Mechanical Engineering M.S.
Contact InformationDr. Michael Langerman
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Civil/Mechanical Building, Room 172
(605) 394-2408
michael.langerman@sdsmt.edu
Program Summary
Mission
The mission of the Mechanical Engineering graduate program is to provide advanced level learning in the areas of: manufacturing/control, thermo-fluid sciences, and solid mechanics.
Objectives
Through the education offered by the MS/ME program, students will learn:
- to formulate solutions to mechanical engineering problems through the use of multi-disciplinary approaches
- to be able to grow professionally and personally
- to serve their profession and community
Outcomes
Students undertaking education in MS/ME program are expected to
- expand their knowledge and understanding of methods and approaches to advancing knowledge in the basic areas of Mechanical Engineering
- formulate solutions to problems related to: solid mechanics, thermo-fluids phenomena, and manufacturing and controls.
- be able to conduct research and application development in Mechanical Engineering related areas
- become a scholar who will serve their profession and community
Program Description
The primary goals of the program are to develop the scholastic ability, independent creativity, and professional competence of an individual to a higher level than is possible in an undergraduate program.
The graduate program offers opportunities for instruction and research in manufacturing, vibrations, compliant structures, controls, experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics, composite materials, finite element analysis, advanced materials processing, micro machines, probabilistic design, transport phenomena, hydrodynamic stability, computational methods in heat transfer and fluid mechanics, multiphase thermal-hydraulic systems, and geothermal energy systems.
The graduate program features courses in continuum mechanics, advanced mechanical vibrations, advanced mechanical system control, statistical approaches to reliability, advanced solid mechanics, integrated manufacturing systems, robotics, applied intelligent control, theory of materials behavior, composite materials, and computational methods in transport phenomena.
