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GRADUATEHANDBOOK

2017-2018ACADEMICYEAR

MECHANICALENGINEERINGDEPARTMENT

76LOMBMEMORIALDRIVE

KATEGLEASONCOLLEGEOFENGINEERING

ROCHESTERINSTITUTEOFTECHNOLOGY

ROCHESTERNY14623-5604

VOICE(585)475-5181

UPDATED8/2/2017

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Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................5CalendarConversion......................................................................................................................................................7MasterofScienceinMechanicalEngineeringProgramRequirements............................................................................7

Overview..............................................................................................................................................................................7

CoreMathematicsCourses(6SCHCredits).....................................................................................................................7

FocusAreacourses(9SCHCredits)..................................................................................................................................7

GraduateElectiveCourses(6sCHCredits).......................................................................................................................7

MastersThesis(6SCHcredits).........................................................................................................................................7

GraduateSeminar(0SCHcredits)....................................................................................................................................8

CourseRotation................................................................................................................................................................8

TransferofCoursesandResidencyRequirements...........................................................................................................8

AdmissionRequirementsfortheM.S.Degree.................................................................................................................8

ThesisRequirements............................................................................................................................................................9

ThesisProposal...................................................................................................................Error!Bookmarknotdefined.

ThesisOutline.................................................................................................................................................................10

M.S.ProgramofStudyForm..............................................................................................................................................11

M.S.ApplicationforDegree...............................................................................................................................................12

M.S.DegreeCompletionChecklist.....................................................................................................................................12

MasterofEngineeringinMechanicalEngineeringProgramRequirements.....................................................................14

Overview............................................................................................................................................................................14

CoreCourses(9SCHCredits)..........................................................................................................................................14

ConcentrationCourses(9SCHcredits)...........................................................................................................................14

AvailableConcentrations...........................................................................................................................................17

ElectiveCourses(12SCHCredits)...................................................................................................................................19

CapstoneRequirement(3SCHCredits).........................................................................................................................18

GraduateSeminar(0SCHcredits)..................................................................................................................................20

CourseRotation..............................................................................................................................................................20

TransferofCoursesandResidencyRequirements.........................................................................................................20

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AdmissionRequirementsfortheM.Eng.Degree...........................................................................................................20

GraduateInternshipProgram............................................................................................................................................21

GraduateInternshipGuidelines.....................................................................................................................................21

GraduateInternshipProposal........................................................................................................................................23

OptionalGraduateCooperativeEducationProgram.........................................................................................................24

WhatisGraduateCooperativeEducation?....................................................................................................................24

GraduateCooperativeEducationforInternationalStudents........................................................................................24

ImmigrationIssues.....................................................................................................................................................25

PracticalTraining........................................................................................................................................................25

CurricularPracticalTraining.......................................................................................................................................25

OptionalPracticalTraining(OPT)...............................................................................................................................25

OtherTraining............................................................................................................................................................26

WorkAfterGraduation...............................................................................................................................................26

ForMoreInformation................................................................................................................................................26

M.Eng.ProgramofStudyForm..........................................................................................................................................27

M.Eng.ApplicationforDegree...........................................................................................................................................28

M.Eng.DegreeCompletionChecklist.................................................................................................................................28

TypicalProgramsofStudyfortheM.Eng.Degree............................................................................................................27

AcademicStatus............................................................................................................................................................28

AcademicHonestyPolicy...................................................................................................................................................29

KateGleasonCollegeofEngineeringHonorPrinciple................................................................................................29

KateGleasonCollegeofEngineeringAcademicHonestyPolicy.................................................................................29

AcademicDishonesty.................................................................................................................................................30

ConsequencesofAcademicDishonesty.....................................................................................................................30

AcademicProbationRules..................................................................................................................................................30

AcademicSuspensionRules...............................................................................................................................................30

RITGradingPolicies............................................................................................................................................................31

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RITGradeDefinitions.....................................................................................................................................................31

AuditingCourses............................................................................................................................................................32

ChangingGrades............................................................................................................................................................32

WaivedCourses..............................................................................................................................................................32

RepeatingCoursestoRaiseLowGrades........................................................................................................................33

GradeExclusion..............................................................................................................................................................33

CourseWithdrawal.........................................................................................................................................................33

TransferCredit................................................................................................................................................................33

LeaveofAbsence/InstituteWithdrawal.........................................................................................................................33

LeavingcampusforMilitaryService...............................................................................................................................34

MechanicalEngineeringStudentOrganizations.............................................................................................................35MechanicalEngineeringContactInformation................................................................................................................36

MechanicalEngineeringAdvising.......................................................................................................................................36

MechanicalEngineeringStaffPointsofcontact.................................................................................................................36

MechanicalEngineeringfacultyandStaffDirectory..........................................................................................................37

AppendixA.AdvicetoGraduateStudents.....................................................................................................................39

AdjustingtoGraduateStudies...........................................................................................................................................39

GraduateStudentSupport.................................................................................................................................................40

GraduateMeritScholarship...........................................................................................................................................40

GraduateTeachingAssistantship...................................................................................................................................40

GraduateResearchAssistantship...................................................................................................................................40

HourlyEmployment.......................................................................................................................................................41

GraduateFellowships.....................................................................................................................................................41

CourseLoads......................................................................................................................................................................41

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INTRODUCTION

The Kate Gleason College of Engineering, the only engineering college in the USA named for a woman, offers Bachelors and Masters degree programs in computer, electrical, industrial, mechanical, and microelectronic engineering, as well as B.S. programs in chemical and biomedical engineering, a master’s degree in applied statistics, and a multi-disciplinary doctoral program in Microsystems engineering. The college strives to develop the critical engineering talent that our many industry partners need to thrive in today’s competitive marketplace; and, in so doing, the college provides excellent career opportunities for its students.

The Mechanical Engineering department is the largest academic department in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, with a headcount of approximately 900 students in first year through graduate programs. We offer Bachelor of Science Degrees in Mechanical Engineering, and undergraduate options in Automotive Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Energy and the Environment, and Bioengineering. At the graduate level, we offer Master of Science and Master of Engineering Degrees, and an Advanced Certificate in Vibrations Engineering. Traditionally, we have three primary tracks of enrollment for our graduate programs: dual degree students, who are working on a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree concurrently; full time Master’s degree students; and part-time Master’s degree students. Many of our graduate courses are taught in the late afternoon and early evening to accommodate our part-time students. The Mechanical Engineering department has undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at both our Rochester NY, USA campus and our Dubai, UAE campus.

The Master of Science degree program consists of two required mathematics courses, three courses in a focus area, graduate electives, and a thesis. Research is being conducted across the ME curriculum in a wide range of areas Biomedical devices, control systems, energy systems, boiling heat transfer, MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) and finite element analysis. Additional information about the research interests of our departmental faculty may be found in the faculty profiles, and at our web site. A minimum of 30 semester-credit hours are required for the M.S. degree. All M.S. students are required to defend their thesis before an examining committee. Most are encouraged by their advisor to write a paper based on their thesis for a technical conference.

The Master of Engineering degree program leads to the professional degree of Master of Engineering. The objective of the program is to provide the engineering B.S. graduate the means for earning a terminal master's degree based largely on graduate course work, and without the conventional thesis requirement of an M.S. degree. The Master of Engineering program, although rooted in Mechanical Engineering, may be significantly interdisciplinary. By design, a student's program may range over several colleges of the Institute in assembling courses which will best help him or her meet his or her professional objectives. The Master of Engineering program consists of two required mathematics courses, a concentration/focus area of three courses, graduate electives, and a culminating/capstone experience. Students working full-time as an engineering professional may be able to complete an optional industrial internship of up to 3 graduate credits. A minimum of 30 semester-credit hours are required for the M.Eng. degree.

