Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.)

The Mechanical Engineering program permits students to deeply explore engineering design and analysis. The interdisciplinary nature of the program provides students with an opportunity to work on exciting research areas at the leading edge of technology. This program includes focus areas in Bioengineering, Mechanics, Materials, Nanotechnology, Devices, and Systems Engineering.

Program Options

The Master’s Program requires 30 credit hours of 500 level or high courses, outlined below. The program offers two tracks.

Thesis Track (Track I)

The thesis track is a popular option for full-time students pursuing a master’s degree. In this track, students are expected to submit a thesis documenting research conducted while working for a department faculty member. Often, funding is available and must be negotiated directly with a faculty sponsor. To graduate, a student must complete:

Required Courses (9 cr) + Specialization Courses (12 cr) + Thesis Research (9 cr)

Examples of recent MS thesis work from Rowan’s ME Department: 

• The impact of patient-specific vascular structure on localized cooling in the human heart
  Author: Nathan Paul Spangenberg
• Initial development of a prototype sensor testbed for fetal monitoring
  Author: Christian Beauvais
• Functional porous polydimethlysiloxane as piezoresistive and piezoelectric materials
  Author: Taissa Rose Michel
• A study of catalytic microcombustion for a portable power supply device
  Author: Bhanuprakash Reddy Guggilla
• Efficacy of eluted antibiotics in 3D printed orthopaedic implants
  Author: Mohammed Mehdi Benmassaoud
• Thermal fluid models of a hydrogel delivery system for pancreatic cancer treatment
  Author: Nesrine Bouhrira

Non-Thesis Track (Track II)

The non-thesis track is popular both among part-time students pursuing master’s degree while working a full-time job as well as many full-time students seeking to further their understanding of the discipline through graduate level coursework. In this track, students are expected to complete courses only (no thesis required). To graduate, a student must complete:

Required Courses (9 cr) + Specialization Courses (21 cr)

Program Requirements (30 cr Total)

Required Courses (9 cr)

3 credits each in:

1. an applied mathematics course
2. a business/management/economics course
3. a course with an engineering application of computers

Required Specialized Program Courses (12–21 cr)

Specialization courses will be selected with the advice of academic and/or research advisors.  A representative listing of courses can be found in the Graduate Course Catalog.

Required Thesis/Project Courses (9 cr, if Thesis Option selected)

ENGR 01599 - Masters Research and Thesis