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Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering MS Program(test)

The program offers several broad areas of specialization. These include Design and Control; Fluid Mechanics; Mechanics of Solids, Materials and Structures; and Thermal Sciences. The Master’s program, however, allows and encourages a student to include in their program of study related courses from any of the areas of specialization and also relevant courses offered by other programs within the Graduate School.

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at a Glance

Top
50
Graduate Engineering Programs in the nation

U.S. News & World Report

30+
Internationally renowned faculty members in residence
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Research Directions

Design and Control; Solid Mechanics, Materials and Structures; Fluid Mechanics; and Thermal Sciences

Diverse Student Body

Aerospace

• Aerospace structures • Space situational awareness • Lunar structures • Aerial micro vehicles • Design optimization • Unmanned aerial systems

Biomechanics

• Biomechanics of the eye • Cellular mechanics • Blood flow modeling • Biological fluid mechanics • Mechanics of degenerative diseases • Mechanobiology of fibrous tissues

Dynamics & Control

• Vehicle dynamics • Probabilistic mechanics • Dynamics and control of aero/space systems

Energy Systems

• Energy management • Renewable energy systems • Hybrid energy systems and power engineering

Fluid & Thermal Science

• Hypersonic aerothermodynamics • Fluid-structure interaction • Heat transfer • Complex fluids • Combustion • Microfluidics and fluidic devices • Computational & experimental fluid dynamics

Materials

• Computational materials science • Soft materials • Metamaterials • Materials processing • Multiscale modeling, foundations of field theories and mathematics of materials

Manufacturing

• Pharmaceutical manufacturing • Micro/nano/additive manufacturing and fabrication

Nanotechnology

• Nanomaterials synthesis • Nanofabrication • Scalable nanomanufacturing • Micro/nano mechanics

Robotics

• Human-robot interactions • Rehabilitation and assistive robotics • Autonomous vehicles and robots

Tom Matlock

Research Center

Center for Computational Design

The Center for Computational Design operates two Linux clusters and one Linux server. The first cluster (prigogine) comprises 48 cores (2.4 GHz AMD Opteron) with 48 GByte RAM. The second cluster (tupolev) comprises 48 cores (2.4 GHZ AMD Opteron) with 24 GByte RAM. The operating system is Debian Linux. The Linux server (zhukovsky) comprises 32 cores (AMD) and 64 GByte RAM with three NVIDIA Tesla C2075 GPU units. The operating system is Ubuntu Linux. Available software includes CFX, ICEMCFD, modeFRONTIER and TECPLOT.

Director: Doyle D. Knight

Enginineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS)

The Engineering Research Center for Structure Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS) brings together a cross-disciplinary team of engineers and scientists, as well as industry leaders, to improve the way pharmaceuticals, foods and agricultural products are manufactured. C-SOPS will focus on advancing the scientific foundation for the optimal design of SOPS with advanced functionality while developing the methodologies for their active control and manufacturing. Joining Rutgers University in the Center are Purdue University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, schools with established teaching and research programs in engineering, pharmaceutical sciences and technology.

Associate Director: Alberto Cuitiño

 

ECE Capstone

Career Success

Our graduates are leaders in industry at companies such as:

- Bell Helicopters

- Boeing

- Corning

- Johnson & Johnson

- Lockheed Martin

- Merck

- Scaled Composites

- Schlumberger

- Thermo-Fisher

- U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

- Federal Aviation Administration

- General Dynamics Electric Boat

- HoneyBee Robotics

 

Four students collaborating in lab

Admission & Application

 

Find the admission requirement, deadline, step-by-step application guidelines, and start your application here!

Admission Requirements

Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related field of engineering, science or mathematics.

Requirements: GRE general exam, personal statement, official transcripts, and three letters of recommendation. TOEFL or IELTS is required for international students whose undergraduate education was completed in a non-English speaking country.

Application Deadline

Application deadline:

January 10 for Fall Admission

November 1 for Spring Admission

Application Guidelines

Check the step-by-step application guidelines here.

While applying, you can always save what you have entered and come back later to finish your application.

Q&A

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