The department has extensive computing facilities, with access to a wide variety of software packages (ANSYS, MATLAB, FLUENT, Pro-Engineer, LabView, etc.) as well as a dedicated CFD computer lab. We have many excellent experimental facilities including the Thermal Analysis Laboratory, Biomedical Device Engineering Lab, Bioengineering Lab, Particle Imaging Velocimetry Lab, Thermo-electric Lab, Advanced Materials Laboratory, the Vibrations Laboratory, the Robotics Laboratory, Measurement Instrumentation and Controls Laboratory, the Systems Laboratory, Wind Tunnel, numerous undergraduate labs, and a well-equipped machine shop. Our graduate students often work in laboratories and centers outside of the department, such as the Semi-

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Conductor Manufacturing and Fabrication Lab (SMFL clean room), the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Systems, the Brinkman CNC lab, and numerous others.

A limited number of graduate tuition scholarships are available, primarily to full time graduate students, on a competitive basis. Scholarships are based on academic merit, and students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA at all times, and be in good academic standing to be eligible for scholarships. Renewal of graduate tuition scholarships is reserved only for top performing graduate students (CGPA > 3.5) and is contingent on available funding. A number of teaching and research assistantships are available for full-time students; these are typically 20 hr/week assignments. Assistantships provide a stipend and partial tuition remission. Students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA at all times, and be in good academic standing to be eligible for assistantships.

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MASTEROFSCIENCEINMECHANICALENGINEERINGPROGRAMREQUIREMENTS

NotethatinformationpresentedinthisdocumentissupersededbyinformationpresentedintheGraduateBulletin,whichcontainsallofficialrequirementsfordegreecompletion.IntheeventofadisagreementbetweenthissummaryandtheGraduateBulletin(publishedontheRITwebsite),theGraduateBulletintakesprecedence.

OVERVIEW

TheMasterofSciencedegreeprogramconsistsoffourelementsofstudy.Theseincludethe(1)tworequiredmathematicscourses,(2)threecoursesinafocusarea,(3)aseriesofgraduateelectives,and(4)athesis.Aminimumof30semester-credithoursarerequiredfortheM.S.degree.AllM.S.studentsarerequiredtodefendtheirthesisbeforeanexaminingcommittee.MostM.S.studentspublishanarticleabouttheirresearchwiththeiradvisor.Atleast21credithoursofgraduate-levelcourseworkmustbetakenintheMechanicalEngineeringDepartment.

COREMATHEMATICSCOURSES(6SCHCREDITS)

AllgraduatestudentsintheM.S.programarerequiredtocompletethreerequiredcorecourses:

• MECE-707 EngineeringAnalysis• MECE-709 AdvancedEngineeringMathematics• MECE-795 GraduateSeminar

FOCUSAREACOURSES(9SCHCREDITS)

AllgraduatestudentsintheM.S.programmustdevelopagraduatefocusareaofstudy,withpriorapprovalfromtheiradvisorandthedepartmenthead.Thefocusareashouldconsistofatleast9creditsofgraduatestudyinmechanicalengineering,(MECE-6XXorhigher)andberelatedtothestudent’stechnicalandprofessionaldevelopmentinterests.Examplesoffocusareasincludecontrols,automotive,thermo/fluids,andmechanics-design/materials.

GRADUATEELECTIVECOURSES(9SCHCREDITS)

CoursesnumberedMECE-6XXorMECE-7XXmaybetakenforgraduateelectivecredit.Basedonthestudent’sparticularprogramneeds,heorshemay,withpriordepartmentapproval,electtotakeupto6creditsfromotherdepartmentsintheInstitute.Astudentmayearnupto3creditsbydoinganindependentstudy(MECE-799)withguidancefromamemberofthegraduatefaculty.Awrittenproposalmustbepreparedbythestudentincooperationwiththesponsoringfacultymember,andsubmittedforapprovalbythedepartmentheadpriortothecommencementofwork.

MASTERSTHESIS(6SCHCREDITS)

UponmatriculationintotheM.S.program,thestudentwillbeassignedatemporaryadvisertoassistwithschedulingthefirstsemesterofclasses.Priortotheendofthefirstsemester,thegraduatestudentshouldidentifyafacultyadviserfortheirthesis,andformulateplanofstudyinconsultationwiththeiradviserandthedepartmenthead.Notethattheadvisor/studentandtopicselectionprocessmustbeamutualone.Often,achievingagoodrelationshipbetweenthestudentandadvisor,andidentifyingameaningfultopicforstudyisakeyelementinasuccessfulMaster’sdegreeprogram.Usuallybytheendofthefirstsemester,butsometimesduringthesecondsemester,thestudentshouldcompleteaformalthesisproposalforreviewbytheadvisor.Theadvisorwillthenreviewtheproposal,andwhenitis

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readyforsubmittal,willrequestthestudenttosubmittheproposalfordepartmentalapproval.Anapprovedthesisproposalispreferredpriortoenrollingforthesiscredits.AthesisproposaltemplateisavailableandcanbesentuponrequestfromDr.Schrlau.

GRADUATESEMINAR(0SCHCREDITS)

AllfulltimeandfulltimeequivalentgraduatestudentsarerequiredtoattendtheweeklygraduateseminarsandmustregisterforMECE-795GraduateSeminareveryterm(withtheexceptionoftheSummerterms)youareconsideredafulltimeorafulltimeequivalentgraduatestudent,regardlessifyouenrolledinMECE-795GraduateSeminarinthepast.ThisincludesALLstudentsenrolledinthedual-degreeprogramandALLfulltimeorfulltimeequivalentgraduatestudents.Dual-degreeorgraduatestudentswhoareonfulltimecoop/internshiporareconsideredpart-timestudentsduringtheFallorSpringtermsareexemptfromenrollinginGraduateseminar.IfyouhaveacourseconflictthetimeGraduateseminarisofferedyoumustenrollintheonlineversionofGraduateseminar.IfyouhaveanydoubtsconcerningifyouarerequiredtoenrollforGraduateseminarpleasecontactDr.Schrlau.IfyoudonotenrollinGraduateseminar,withoutanexcusedexemption,youwillberequiredtomakeupthetermyoumissedbyviewingtheseminarsonlineandwritingaminimum30pageoverviewreportofthetermseminarsyoumissed.Also,missingGraduateseminarmayresultplacingyourselfinjeopardyofeithernotfulfillingyougraduaterequirementsordelayingyourgraduation.

COURSEROTATION

Thecorecoursesareofferedeveryyear,whichenablesastudenttofulfillthecorerequirementsinoneacademicyear.Theelectivecoursesaregenerallygivenatleasteveryotheryear.Forfurtherinformationoncurrentcourseofferings,thestudentmaylookattheon-linescheduleofclasses,sis.rit.edu)whichgenerallypostscoursesuptooneyearinadvance.

TRANSFEROFCOURSESANDRESIDENCYREQUIREMENTS

AmaximumofsixsemestercreditswithagradeofBorbettermaybetransferredfromgraduatecoursestakenoutsidetheInstituteprovidedsuchcourseswillcomplementastudent’sproposedgraduateM.S.programintheMechanicalEngineeringdepartment.

ADMISSIONREQUIREMENTSFORTHEM.S.DEGREE

ABachelorofSciencedegreeinengineeringorscienceisrequired.WenormallylookforanundergraduateB.S.M.E.degreefromanABETaccreditedengineeringprogramwithaGPAofatleast3.0ona4.0scaletobeconsideredforfulladmissionintotheM.S.program.StudentsarerequiredtosubmittheresultsofGREtestingforconsiderationofadmissionintotheM.S.program.InternationalstudentsarealsorequiredtosubmittheresultsofTOEFLtesting.

