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- All students must have a plan of study approved by their thesis
or project advisor before the end of the second quarter of full
time M.S. study (or 18 credit hours of coursework). This study
plan must be submitted to the M.E. department (to be maintained
in their folder), and the student must obtain a copy for his/her
own record.
- Category II classes must include at least one course from IIA
and IIB.
- All students are required to register and attend
ME 580 for at least 3 quarters and make 1 research/thesis presentations
before they graduate. Students must make at least one more
presentation to a research group or at a conference. The students
must also register for ME 580 in the quarter they plan to make the
presentation. Attendance will be taken, and all students must
have at least 80% attendance every quarter for 3 quarters.
- A maximum of 4 credit hours of Special Investigation (ME 589)
can be included in the course plan. Lecture classes taught
as ME 589 are exempt from this policy.
- All students are expected to follow the general program guidelines.
Students receiving tuition scholarships, and/or stipends from the
department must follow prescribed program of study and register
for appropriate courses in each quarter. Students with
a deficient background in C programming should include ET 581N in
the course plan.
- Students may get a waiver of ME 596 in consultation with their
thesis/project advisor. They must make up the 3 credit hours
by choosing appropriate courses from Category II and III.
- Courses not selected in Category I or II can be used to fulfill
requirements for Category III or elective courses.
- A thesis or project proposal must be submitted or presented to
the student’s thesis or project committee at least 3 months before
the final defense. The proposal must have a dated cover page
that is signed by the advisor. This cover page is to be submitted
to the department within a week after it is presented/submitted
to the committee.
- In case the student does not fill in the course plan, the graduate
committee will have the final authority to approve or disapprove,
or modify the student’s plan of study.
- A student must maintain a G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher in order
to graduate with the M.S. degree, in Mechanical Engineering.
If the GPA falls below 3.0, the student will be placed on probation
for a quarter. If a student does not improve his/her GPA to
3.0 during the probation quarter, the student will be dropped from
the program.
- When the student is ready to submit the thesis,
all copies of the ‘report of the oral exam’ must be given to the
graduate secretary along with a copy of thesis (signed by advisor).
The graduate chairman will not sign off on the forms before examining
the thesis for appropriate format. All students must read
and follow the thesis guidelines. These guidelines can
be obtained from the ME graduate office (contact Ms. Cibula), or
from the Students Records office. At this time, all keys and
items borrowed from department (such as Thesis copies) must be returned
to the M.E. Dept. office.
- The thesis defense scheduling form must be approved
by the advisor before it is given to the graduate chairman for signature.
- Before final submission of the thesis, students
are advised to show a copy of the thesis to the Dean’s office
to get the thesis format approved.
- The plan of study approval forms can be obtained
from Merry Cibula in Room 256 and must be submitted back to her
after all required signatures are obtained.
- Students are strongly encouraged to develop an
appropriate program of study and follow instructors’ guidelines
regarding attendance. Violation of departmental guidelines
will impact financial aid decisions. Copying or other unethical
behavior will result in the student being reported to the graduate
committee for disciplinary action.
- Special cases which do not fall within these guidelines,
or require a waiver of a guideline, will be decided upon by the
graduate committee.
- Only the graduate chairman will approve practical training visa
request forms and sign on OPT/CPT forms required by the international
students office. Students can not be approved for CPT until
the thesis or project report is submitted to the graduate committee
through the advisor. All Stocker keys and items borrowed from
department (such as Thesis copies) must be returned to the ME department
office before the CPT forms will be signed by the graduate chairman.
You are required to finish the thesis and graduate within
one year after the CPT is finished.
- The committee for a thesis option will consist of two ME faculty
and one external college representative. Students in the non-thesis
option will have a committee of two ME faculty and they must sign
up for 6 hours of ME681. The non-thesis option students can
present their project to the committee in an ME580 presentation.
- Students MUST turn in the Thesis Defense forms
to the Dean's Office, and provide a hard copy of the thesis to the
committee, at least 14 days before their defense date. (Forms can
be picked up from Ms. Cibula.)
- Students may not take any courses outside the program of study
until they have completed 7 courses from the recommended list of
courses and received committee approval for their research proposal
(all exceptions must be approved by graduate committee).
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