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Stanford Bulletin, Archive 2008-09
Stanford Bulletin, Archive 2008-09
Graduate Programs in Mechanical Engineering
ADMISSION AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
To be eligible for admission to the department, a student must have a B.S. degree in engineering, physics, or a comparable science program. To apply for the Ph.D. degree, applicants must have already completed an M.S. degree. Applications for Ph.D. and HCP (Honors Co-op) programs are accepted throughout the year. M.S. applications for fellowship aid must be received by the first Tuesday in December. The department annually awards, on a competitive basis, a limited number of fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships to incoming graduate students. Research assistantships are used primarily for post-master's degree students and are awarded by individual faculty research supervisors, not by the department.
Mechanical engineering is a varied profession, ranging from primarily aesthetic aspects of design to highly technical scientific research. Disciplinary areas of interest to mechanical engineers include biomechanics, energy conversion, fluid mechanics, materials, nuclear reactor engineering, propulsion, rigid and elastic body mechanics, systems engineering, scientific computing, and thermodynamics, to name a few. No mechanical engineer is expected to have a mastery of the entire spectrum.
A master's degree program leading to the M.S. is offered in Mechanical Engineering, and a master's degree program leading to the M.S. is offered in Engineering with a choice of the following fields of study: Biomechanical Engineering, Product Design, and an individually designed major. Fields of study are declared on Axess.
POST-MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS
The department offers two post-master's degrees: Engineer and Doctor of Philosophy. Post-master's research generally requires some evidence that a student has research potential before a faculty member agrees to supervision and a research assistantship appointment. It is most efficient to carry out preliminary research during the M.S. degree program, if interested in a post-master's degree.
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