Microsystems Track
A total of 30 hours are required for the M.S. degree. At least 18 must be in MCEN courses, or 15 must be in MCEN courses with 6 MCEN thesis hours.
In addition to the coursework for each track, M.S. students are required to take two semesters of Graduate Seminar, MCEN 5027. This class is pass/fail and is attendance based. It does NOT count towards the 30 credit hours required for the degree. Attendance is required at 2/3 of the seminars for a passing grade.
Core Courses (15 hours)
MCEN 5020 Methods of Eng Anal. (3)
MCEN 5636 MEMS I (3)
MCEN 5248 MEMS II (3)
Choose two of the following three:
MCEN 5023 Solid Mechanics (3)
MCEN 5021 Fluid Mechanics (3)
MCEN 5204 Materials Chemistry & Structure (3)
Enrichment Courses (3 hours from the list below)
Some courses may have prerequisites. Additional
courses may be approved on a petition basis.
MCEN 5023 Solid Mechanics (if not taken in the
core)
MCEN 5021 Fluid Mechanics (if not taken in the
core)
MCEN 5024 Materials Chemistry & Structure (if
not taken in the core)
MCEN 5173 Finite Element Analysis (can be ASEN
5007, or CVEN 5511)
MCEN 5166 Electronics Packaging
MCEN 5042 Heat Transfer
ASEN 5022 Dynamics of Aerospace Structures
ASEN 5519 Vibration in Mechanics/Physics
ASEN 5519 Modeling and Simulation of Microfluidic
Systems
MCEN 5125 Optimal Design or ASEN 5519 Design Optimization
ECEN 5375 Microctructures Laboratory
MCEN 5183 Mechanics of Composites
MCEN 4228 Mechanical Failure of Materials
MCEN 5115 Mechatronics & Robotics
MCEN 6228 Microscale Heat Transfer
MCEN 5228 Bio/Micro/Nano
MCEN 5228 Microsystems Integration
Elective Courses (12 hours)
Thesis Requirements (Optional) (These 9 hours would replace 9 hours of elective courses above)
MCEN 5208 Intro to Research (3)
MCEN 6959 Masters Thesis (3)
MCEN 6959 Masters Thesis (3)