Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering

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http://www.engr.utk.edu/mabe/

Matthew M. Mench, Head
Kivanc Ekici, Director of Graduate Studies for Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering
Eric T. Boder, Director of Graduate Studies for Biomedical Engineering

Professors
Arimilli, R.V., PhD – Virginia Tech
Babu, S.S. (Governor’s Chair Professor), PhD – Cambridge (UK)
Frankel, J.I., PhD – Virginia Tech
Hamel, W.R., PhD – Tennessee
Johnson, J.A. (UTSI), PhD – University of Liverpool (UK)
Keyhani, M., PhD – Ohio State
Kihm, K.D., PhD – Stanford
Komistek, R.D., PhD – Memphis
Mahfouz, M.R., PhD – Colorado School of Mines
Mench, M.M. (Condra Chair of Excellence Professor), PhD – Penn State
Parang, M. (Associate Dean), PhD, PE – Oklahoma
Parsons, J.R., PhD, PE – North Carolina State
Schmisseur, J.D. (H.H. Arnold Chair of Excellence, UTSI), PhD – Purdue
Smith, G.V., PhD, PE – Penn State
Vaidya, U., (Governor’s Chair Professor), PhD, – Auburn
Vakili, A. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee

Associate Professors
Anusoni-Inthra, P. (UTSI), PhD – Penn State
Boulet, J.A.M., PhD – Stanford
Brooks, S. (UTSI), PhD – Catholic University of America 
DeSmidt, H.A., PhD – Penn State
Ekici, K., PhD – Purdue
He, W., PhD – Connecticut
Madhukar, M.S., PhD – Pennsylvania (Drexel)
Nguyen, K., PhD – Colorado
Pionke, C.D., PhD, PE – Georgia Tech
Tan, J., PhD – Michigan State
Zhang, F.Y. (UTSI), PhD – Nagoya (Japan)
Zhang, Z., PhD – Princeton
Zhao, X., PhD – Virginia Tech

Assistant Professors
Abedi, R. (UTSI), PhD – Illinois
Chakraborty, S., PhD – Penn State
Ferdous, Z., PhD – Texas (Rice)
Hu, A., PhD – Waterloo (Canada)  
Moeller, T. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee
Mukherjee, D., PhD – Minnesota
Reinbolt, J.A., PhD – Florida
Rucker, D. C., PhD – Vanderbilt 
Sarles, S.A., PhD – Virginia Tech
Shin, S., PhD  – Michigan
Wade, E. R., PhD – MIT

Clinical Associate Professors
Lyne, J.E., MD, PhD – North Carolina State
Solies, U.P., PhD – Tennessee 

Assistant Professor of Practice
Young, M.A., PhD – Tennessee

Senior Lecturers
Barker, J.M., PhD – Clemson
Bond, R.E., PhD – West Virginia
Sharpe, L.W., PhD – South Carolina

Emeriti Faculty
Baker, A.J., PhD, PE – New York
Carley, T.G., PhD, PE – Illinois
Caruthers, J. (UTSI), PhD – Georgia Tech
Collins, F. (UTSI), PhD – UC Berkeley
Crawford, R. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee
Dareing, D.W., PhD, PE – Illinois
Engels, R. (UTSI), PhD – Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Flandro, G.A. (UTSI), PhD – California Institute of Technology
Forrester, J.H., PhD, PE – Iowa State
Hodgson, J., PhD, PE – Georgia Tech
Johnson, W.S., PhD, PE – Clemson
Keefer, D. (UTSI), PhD – Florida
Kim, K.H., PhD – North Carolina State
Landes, J.D., PhD, PE – Lehigh
Mathews, A., PhD, PE – Illinois
Milligan, M.W., PhD, PE – Tennessee
Peters, C. (UTSI), PhD – University of Brussels
Schulz, R.J. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee
Shannon, T.E., PhD, PE – Tennessee
Snyder, W.T., PhD – Northwestern
Soliman, O., PhD, PE – Tennessee
Wasserman, J.F., PhD, PE – Cincinnati
Wu, J-M (UTSI), PhD – California Institute of Technology
Wu, S. (UTSI), PhD – California Institute of Technology

Important Note: Not all Aerospace Engineering or Mechanical Engineering courses are available at both the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and UTSI campuses.

Graduate programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy are available with majors in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and biomedical engineering.

In mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering, entrance into the Master of Science program is available to qualified graduates of recognized undergraduate curricula in mechanical or aerospace engineering and to qualified graduates of other curricula who satisfy the necessary prerequisites. Admission into the doctoral program will be granted to those applicants who have demonstrated superior achievement in their engineering backgrounds. The general GRE is required of all applicants for admission. Changing from one of these programs to another requires departmental approval. Each applicant is advised as to any prerequisite courses before entering a program. Each student must satisfactorily complete a program of study that has been approved by his/her advisory committee and complies with the requirements of the Graduate Council.

Entrance into the graduate program in biomedical engineering is available to graduates of recognized curricula in engineering, mathematics, or one of the physical sciences who satisfy the necessary prerequisites. The names and addresses of three references must be included with the program application. The general GRE is required of all applicants for admission.

Each student must satisfactorily complete a program of study that has been approved by his/her advisory committee and complies with the requirements of the Graduate Council.

FIVE-YEAR BS-MS PROGRAM  

The department offers a 5 year BS-MS program for qualified students. The primary component of the program is that qualified students may take up to 9 hours of approved graduate courses for their senior undergraduate electives and have them count toward both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Tennessee. This program is designed for students attending the University of Tennessee for their Master of Science degree because other universities may not accept these courses for graduate credit since they were used to satisfy requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree.

Significant components of the program are:

• Students must have an overall GPA of at least 3.4 to be admitted to the program. Conditional admission may be granted after completing 64 hours of required course work while full admission is granted after completing 96 hours of required course work with a minimum overall GPA of 3.4 in required course work.
• Students must at least have conditional admission before taking graduate courses for both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees. All courses taken for graduate credit must be approved by the departmental chair of the program. Students admitted to the program must request permission from the Graduate School to take approved courses for graduate credit. Students admitted to the program must also follow the normal procedure for admission to the Graduate School.
• Admission of students into this program must be approved by the department and the Graduate School.
• Students will not be eligible for graduate assistantships until they are admitted to Graduate School.

Graduate Credit for Undergraduate Courses

Students majoring in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering or biomedical engineering may not normally use more than one 400-level engineering course to meet their advanced degree requirements. Undergraduate courses that are required for the bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering may not be taken for graduate credit by graduate students in mechanical engineering. Undergraduate courses that are required for the bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering may not be taken for graduate credit by graduate students in aerospace engineering. Undergraduate courses that are required for the bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering may not be taken for graduate credit by graduate students in biomedical engineering. For students majoring in engineering science, 400-level graduate courses in engineering may be used to meet requirements at the discretion of the advising committee. However, at least two-thirds of the minimum required hours in a master’s degree program must be at or above the 500-level. With the approval of the student’s major department, a student whose major is outside the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering may take 400-level graduate courses in the department. Such students should consult with instructors regarding prerequisites for undergraduate courses.

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