AdmissiontotheM.S.programishighlycompetitive.MoststudentsarefirstadmittedtotheM.Eng.program.StudentsenrolledintheM.Eng.programmayapplyforachangeofprogramtotheM.S.degreeprogramaftertheyhavedemonstratedexcellentperformancefollowing12ormorecreditsofgraduatecourseworkintheirM.Eng.program,passingtheGREGeneralTestwithaminimumcombinedVerbalReasoningplusQuantitativeReasoningscoreof302andaminimumAnalyticalWritingscoreof3,andsubmittingathesisproposalwiththeendorsementofafacultymemberwhoagreestobetheirthesisadvisor.

StudentswithanundergraduatedegreeinMechanicalEngineeringTechnologyarenotdirectlyadmissibletotheMaster’sdegreeprogramsinMechanicalEngineering.MechanicalEngineeringTechnologygraduatesmaytypicallycompletea

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secondB.S.degreeinMechanicalEngineeringwiththecompletionof56to86additionalsemestercreditsofstudybeyondtheB.S.METdegree.METstudentswhotooktheUniversityPhysicssequenceandthecompletecalculussequencewillgenerallyhavefewercreditstocompleteforthesecondB.S.degree,asillustratedintheAppendix.

THESISREQUIREMENTS

SelectionofathesistopicandcompletingtheindependentresearchworkcommensuratewiththethesisisacentralaspectoftheMasterofSciencedegreeprogram.Thestudentshouldtakegreatcareinidentifyingatopicofinteresttothem,andofmutualinteresttothefacultyadvisor.Studentswholeavethedecisionofathesistopicuntillateintheirgraduateprogram,andareslowtogetstartedontheirliteraturereviewandbackgroundresearchhistoricallyhavealowerprobabilityofsuccessfullycompletingtheirdegree.

AMaster’sprogramofstudyisquitedifferentfromanundergraduateprogram,particularlybecauseofthemannerinwhichthestudentisexpectedtoself-directtheirthesiswork,andtobeself-motivatedanddeterminetheirownschedule.

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THESISOUTLINE

Astartingpointforyourthesisoutlineispresentedhere.Youshouldworkwithyouradvisortoadjustthisoutlineforyourspecificneeds.

q FrontMatter

o TitlePage

o Abstract

o Dedication,Acknowledgement,orRecognition(ifapplicable)

o TableofContents

o ListofFiguresandTables(withpagenumbers,ifapplicable)

o ListofVariablesandAbbreviations(ifapplicable)

q BodyoftheThesiso ProblemStatement,StatementofWork,orIntroduction

o LiteratureSearch

o BackgroundandSupportingMaterial

o Analysis

o Experiments

o InterpretationofResults

o RecommendationsandConclusions

q BackMatter

o Bibliography

o Appendices(whichmayincludematerialsuchas…)

§ EngineeringDrawings

§ Logbookpages

§ Photographs

§ ExperimentalData

§ DetailedgraphsandCharts

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M.S.PROGRAMOFSTUDYFORM

StudentName:

EntryTerm:ID#:

7YearLimit:

AdvisorName:

Corecourses

Term

Grade

Number Cr CourseName MECE-707 3 EngineeringAnalysis

MECE-709 3 AdvancedEngineeringMathematics

MECE-790 6 Thesis

FocusArea:

Term

Grade

Number Cr CourseName

3 FocusAreaCourse1

3 FocusAreaCourse2

3 FocusAreaCourse3

GraduateElectiveCourses

Term

Grade


3 GradElective

3 GradElective

3 GradElective

30 TotalSemesterCreditsforM.S.DegreeCompletion

FootNotes: *StudentsconsideringtheM.S.programmaytakeMECE-701ResearchMethodstoprepareathesisproposal.**StudentsintheB.S./M.S.Programmaydouble-countnomorethan9SCHcreditstowardsbothdegrees.***Uptothreegraduatelevelclassesfromoutsideofthedepartmentmaybeused,withpriorapprovalfromthe

graduatedirector.

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M.S.APPLICATIONFORGRADUATION

YouwillbecontactedbytheOfficeoftheRegistrartosubmitanApplicationforGraduationapproximately2termspriortoyourexpectedgraduation.TheApplicationforGraduationislocatedinyourSISaccountinthedropdownmenuunderotheracademic.

AllstudentsarerequiredtocompleteanApplicationforGraduationtobecertifiedfortheirdegree.

M.S.DegreeCompletionChecklist

q First,getapprovalofyourFINALDRAFTofyourthesisfromyouradviserandcommitteemembers.

q Afteryouradvisorhasapprovedyourdefenseapplicationyoumay:

o Scheduleatime,dateandlocationforyourdefense.Thethesismustbedistributedtoyourcommitteeatleast2weekspriortothedefense.

o Checkwithyourcommitteemembers,andadvisortoensurethattheywillallbeavailable.Typically,youshouldallowatleasttwohoursforyourdefense.

o TheMEDepartmentwillassignadepartmentalrepresentativetositonyourthesiscommitteeandparticipateinyourfinaldefense.ThedepartmentrepresentativewillbeDr.MichaelSchrlau,Dr.AlanNye,Dr.RisaRobinson,oranotherpersonappointedbythedepartment.

o Prepareaoneparagraphannouncementtobeusedasanabstractinannouncingyourthesisdefense.

o SubmitanabstracttoDianeSelleck([email protected])orJillEhmann([email protected])inthemechanicalengineeringoffice.Theywillpublishtheannouncementtoadvertiseforfellowstudentsandfaculty,atleast10workingdayspriortoyourdefense.

o DistributetheCOMPLETEFINALDRAFTofyourthesis,insoft-boundformat,withalldrawings,tables,data,appendices,frontpagespresenttoeachmemberofyourcommitteeandthedepartmentrepresentativeatleast10workingdayspriortothedateofyourthesisdefense.

q Prepareaformalpresentationofyourthesisincooperationwithyouradvisor.Youradvisorwillsuggesttheappropriateleveloftechnicaldetail,lengthofpresentation,etc.

q Defendyourthesisbeforethemembersofyourthesiscommittee,andarepresentativeofthedepartment.Otherstudents,outsidevisitors,andstaffmayattendyourdefensewiththeapprovalofyouradvisor.Onlycommitteemembersanddepartmentalfacultymayfreelyquestionthecandidate.Anyvisitorstothedefenseshouldaddresstheirquestionstotheadvisor,whowilldecidewhetherornottoreferthequestiontoyou,thedegreecandidate.Thesispresentationsmaybeclosedtothepublicifthetopicisproprietary.

q Youwillbenotifiedoftheoutcomeofyourdefensefollowingyourdefense.Ascommitteemembersmaytakeasubstantialamountoftimetodeliberateupon,andreflectupon,yourdefenseandyourthesis,thedecisionandnotificationmaynotbegiventhesamedayasyourdefense.

q Thecommitteewillarriveataconsensusofoneofthefollowingoutcomesofyourdefense.

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1. ConditionalPass.Yourdefensehasbeendeemedasuccess,Minorcorrectionsand/orrevisionsmayberequired.Thesesrevisionswillbecommunicatedtoyouandbyyourthesisadvisor.Youmustcompletetherevisionstoyouradvisorssatisfactionwithin10workingdays.

2. Adjournment.Whileyourdefensewasproductive,thecommitteehasdeterminedthatsignificantrevisionsarerequired.Thenatureofthesesrevisionswillbecommunicatedtoyouinwritingbyyourthesisadvisors.Youshouldcompletetheserevisionstoyouradvisorssatisfaction.Thecommitteewillreconvenetoevaluateyourrevisionsanddecideiftheyareacceptable.Atleastoneacademicsemestertermmustelapsebetweentheadjournmentandreconveningthecommittee.

