Program Background

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Program Background

• Part-Time Master of Science in Engineering
  Program (PT MSE) was created in 1999 within the
  scope of the existing MSE degree
• The Project option of MSE degree is used as the
  template for the PT MSE
• The program started with 14 students
• It was administered by the office of the
  associate dean for graduate studies

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Program Purpose

• Response to the needs of corporations for a
  practical MS degree that is specifically designed
  for technical professionals
• Cross-disciplinary program that combines study in
  business management and engineering
• Builds management skills while sharpening
  students technical capabilities
• Alternative to traditional MBA or
  research-oriented technical MS degree

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Current Status

• Still based on the Colleges MSE program
• Its curricular support is provided by all
  departments of the College of Engineering
• Engineering Technology Department administers the
  program for the College
• As is the case for all graduate programs,
  oversight by the associate dean for graduate
  studies

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Admission Requirements

• Applicants must have a bachelors degree in
  engineering, engineering technology, or in one of
  the mathematical, physical, or biological
  sciences
• Students entering the program will be required to
  have at least
• Calculus, through Ordinary Differential Equations
  (3 semesters)
• Physics (2 semesters)
• Chemistry and/or Engineering Materials (1
  semester)
• and any three courses out of six
• Statics, Dynamics, Electronics, Circuits, Fluid
  Mechanics, Thermodynamics
• Applicants must be employed or have full-time
  work experience in private industry, government,
  or non-profit organizations
• Domestic students whose undergraduate GPA is
  below 2.7 need to register and take the GRE.

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Student Academic Background

• 65 are UT graduates
• 12 other universities are represented
• 57 are from Engineering programs
• 36 are from Engineering Technology programs
• 7 from related programs
• BS degrees awarded from as far back as 1967

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Program Structure

• 30 semester hours required
• 9 semester hours Engineering Core Courses
• 9 semester hours Business Core Courses
• 6 semester hours Engineering Electives in the
  area of students concentration
• 6 semester hours work-related project
• Some courses are available online
• Industry sponsorship for projects

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Curriculum

• Engineering Core Courses
• CHEE 6700 Management of Projects and
  Technological Innovation
• MIME 5500 Applications of Engineering Analysis
• ENGT 6980 Applied Probability and Statistics in
  Engineering and Management Science
• Business Core Courses
• ACCT 5000 Introduction to Financial and
  Managerial Accounting
• BLAW 6100 Business, Government and Society
• OPMT 5520 Analysis of Manufacturing and Service
  Systems

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Engineering Electives Sequence

• The Engineering Electives Sequence includes
• 2 courses in a specific area of engineering
• such as
• Materials
• CHEE 6100 Engineering Material Science and
  Applications
• CHEE 5800 Polymer Science and Engineering
• CHEE 5850 Properties of Polymer Systems

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Engineering Electives Sequence

• Environmental Engineering
• CHEE 6980 Green Engineering
• CHEE 5160 Industrial Waste Treatment
• CIVE 6630 Dispersion and Risk Modeling
• CIVE 5630 Indoor Air Quality
• CIVE 5650 Industrial Ventilation

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Engineering Electives Sequence

• Computer Aided Engineering
• ENGT 6980 Practical FEA (ANSYS)
• ENGT 6980 Computerized Heat Transfer (ANSYS)
• ENGT 6980 Computations of Thermal and Fluid
  Systems (Star CD)
• ENGT 6980 Computerized Machine Design
• ENGT 6980 Principles and Applications of CAD/CAM
  (Pro/Engineer)

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Engineering Electives Sequence

• Electrical Engineering/Computer Science
• ENGT 6980 Object Oriented Analysis and Design
• ENGT 6980 Unified Modeling Language
• ENGT 6980 Advanced Programmable Logic Devices
• ENGT 6980 Testing Digital Circuits

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Engineering Electives Sequence

• If students interest lies beyond mentioned areas
  of engineering the specific sequence may be
  created
• Graduate offerings in all departments of the
  College of Engineering are eligible for selection
  as engineering elective courses

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Project Requirement

• The six-credit work-related project is
  accomplished in coordination with the student's
  employer and utilizes the skills gained in the
  program.
• Students not currently employed can undertake an
  industry-sponsored project.
• The faculty supervisor can be from any department
  in the College of Engineering.

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Recent Projects

• Reducing Variation in a Structural Support
  Assembly , M. Faught, Whirlpool Corp, Advisor
  Dr. Olson, Summer 2002
• Laundry Technologies and Innovations , S.
  Ahmed, Whirlpool Corp, Advisor Dr. Abraham,
  Summer 2002
• Error Proofing Systems for the Fascia X Program
  , K. Wickenheiser, Norplas Industries, Advisor
  Dr. Dismukes, Spring 2004

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Benefits to the College

• Tuition-paying students (companies usually pay
  tuition)
• Increased enrollment of domestic students for the
  college
• 98 of current students are domestic
• Allows other departments to focus on
  research-oriented students

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Benefits to the Community

• This is an important program for the College,
  particularly in light of the President's mission
  to be engaged with the community
• Increase the technically educated workforce for
  local corporations and businesses