PhD degree is awarded upon successful completion of 72 credits (four electives courses (12 cr) and Dissertation (60 cr)).

Admission Requirements

• A minimum GPA of 2.50/4.00 in Bachelor’s and GPA of 3.00/4.00 in Master’s Degree
• A valid IELTS certificate (Academic version) with minimum scores of 6.0 overall and 5.5 in each skill or equivalent TOEFL iBT overall 83 and 19 in each skill (online or home edition is not accepted)
• Personal interview

Prerequisites

Admissions to the PhD in Mechanical Engineering program requires the satisfactory completion of a master's degree in mechanical engineering or other engineering disciplines.

Course Requirements

The PhD requires 36 credit hours of coursework past the Bachelor’s degree, a comprehensive qualifying exam, and a dissertation research (60 credit hours). The dissertation requirements will include a proposal, proposal defense, dissertation report, and dissertation defense. The dissertation must sufficiently document original research that makes a significant contribution to the profession. Students with a Master’s degree will receive credit for 24 hours of course work. Students entering the PhD in Mechanical Engineering Program must complete the requirements below:

• Four*/Eight** elective courses (600 level)
• Mathematics for PhD Students (non-credit)
• The Academic Advisor may request the completion of additional courses.
• Comprehensive Exam***
• Dissertation Proposal Defense****
• Teaching Internship*****
• A dissertation reviewed and approved by the committee members. The candidate will defend a dissertation in a formal manner for this committee. The dissertation requirements will include a proposal, proposal defense, dissertation report, and dissertation defense. The dissertation must sufficiently document original research that makes a significant contribution to the profession******

*Candidate with a master degree in mechanical engineering requires to complete four courses at the 600 level.
**Candidate with a master degree in other engineering discipline requires to complete eight courses at the 600 level.
***Students are required to complete their comprehensive exam after successful passing their course work no later than the end of third semester.
****Students are required to complete their oral defense of the dissertation proposal on the fourth semester.
*****Students are required to teach 2 courses on their final year
****** The dissertation defense is the final exam of the PhD in Mechanical Engineering degree.

The result of the defense will be made based on the recommendation of the committee. There are four possible results:

1. Pass: the student passes the exam and the dissertation is accepted as submitted;
2. Pass with minor revisions: the student passes the exam and the student is advised of the revisions that must be made to the text of the dissertation;
3. Pass with major revisions: the student passes the exam and the student is advised of the revisions that must be made the dissertation within six months from the date of the first defense;
4. Failure with retake: normally this means the student must do more research to complete the dissertation. The student must revise the dissertation and give another oral examination within six months from the date of the first defense
5. Failure: the student does not pass the exam, the dissertation is not accepted, the degree is not awarded, and the student is dismissed from the University.

Candidacy
Achieving candidacy is contingent upon successfully passing a qualifying examination, acceptance of a written research proposal, and successfully passing an oral defense examination.

***Electives
MEEN 6311: Advanced Fluid Mechanics	MEEN 6341: Experimental Mechanics
MEEN 6312: Advanced Heat Transfer	MEEN 6342: Mechanical Vibration
MEEN 6313: Computational Fluid Dynamics	MEEN 6343: Finite Element Analysis
MEEN 6314: Design of Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems	MEEN 6344: Digital Control Systems
MEEN 6315: Gas Turbines Technology	MEEN 6345: Advanced Systems Dynamics and Control
MEEN 6316: Thermal Power Plants	MEEN 6346: Advanced Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
MEEN 6317: Renewable Energy Technology	MEEN 6347: Mechanics of Materials
MEEN 6318: Advanced Thermodynamics	MEEN 6348: Engineering Materials
MEEN 6319: Energy Conservation	MEEN 6349: Advanced Corrosion Analysis
MEEN 6320: Advanced Turbo-Machinery	MEEN 6350: Advanced Manufacturing Processes
MEEN 6321: Desalination	MEEN 6351: Fracture Mechanics
MEEN 6323: Simulation and optimization of Mechanical Systems	MEEN 6353: Tribology
MEEN 6324: Advanced Mathematical and Numerical Methods	MEEN 6354: Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping
MEEN 6371: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering	MEEN 6355: Additive Manufacturing
MEEN 6372: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering	MEEN 6356: Advance Material Characterizations
MEEN 6373: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering	MEEN 6357: Laser Material Processing
MEEN 6374: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering	MEEN 6358: Industry 4.0 and Digital Manufacturing
MEEN 6375: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering	MEEN 6359: Polymer Engineering