3. Failure.Thecommitteehasdeemedyourdefensetobeunsuccessful.Allthesiscreditscompletedtodatewillnotbeusabletowardsadegree.Ifyouwishtocompleteathesis,youmustbeginagainwithanewproposal.Youmayapplyforchangeofprogramtothemasterofengineeringdegree.

Afteryoumakeallcorrectionsandhavethemapprovedbyyouradvisor(andthecommittee,ifrequired),pleasecompletethefollowing:

q Youareresponsibleforduplicatingsetsofthethesisforbinding.Youmustprepareaminimumof4originalsofyourthesis,includingoneforthethesisadvisor,oneforthedepartment,oneforthelibrary,andoneforthestudent.The4originalthesesshouldhavetitlepageswithoriginalinksignatures.Youmaymakeadditionalcopiesofyourthesisforyourownuse,ifyouwish.Youareresponsibleforthecostsassociatedwithyourpersonalcopies.Youadvisormayrequestadditionalcopiesofyourthesisifheorshewishes.Youradvisorwillberesponsibleforthecostofadditionalcopiesthattheyrequest.

q MechanicalEngineeringStudentsmusthavetheirthesispublishedelectronicallybysubmittingaPDFversionofthestudent’sthesisthatisanexactcopyofthefinalprint(excludinghandwrittensignatures)toProQuest(http://www.etdadmin.com/cgi-bin/school?siteId=128).

q Thereisachargeforbindingof$14.00percopythatmustbepaidonlineat:https://library.rit.edu/thesis-binding/.Youareresponsibleforpayingthebindingcostsofthedepartment(1),advisor(1),andyourpersonalcopies(1ormore).Thelibrarypaysthebindingcostfortheircopy(1).Ifyouoryouradvisorwishtobindsupplementalcopies,youandtheadvisorareresponsibleforthosecosts,respectively.

q RemembertoaskthelibrarianforareceiptforthesubmissionofthesisandbringthatreceipttoDianeSelleckintheMechanicalEngineeringoffice.YOURCERTIFICATION(I.E.GRADUATION)CANNOTBECOMPLETEDWITHOUTTHISRECEIPTORACOPYOFTHEBOUNDTHESIS.

q Thesisbindingusuallytakesabouttwoweeks,somakesureyouhaveyourcorrectcontactinformationwiththedepartmentandtheregistrar'soffice.It'sespeciallyimportantbecauseyourdiplomawillgotowhateverthepermanentaddressisonthecomputer.

q Turninalldepartmentalkeysandequipment

q Clearallaccountsatthestudentfinancialservicesofficeq Returnallbookstothelibraryq Returnallbooksandmaterialsyouborrowedfromprofessors!

q DEGREECERTIFICATION.Degreesarecertifiedbytheregistrarthreetimesperyear,aftereachacademicsemester.

Fordetailedthesiscompletioninstructionspleaserefertothefollowing:http://infoguides.rit.edu/thesis-services

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MASTEROFENGINEERINGINMECHANICALENGINEERINGPROGRAMREQUIREMENTS

NotethatinformationpresentedinthisdocumentissupersededbyinformationpresentedintheGraduateBulletin,whichcontainsallofficialrequirementsfordegreecompletion.IntheeventofadisagreementbetweenthissummaryandtheGraduateBulletin(publishedintheRITwebsite),theGraduateBulletintakesprecedence.

OVERVIEW

ThisprogramleadstotheprofessionaldegreeofMasterofEngineering.TheprogramprovidestheengineeringB.S.graduatethemeansforearningaterminalmaster'sdegreewithouttheconventionalthesisrequirementofanM.S.degree.TheMasterofEngineeringDegreeprogramhasastrongcareerorientedfocus,andisprimarilydirectedtowardsstudentsnotconsideringcontinuedgraduatestudyatthedoctorallevel.TheM.Eng.degreeisparticularlywell-suitedtopart-timestudy,studentsinterestedinupdatingtheirtechnicalskills,andthosewhoarenotfocusedonaresearch-orientedcareer.TheM.Eng.degreeprogramisbecomingincreasinglypopularintheUSA,andisafirstchoiceformanypracticingengineerswhowishtogainmoretechnicaldepthinengineering,andpreparethemselvesfornewchallengesandopportunitiesintheworkplace.TheM.Eng.degreemaybehighlycustomizedtowardsanindividual'scareerinterests.

TheMasterofEngineeringdegreeprogramconsistsoffourelementsofstudy:(a)threerequiredcorecourses(9credits),(b)threecourses(9credits)inachosenfocusarea,(c)aseriesofgraduateelectives(12credits),and(d)acapstonerequirement(3credits).Aminimumof30semester-credithoursarerequiredfortheM.Eng.degree.Atleast21credithoursofgraduate-levelcourseworkmustbetakenintheMechanicalEngineeringDepartment.

CORECOURSES(6SCHCREDITS)

AllgraduatestudentsintheM.Eng.programarerequiredtocompletethefollowingcorecourses:

• MECE-707 EngineeringAnalysis• MECE-709 AdvancedEngineeringMathematics• MECE-795 GraduateSeminar

FOCUSAREACOURSES(9SCHCREDITS)

AllstudentsintheM.Eng.Programarerequiredtodevelopaconcentration/focusareabycompleting9creditsofstudyinanarea.Concentrationareasincludeautomotivesystems,business,controls,manufacturing,mechanics-design/materials,productdevelopment,sustainability,thermo/fluidsengineering,vibrationsengineering.Studentswithaspecificcareerinterestmaydevelopanindividuallycustomizedconcentrationbasedonmutualagreementbetweenthestudentandthedepartment.

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FOCUS AREA (choose 1 of 9 or customized focus area) 9

Automotive Systems (choose 3 of 7) 9

MECE-623 Powertrain Systems and Design-X 3

MECE-624 Vehicle Dynamics-X 3

MECE-643 Classical Controls-X 3

ISEE-740 Design for Manufacture and Assembly 3

MECE-752 Tribology Fundamentals 3

MECE-658 Introduction to Engineering Vibrations 3

MECE-739 Alternative Fuels and Energy Efficiency 3

Business (2 required + choose 1 of 3) 9

ACCT-603 Accounting for Decision Makers (required) 3

MGMT-740 Organizational Behavior and Leadership (required) 3

ACCT-706 Cost Management 3

MGMT-735 Management of Innovation in Product and Services 3

INTB-730 Cross-Cultural Management 3

Controls (1 required + choose 2 of 6) 9

MECE-643 Classical Controls-X (required) 3

MECE-743 Digital Controls 3

MECE-744 Nonlinear Controls 3

EEEE-661 Modern Control Theory 3

EEEE-733 Robust Control 3

EEEE-765 Optimal Control 3

MECE-606 Systems Modeling 3

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Manufacturing (choose 3 of 6) 9

MECE-643 Classical Controls-X 3

ISEE-626 Contemporary Production Systems 3

ISEE-789 Special Topics (Functional Printing) 3

ISEE-740 Design for Manufacture and Assembly 3

ISEE-741 3D Printing 3

ISEE-745 Manufacturing Systems (Only for Approved Manufacturing focus area Sub-plan)

3

ISEE-682 Lean Six Sigma Fundamentals (If TA available) 3

Mechanics-Design/Materials (choose 3 of 7) 9

MECE-620 Introduction to Optimal Design 3

MECE-623 Powertrain Systems and Design 3

MECE-785 Mechanics of Solids 3

MECE-752 Tribology Fundamental 3

MECE-644 Introduction to Composite Materials-X 3

MECE-605 Finite Elements 3

MECE-657 Applied Biomaterials 3

Product Development with Department Approval (choose 3 of 5) 9

ISEE-771 Engineering Systems I 3

ISEE-772 Engineering Systems II (On-line version of ISEE-77l must be taken as a prerequisite)

