Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Students looking to become world-leading experts as they push the boundaries of knowledge in their field should pursue a research-based Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (PhD Thesis) degree. With the support of leading researchers, students will perform innovative and cutting-edge research, publishing their knowledge in peer-reviewed manuscripts and disseminating their findings through everything from conferences to peer-reviewed publications and technical papers. The program usually takes three years of full-time study following a master’s degree, or four years following a bachelor’s degree. PhD students are typically funded through the duration of their studies under various mechanisms offered by the faculty, department, and supervisor.

Completing this program

• Manufacturing Engineering: Topics may include computer integrated manufacturing, optimization methods with robotics, CAD/CAM/CAE and more.

• Mechanical Engineering: Topics may include combustion processes, mechanics of compressible flow, instrumentation, mobile robotics and more.

• Research Seminar: Prior to candidacy, PhD students present at the annual Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Conference.

• Additional Courses: Students without an MSc complete Numerical Methods for Engineers and/or others.

• Pipeline Engineering Specialization: Students wishing to complete the Pipeline Engineering Specialization must include 2 approved courses with a Pipeline Engineering project.

• Candidacy: Students will complete both oral and written candidacy exams.

• Thesis: Students will be required to submit and defend an original research thesis.

Specializations

• Pipeline Engineering
• Energy and Environment (Interdisciplinary)
• Environmental Engineering (Interdisciplinary)
• Energy & Environmental Systems (Interdisciplinary)

Outcomes

Consulting, research and development, forensic engineering, management, process control.

A PhD in mechanical engineering is usually considered a final degree.