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PhD Mechanical Engineering (Engineering) at Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University, United States

Programme overview

Graduate programs and research facilities are available in combustion, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, energy storage, dynamic system analysis, robotics, mechanical design, energy systems, biomedical applications, and micro-nano applications. Air pollution control, automotive safety, tribology, designing for noise control and for reliability also provide many research and design opportunities.

Faculty: The Graduate School  |  Duration: 30 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: University Park, PA, United States

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Entry requirements

Applicants apply for admission to the program via the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School application for admission . To maintain a high quality program, it is important that our students are also of a caliber to succeed. As such, the admission requirements for the students enrolling in the online program will not differ from those of our resident students. Online students will only be accepted into the program with approval from the Department’s Admissions Committee. Within the Department, the ME Admissions Committee (made up of ME Graduate Faculty) will provide recommendations to the Professor-in-Charge of Graduate Studies on accepting students to the MSME degree program. It is expected that students have a Bachelor of Science degree in a suitable engineering field from a U.S.

Duration: 30 credits

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