3

Choose from only 1 of the following 3 courses:

ISEE-750 Systems and Project Management 3

BUSI-710 Project Management (as alternate of ISEE 750) 3

DECS-744 Project Management (as alternate of ISEE 750) 3

ISEE-741 3D Printing 3

ISEE-751 Decision and Risk Benefit Analysis 3

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Sustainability (choose 3 of 6) 9

MECE-629 Renewable Energy Systems 3

MECE-733 Sustainable Energy Management 3

MECE-739 Alternative Fuels and Energy Efficiency 3

ISEE-785 Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering 3

ISEE-786 Lifecycle Assessment 3

ISEE-787 Design for the Environment 3

Thermo/Fluids Engineering (choose 3 of 4) 9

MECE-731 Computational Fluid Dynamics 3

MECE-738 Ideal Flows 3

MECE-751 Convective Phenomena 3

MCSE-610 Applied Biofluid Mechanics and Microcirculation 3

Vibrations Engineering (2 required + choose 1 of 3) 9

MECE-658 Introduction to Engineering Vibrations-X (required) 3

MECE-758 Intermediate to Engineering Vibrations (required) 3

EEEE-602 Random Signals and Noise 3

EEEE-678 Digital Signal Processing 3

MECE-606 Systems Modeling 3

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ELECTIVECOURSES(12SCHCREDITS)

CoursesnumberedMECE-6XXorMECE-7XXmaybetakenforgraduateelectivecredit.Astudentmayearnbetween1and3creditsbydoinganindependentstudy(MECE-799)withguidancefromamemberofthegraduatefaculty.Awrittenproposalmustbepreparedbythestudentincooperationwiththesponsoringfacultymember,andsubmittedforapprovalbythedepartmentheadpriortothecommencementofwork.

CAPSTONEREQUIREMENT(3SCHCREDITS)

ThecapstonerequirementfortheMasterofEngineeringdegreemaybeaprojectteamleadershipexperience,acourse-baseddesignproject,agraduateinternshiporanindependentstudyproject.StudentscompletingtheB.S.andM.Eng.degreesconcurrentlyareexpectedtoenrollinDesignProjectManagementandtakealeadershiproleontheirseniordesignteam.Thecapstonerequirementforpracticingengineerswillconsistatleastofanexitinterviewanddegreereviewwiththedepartmentheadorhisrepresentative.

AllgraduatestudentsintheM.Eng.programarerequiredtocompleteoneofthefourfollowingcapstonerequirements:

• MECE-701 ResearchMethods(forstudentswhoconsideredtheM.S.butdecidedtocompletetheM.Eng.)• MECE-730 DesignProjectLeadership(reservedonlyforB.S./M.Eng.Students)• MECE-792 ProjectwithPaper(optionforallM.Eng.andB.S./M.Eng.Students)• MECE-777 GraduateInternship(optionforallM.Eng.andB.S./M.Eng.Students)

Forprojectwithpaper,thestudentmustdemonstrateanacquiredcompetenceinanappropriatetopicwithinmechanicalengineering.Thetopicischoseninconferencewithafacultyadviser.Theworkmayinvolveanindependentresearchand/oradesignprojectand/orliteraturesearchwithademonstrationofacquiredskill.Awrittenpaper,approvedbytheadvisorandthedepartment,andanoralpresentationoftheworkarerequired.

Tobeeligibleforprojectwithpaperthestudentmustfirstcompletetheprojectwithpaperproposalform(shownonthenextpage)andreturnthesignedcopyalongwithyourseparatesheetincludingastatementofobjectives,descriptionofproposalandmethodofevaluation(e.g.,40%midtermreport,40%finalreport,20%oralpresentation)totheMechanicalEngineeringdepartment.Uponapprovalofyourprojectwithpaperproposalthedepartmentwillregisteryoufora3-creditprojectwithpaperforthespecifiedterm.

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Rochester Institute of Technology

Mechanical Engineering Project with Paper Proposal- Master of Engineering

MECE-792 (3 CREDITS)

Student:___________________________. UID #: __________________________ Project Title:____________________________________________________________ Faculty Sponsor:_________________________________________________________ Date of Application: ___________________. Semester: _______________________ Please attach a typed statement of Objectives, Description of Proposal and Method of Evaluation. Student Signature ___________________________________________ Date:_________ Approved by Faculty Sponsor __________________________________ Date:_________ Approved by Grad Director ___________________________________ Date:_________ Note: This form MUST be approved before the student can register for the course. After

approval, copies will be distributed to the student and the advisor, and the original filed in the student’s department folder.

The student agrees that an Incomplete “I” grade can only be granted in unusual circumstances beyond the student’s control, such as an illness, a grade of Incomplete may be assigned. In order to qualify for an Incomplete grade, the student will need to demonstrate that a situation that arose was unexpected and beyond the control of the student. Projects and courses by definition are to be scoped and defined such that they can be completed in one academic term. Simply not finishing work in ANY course is NOT an acceptable reason for granting an “I” grade. Course instructor permission alone is not sufficient reason to assign an “I” grade. All I grade petitions must be reviewed and approved by the department.

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GRADUATESEMINAR(0QCHCREDITS)

AllfulltimeandfulltimeequivalentgraduatestudentsarerequiredtoattendtheweeklygraduateseminarsandmustregisterforMECE-795GraduateSeminareveryterm(withtheexceptionoftheSummerterms)youareconsideredafulltimeorafulltimeequivalentgraduatestudent,regardlessifyouenrolledinMECE-795GraduateSeminarinthepast.ThisincludesALLstudentsenrolledinthedual-degreeprogramandALLfulltimeorfulltimeequivalentgraduatestudents.Dual-degreeorgraduatestudentswhoareonfulltimecoop/internshiporareconsideredpart-timestudentsduringtheFallorSpringtermsareexemptfromenrollinginGraduateseminar.IfyouhaveacourseconflictthetimeGraduateseminarisofferedyoumustenrollintheonlineversionofGraduateseminar.IfyouhaveanydoubtsconcerningifyouarerequiredtoenrollforGraduateseminarpleasecontactDr.Schrlau.IfyoudonotenrollinGraduateseminar,withoutanexcusedexemption,youwillberequiredtomakeupthetermyoumissedbyviewingtheseminarsonlineandwritingaminimum30pageoverviewreportofthetermseminarsyoumissed.Also,missingGraduateseminarmayresultplacingyourselfinjeopardyofeithernotfulfillingyougraduaterequirementsordelayingyourgraduation.

COURSEROTATION

Thecorecoursesareofferedeveryyear,whichenablesastudenttofulfillthecorerequirementsinoneacademicyear.Theelectivecoursesaregenerallygivenatleasteveryotheryear.Forfurtherinformationoncurrentcourseofferings,thestudentmaylookattheon-linescheduleofclasses,(sis.rit.edu)whichgenerallypostscoursesuptooneyearinadvance.

TRANSFEROFCOURSESANDRESIDENCYREQUIREMENTS

Amaximumof6semestercreditswithagradeofBorbettermaybetransferredfromgraduatecoursestakenoutsidetheInstituteprovidedsuchcourseswillcomplementastudent’sproposedM.Eng.graduateprogramintheMechanicalEngineeringdepartment.

ADMISSIONREQUIREMENTSFORTHEM.ENG.DEGREE

1. ABachelorofSciencedegreeinengineeringorscienceisrequired.

2. StudentsholdinganundergraduateB.S.M.E.degreefromanABETaccreditedengineeringprogramwithaGPAofatleast3.0ona4.0scalewillbeconsideredforfulladmissionintotheM.Eng.program.

3. InternationalstudentsarerequiredtosubmittheresultsofTOEFLandGREtestingforconsiderationofadmissionintotheM.Eng.program.

