister
E. Daniel Hirleman
Greg Jensen
Nicole Key
Galen B. King
Klod Kokini
Marisol Koskowski
Charles M. Krousqrill
Kai Ming Li
Robert P. Lucht
Ajay Malshe
Peter H. Meckl
Terrence R. Meyer
Issam Mudawar
Guillermo Paniagua
Arvind Raman
Karthik Ramani
Jeffrey Rhoads
Xiulin Ruan
Farshid Sadeghi
Cagri A. Savran
Gregory M. Shaver
Yung C. Shin
Thomas Siegmund
Paul E. Sojka
Steven F. Son
Ganesh Subbarayan
John Sutherland
Pavlos Vlachos
Carl Wassgren
Steven T. Wereley
Xianfan Xu
Bin Yao
Song Zhang
Chenn Zhou

Associate Professor:

Arezpp Ardekani
Edward Berger
David Cappellen
Jun Chen
Gary Cheng
Jong Hyun Choi
Carlos Corvalan
Eugenio Culurciello
Xinyan Deng
Hector Gomez
James D. Jones
Martin Byung-Guk Jun
Matthew Krane
Guang Lin
Nina Mahmoudian
Amy Marconnet
Partha P. Mukherjee
Liang Pan
Jitesh Panchal
Gordon R. Pennock
Li Qiao
Tahira Reid Smith
Shirley Rietdyk
Mikhail Slipchenko
John M. Starkey
Athanasios Tzempelikos
Andrea Vacca
Justin Weibel
Benxin Wu
Fu Zhao

Assistant Professor:

Kartik Ariyur
Andres Arrieta
Ilias Bilionis
Adrian Buganza Tepole
Chun-Li Chang
Ivan C. Christov
Sadegh Dabiri Satari
James Gilbert
Christopher S. Goldstein
Marcial Gonzalez
Veeraraghava Raju Hasti
W. Travis Horton
Neera Jain
Chi Hwan Lee
Yangfan Liu
Aaron Morris
Dimitrios Peroul
David Piercey
Carlo Scalo
David Warsinger
Kejie Zhao

Emeritus Faculty:

David Anderson
Stephen Citron
Raymond Cohen
Suresh Garimella
Victor Goldschmidt
Keith Hawks
Joe Hoffman
Mel L’Ecuyer
Joseph Pearson
Robert Schoenhals
Werner Soedel
John Starkey
Howard Thompson
Raymond Viskanta

Programs

Doctoral

Mechanical Engineering, PHD

Master’s

Mechanical Engineering, MSME

Graduate Certificate

Courses

Mechanical Engineering

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