4. IfanapplicanthasaB.S.degree,butnotinmechanicalengineering,theymayberequiredtocompletebridgecourseseitherpriortomatriculatingintheMasterofEngineeringprogram,orduringtheirprogramofstudy.Detailsofbridgecourserequirementsarehandledonanindividualbasis.

5. StudentswithanundergraduatedegreeinMechanicalEngineeringTechnologyarenotdirectlyadmissibletotheMaster’sdegreeprogramsinMechanicalEngineering.MechanicalEngineeringTechnologygraduatesmaytypicallycompleteasecondB.S.degreeinMechanicalEngineeringwiththecompletionof56to86additionalsemestercreditsofstudybeyondtheB.S.METdegree.METstudentswhotooktheUniversityPhysicssequence

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andthecompletecalculussequencewillgenerallyhavefewercreditstocompleteforthesecondB.S.degree,asillustratedintheAppendix.

StudentsenrolledintheM.Eng.programmayapplyforachangeofprogramtotheM.S.degreeprogramaftertheyhavedemonstratedexcellentperformancefollowing12ormorecreditsofgraduatecourseworkintheirM.Eng.program,andsubmittingathesisproposalconsistingofanabstract,statementofwork,timeline,andliteratureresearch.Thisneedstocomewithanendorsementfromafacultymemberwhoagreestobetheirthesisadvisor.

GRADUATEINTERNSHIPPROGRAM

Studentsmayelecttocompleteagraduateinternshiptosatisfythecapstonerequirement.Inordertoreceivecreditforyourinternship,youwillneedtoprepareabrief(2-3page)reportofyourdutiesandresponsibilitiesattheconclusionofyourinternship,andfilebothstudentandemployerinternshipevaluationformswiththeM.E.office.TobeeligibleforInternshipaGraduateInternshipProposalformmustfirstbeapproved.

GRADUATEINTERNSHIPGUIDELINES

Theoptionalgraduateindustrialinternshipprogramisfundamentallydifferentfromtheundergraduateandgraduateco-opprogramsincethisoptionalactivityiscreditbearingandisgraded.

Asapracticingengineer,workingtowardsanM.Eng.degree,yournormalday-to-daydutiesshouldinvolvesignificantengineeringandtechnologyorientedtasks.AmajorgoaloftheM.Eng.degreeistoassistyouwithmakingprogresstowardsyourcareergoal.Thus,yourgraduateinternshipshouldrequireasignificantincreaseinyourlevelofprofessionalresponsibilityoveryourcurrentdutyassignmentforpart-timestudentscurrentlyworkinginindustryorculminateyouracademiccareerinacapstoneexperienceforfulltimestudentswithnoworkexperience.Forexample,ifyouarecurrentlyadesignengineerworkingunderthedirectionofaseniorengineer,thentheinternshipmaybeforyoutotakeonapositionastheengineerincharge,andhaveotherengineersreporttoyouastheseniorengineerontheproject.Ifyouareinaproductionenvironment,thentheinternshipmaybetoincreaseyourleveloffinancialresponsibility,thescopeofyourmanagementresponsibility,etc.

Youremployerorpotentialemployermayviewtheinternshipasa“probationarypromotion”preparingyouforthenextlogicalstepinyourcareerorpossibleemployment.Ideally,uponcompletionoftheinternship,youremployerandyouwoulddecidetomakethenewpositionpermanent.However,thisisnotrequiredtoreceivecreditfortheinternship.Basedontheinternship,youoryouremployermaydecideonadifferentcareerdirection,ortheremaysimplybenopermanentopeningsavailableatthecurrenttime.Theseresults,aswellasthenatureofyourdutyassignment,shouldbesummarizedinabrief(2-3page)reportattheconclusionofyourinternship.BoththestudentandtheemployermustsubmitinternshipevaluationformstotheM.E.office.Aninternshipreviewrubricmustbecompletedbytheemployerandthestudent.

Thegraduateinternshipisnotspecificallydesignedforthestudenttoseeknewemployment,summeremployment,orothertemporaryemploymenthowevermaybeusedforthispurposeforexceptionalstudents.ExceptionstothisguidelinemaybemadeforstudentswhoareparticipatinginrecognizedgraduateinternshipprogramssuchasthosesponsoredbyNationalLaboratories,Universities,andformalprivatesectorinternshipprograms.

Priorapprovalmustbeobtainedforallgraduateinternships.Creditcannotbegrantedforworkcompletedpriortocompletionofatleast18creditsofworktowardstheM.Eng.degreeprogramrequirementsandthestudentmust

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maintainatleasta3.0orhighergraduateCGPAtobeeligibleforinternship,sothattheinternshiptrulybuildsuponthestudents’graduateeducation.

Tobeeligibleforgraduateinternshipthestudentmustfirstcompletethegraduateinternshipproposalform(shownonthenextpage)andreturnthesignedcopyalongwithyourseparatesheetdescribingtheinternshipandyourspecificresponsibilitiesanddutiestobeperformedtotheMechanicalEngineeringdepartment.Uponapprovalofyourinternshipproposalthedepartmentwillregisteryoufora3-creditgraduateinternshipforthespecifiedterm.

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ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Mechanical Engineering Department, Rochester, New York

Master of Engineering Degree – Internship Proposal Form (required for registration for MECE-777)

Today’s Date: _________________________

Student Name _____________________________________ UID# ___________________

Mailing Address _____________________________________

_____________________________________

Phone: (business) ____________________________ (home)____________________________

Internship Company Name _____________________________________

Internship Company Advisor _____________________________________

Internship Company Address _____________________________________

_____________________________________

Company Advisor Phone _____________________________________

Company Advisor Email _____________________________________

INTERNSHIP TITLE ___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ Internship Description: Attach separate sheet describing the Internship and your specific

responsibilities and duties to be performed Proposed Start Term: ____ Fall ____ Spring ____ Summer

Current Graduate CGPA (must by > 3.0 to be considered for Internship) _______________ Number of Graduate Credits Completed (must have complete at least 18) _______________

****************************************************************************** Signatures:

Student __________________________________________ Date _____________ Industrial Advisor __________________________________________ Date _____________

Department __________________________________________ Date _____________

______________________________________________________________________________ For Office Use only, do not write below this line.

Internship Completion Date _________________ Certification Term Date _________________

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OPTIONALGRADUATECOOPERATIVEEDUCATIONPROGRAM

WHATISGRADUATECOOPERATIVEEDUCATION?

Areyouthekindofpersonwholearnsbestthroughexperience?Doyouliketotrythingsoutforyourself?Doyouliketotestthetheoriesyou’vebeentaughtandfindoutwhatdoesanddoesn’tworkintherealworld?Ifso,youshouldtakeacloserlookatRIT’scooperativeeducation(co-op)program.

Formorethan90years,thehallmarkofanRITeducationhasbeenthepractical,paidworkexperienceprovidedthroughcooperativeeducation.RITwasamongthefirstuniversitiestobegincooperativeeducationbackin1912,andtodayourco-opprogramisthefourtholdestandoneofthelargestintheworld.Becauseofitssuccess,RIT’sco-opprogramiswellknownandhighlyrespected.

CooperativeeducationatRITwilltakeyoubeyondbooksandlecturesintotherealworld.Youmayworkinmanufacturing,design,softwaredevelopment,testandevaluation,oranyofthevariedfieldsthatemploymechanicalengineers.Whateveryoudo,RIT’scooperativeeducationprogramwillgiveyoutheexperienceyouneedtosetyourselfapartfromothergraduatesinyourcareerfield.

RIT’semphasisoncareereducationandourhighlyrespectedcooperativeeducationprogramoftenmotivatesstudentstochooseRIToverothercolleges.Ifyouparticipateintheoptionalgraduateco-opprogramforaspartofyourMasterofEngineeringdegree,yourco-opexperiencewillbeanexcitingpartofyourRITeducation.Bythetimeyougraduateyouwillbewellonyourwaytoachievingyourcareergoals.

StudentscomingtoRITwhohavecompletedtheirB.S.degreeatanotherinstitutionhaveoftennothadthebenefitofparticipatinginaco-operativeeducationprogram.Thesestudentsoftenfindthatthegraduateco-opprogramatRIToffersthemacompetitiveadvantageinthemarketplace,providesthemwithhighlyvaluableexperience,andexposuretomodernindustrialpractices.

Graduateco-opisagreatwaytohelpdefraythecostsofyourdegreeaswell.Byalternatingbetweentimeoncampusandon-the-job,youcanearnsignificantincomewhilegaininggreatexposuretowonderfulcompanies!

Theoptionalgraduateco-opprogramisprimarilydirectedtowardsfull-timeM.Eng.studentswhoareseekingtogainadditionalworkexperience,andexposuretovariouspotentialemploymentfields.PleasenotethatstudentsintheMasterofSciencedegreeprogramarenoteligibleforparticipationinthegraduateco-opprogram,sincetheymustremainfocusedontheirthesisresearch.

GRADUATECOOPERATIVEEDUCATIONFORINTERNATIONALSTUDENTS

ThefollowingisanoverviewofpracticalissuesrelatedtoemploymentintheU.S.,aswellastipstohelpyouinyourjobsearch.Internationalstudentsmayencountermoredifficultyinsecuringco-oporfull-timejobsthandofull-timeresidentsorU.S.citizens.Manyemployersuseco-opasameansofrecruitingforfull-timepositions,andsometimesdon'twishtogiveaco-oppositiontoastudentwhowillnotbeabletoworkatthecompanyonalongtermbasis.AlljobswiththeFederalGovernmentrequirecitizenship.Also,companieswhohavecontractswiththegovernmentalsorequireU.S.citizenship(insomecases,theywillallowpermanentresidents)fortheirpositions.

InordertoacquirepracticaltrainingintheU.S.,itisnotenoughtobeequaltoyourAmericancompetitor.Rather,yourqualificationsmustbesuperiortoyourcompetition.Youshouldputextraeffortintowritingaresumeandcoverletter

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thathighlightyourappropriateskillsandexperience.Countrieshavedifferent,acceptablestylesofresumewritingandinterviewing.SeeyourprogramcoordinatorintheRITOfficeofCo-opandCareerServicesearly,preferablyatleastonesemestertermbeforeyouintendtoco-oporgraduateforassistance.

IMMIGRATIONISSUES

InordertoworkintheUnitedStates,youmusthaveaSocialSecurityNumberandCard.ApplicationsareavailableattheSocialSecurityOffice,100StateStreet(downtown),Rochester,NewYork.Takeyourpassport,I-94andI-20orIAP-66,andaletterfromaninternationalstudentadvisorwithyou.Theprocesstakesfromtwotosixweekstocomplete.(MostoftentheISSofficewillhaveapplicationforms.)

AllinternationalstudentsMUSThavewrittenauthorizationfromeithertheirinternationalstudentadvisororfromtheU.S.ImmigrationandNaturalizationServiceBEFOREbeginningtoworkoff-campus.StudentswhostartworkwithoutauthorizationlosetheirstudentstatusandareunabletoapplyforreinstatementofstatusfromwithintheUnitedStates!

PRACTICALTRAINING

AccordingtotheregulationsoftheU.S.ImmigrationandNaturalizationServiceforstudentswithF-1status,allwork-related,educationalexperiencefallsintoeithercurricularpracticaltrainingoroptionalpracticaltraining.

CURRICULARPRACTICALTRAINING

Practicaltrainingisinyourfieldofstudyandisanintegralpartofanestablishedcurriculum.Thismaybemandatoryoroptionalcooperativeeducation,internshiporpracticum.TobeeligibleforcurricularpracticaltrainingyoumusthaveF-1status,9months(2semesters)offull-timestudycompletedintheUSA,maintainatleasta3.0CGPA,andtheworkexperiencemustbeinyourfieldofstudyaspartofyourestablishedcurriculum.

Assoonasanofferofemploymentisaccepted,butatleastoneweekbeforeemploymentbegins:

1. RegisteronSISforco-opthroughyouracademicdepartment.

2. RegisterontheCo-opwebsiteat:https://www.rit.edu/emcs/oce/

3. Makeappointmenttoseeyourforeignstudentadvisortoobtainworkauthorization.BringyourI-20andofferofemploymenttotheappointment.

Youmaybeauthorizedforwhateveramountofcurricularpracticaltrainingyourdegreerequires;however,youwillbeineligibleforoptionalpracticaltrainingattheendofyourstudiesifyouhavebeenauthorizedformorethan364daysofcurricularpracticaltraining.

OPTIONALPRACTICALTRAINING(OPT)

Practicaltrainingisinthefieldofstudyandcanoccurduringthestudent'sannualvacation;part-timeduringtheacademicyear;aftercompletionofallcourseworkbutbeforecompletionofathesisorprojectforgraduatestudents;oruponcompletionofadegree.Youmusthavecompleted9monthsasafull-timestudentintheU.S.tobeeligibleforoff-campusworkauthorization.Youmustobtainemploymentinyourfieldofstudy,haveF-1status,andhavecompletedatleastone

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academicyearoffull-timestudytobeeligible.AtotaloftwelvemonthsofoptionalpracticaltrainingisallowedforF-1students.

1. Seeyourforeignstudentadvisortoobtainnecessaryformsandcompletethenecessaryrecommendation.

2. ApplytotheU.S.ImmigrationandNaturalizationService,inwriting,forthespecifictimeofemployment.TheINSfeeis$100.Photographsnecessaryfortheapplicationcanbeobtainedlocallyforabout$15.Theprocessingtimecantakeuptotwoorthreemonthsforthecardtobeissued.Itisimportanttoapplywellinadvanceofthetimethatyouwillneedthecardasyoucannotbeginemploymentuntilyouactuallyhavethecard.

Part-timeoptionalpracticaltraining(OPT)isavailablepriortocompletionofstudiesaswell.

Ifyouwishtoapplyforoptionalpracticaltraining(OPT)tobeginuponcompletionofyourdegree,youmayapplyupto120daysbeforeyoucompletealloftherequirementsforyourdegreeandupto60daysafteryouhavefinished.Upongraduation,youmayapplyforanyamountofyourremainingoptionalpracticaltrainingyouwish.Aftergraduationyouhave14monthstocomplete12monthsofOPT.

OTHERTRAINING

ForstudentswithJ-1Visas:RegulationsforoffcampusemploymentdifferfromthoseforstudentswithF-1Visas.Pleaseseeoneoftheinternationalstudentadvisorstoobtaininformationonauthorizationforco-oporworkauthorizationsaftergraduation.StudentsonJ-1Visasmusthavewrittenauthorizationtoworkoffcampus.

WORKAFTERGRADUATION

If,aftergraduation,youplantoresideintheU.S.oneitheratemporaryorpermanentbasis,youwillwanttoobtainatemporaryworkingpermit(H-1B).ImmigrationlawreferstoH-1Bworkersin"specialtyoccupations."Specialtyoccupationsincludemostjobsforwhichabachelor'sdegreeinaspecificfieldisaprerequisiteforemployment.InordertoobtainH-1Bstatus,youmustfirsthaveanofferofemployment.Therearethenspecificsteps,whichtheemployermusttake.YoumaybeinH-1Bstatusforuptosixyears.

FORMOREINFORMATION

FurtherinformationregardingtheImmigrationandNaturalizationService'spoliciesonemployment,federalandstatetaxes,obtainingasocialsecuritynumber,andspecialco-opemploymentneedsofinternationalstudents,consultwithInternationalStudentServicesbyphoneat475-6943oronthemezzanineleveloftheStudentAlumniUnion.WorkcloselywithboththeCo-opandCareerServicesofficeandtheInternationalStudentServicesofficebefore,during,andafteryourgraduateco-op.

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M.ENG.PROGRAMOFSTUDYFORM

StudentName:

EntryTerm:ID#:

7YearLimit:

AdvisorName:

Corecourses

Term

Grade


MECE-707 3 EngineeringAnalysis

MECE-709 3 AdvancedEngineeringMathematics

MECE-795 0 GraduateSeminar

Oneof: 3 RequiredGraduateCapstone.Selectoneofthefollowingoptions:

MECE-701

ResearchMethods+

MECE-730

DesignProjectLeadership++

MECE-777

GraduateInternship+++

MECE-792

ProjectwithPaper++++

FocusArea:

Term

Grade


3 FocusAreaCourse1***



GraduateElectiveCourses+++

Term

Grade


3 GradElectiveMECE-6XXorhigher)

3 GradElective(MECE-6XXorhigher)

3 GradElective(MECE-6XXorhigher)

3 GradElective(MECE-6XXorhigher)*,**

3

GradElective(MECE-6XXorhigher)

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TotalSemesterCreditsforM.Eng.DegreeCompletion

FootNotes: *UptothreetechnicalelectivesMECE-6xxfromMechanicalEngineeringmaybeusedtowardstheM.Eng.Degree**StudentsintheB.S./M.Eng.Programmaydouble-countnomorethan9SCHcreditstowardsbothdegrees.***Uptothreegraduatelevelclassesfromoutsideofthedepartmentmaybeused,withpriorapprovalfromthe

departmenthead+StudentsconsideringtheM.S.programmaytakeMECE-701ResearchMethodstoprepareathesisproposal.++StudentsintheB.S./M.Eng.ProgramcantakeMECE-730DesignProjectLeadership,andassumealeadership

positiononanSeniorDesignTeam+++GraduateInternshipisreservedallgraduatestudentsandstudentsintheB.S./M.Eng.Programandforpart-time

studentswhoarefull-timeemployeesofacompany++++ProjectwithPaperisreservedallgraduatestudentsandstudentsintheB.S./M.Eng.Program

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M.ENG.APPLICATIONFORGRADUATION

YouwillbecontactedbytheOfficeoftheRegistrartosubmitanApplicationforGraduationapproximately2termspriortoyourexpectedgraduation.TheApplicationforGraduationislocatedinyourSISaccountinthedropdownmenuunderotheracademic.

AllstudentsarerequiredtocompleteanApplicationforGraduationtobecertifiedfortheirdegree.

M.ENG.DEGREECOMPLETIONCHECKLIST

q CompletealldegreerequirementsinaccordancewiththeProgramofStudy

q FileallInstituteandDepartmentalFormsincludingtheDegreeApplicationFormonline

q Turninalldepartmentalkeysandequipment

q ClearallaccountsattheStudentFinancialService’sofficeq Returnallbookstothelibraryq Returnallbooksandmaterialsyouborrowedfromprofessors!

q InternsOnly:Submitabrief(2-3page)reportofyourdutiesandresponsibilitiesattheconclusionofyourinternshiptotheM.E.Office

q InternsOnly:SubmitstudentinternshipevaluationformtotheM.E.office.

q InternsOnly:SubmitemployerinternshipevaluationformtotheM.E.office.

q Completeyourcapstonerequirement.Theconcentrationofstudyinanareaof9credits,combinedwithacoursewithsignificantdesigncontent,aprojectwithpaper,oraninternshipisconsideredtosatisfythecapstonerequirement.StudentsintheB.S./M.Eng.programsatisfythecapstonerequirementthroughtheconcentrationplusaleadershippositionontheseniordesignteam.

q DEGREECERTIFICATION.Degreesarecertifiedbytheregistrarthreetimesperyear,followingtheconclusionofeachacademicsemesterterm.Theregistrarwillsendnotificationofofficialdegreestatustoyourofficialmailingaddressuponcompletion.

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ACADEMICSTATUS

ACADEMICHONESTYPOLICY

RITiscommittedtothepursuitofknowledgeandthefreeexchangeofideas.Insuchanintellectualclimateitisfundamentallyimperativethatallmembersofthisacademiccommunitybehaveinthehighestethicalfashionpossibleinthemannerbywhichtheyproduce,share,andexchangethisinformation.Inthecaseofstudents,AcademicHonestydemandsthatatalltimesstudentworkbetheworkofthatindividualstudent,andthatanyinformationwhichastudentusesinaworksubmittedforevaluationbeproperlydocumented.AnyviolationofthesebasicstandardsconstitutesabreachofAcademicHonestyandhencebecomesAcademicDishonesty.

KATEGLEASONCOLLEGEOFENGINEERINGHONORPRINCIPLE

“RITEngineeringfaculty,staffandstudentsaretruthfulandhonorable,anddonottoleratelying,cheating,stealingorplagiarism”

Allmembersofourcommunityareexpectedtoabidebytheseprinciplesandtoembracethespirittheyrepresent.Weeachhavearesponsibilitytoaddressanyunethicalbehaviorweobserve;eitherthroughdirectdiscussionwiththeoffendingparty,orbydiscussionwithanappropriatefacultyofstaffmember.Allowingunethicalbehaviortocontinueunchallengedisnotacceptable.

KATEGLEASONCOLLEGEOFENGINEERINGACADEMICHONESTYPOLICY

TheCollegeofEngineeringhassetahighstandardofacademicexcellenceforthestudentsweserve.Ourgoalistopreparestudentsashighlyskilledandtalentedengineersbyprovidingaqualityeducationwhichincludeslectures,laboratoryexperience,andexams.ItisforthisreasonthattheCollegeofEngineeringhasadoptedthefollowingacademichonestypolicy.

RochesterInstituteofTechnologydoesnotcondoneanyformofacademicdishonesty.Anyactofimproperlyrepresentinganotherperson'sworkasone'sownisconstruedasanactofacademicdishonesty.Theseactsincludebutarenotlimitedtoplagiarisminanyform,includingtheuseofallorpartsofcomputerprogramscreatedbyothers,ortheuseofinformationandmaterialsnotauthorizedbytheinstructorduringanexamination.

Ifafacultymemberjudgesastudenttobeguiltyofsomeformofacademicdishonesty,thestudentmaybegivenafailinggradeforthatpieceofworkorforthecourse,dependingupontheseverityofthemisconduct.

Ifthestudentbelievestheactiontakenbytheinstructortobeincorrectorthepenaltytoosevere,appealmaybemadetotheAcademicConductCommitteeofthecollegeinwhichthecourseisoffered.

ThisKGCOEpolicyisintendedtoapplytoallacademicpursuitsatRIT,includingcoursestakenoutsideoftheKGCOE(withadditionaladherencetothepoliciesoftherelevantacademicunit).

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ACADEMICDISHONESTY

AcademicDishonestyfallsintothreebasicareas:cheating,duplicatesubmissionandplagiarism.

1. CHEATING.Cheatingisanyformoffraudulentordeceptiveacademicact,includingfalsifyingofdata,possessing,providing,orusingunapprovedmaterials,sources,ortoolsforaworksubmittedforfacultyevaluation.

2. DUPLICATESUBMISSION.Duplicatesubmissionisthesubmittingofthesameorsimilarworkforcreditinmorethanonecoursewithoutpriorapprovaloftheinstructorsforthosesamecourses.

3. PLAGIARISM.Plagiarismistherepresentationofothersideasasone’sownwithoutgivingpropercredittotheoriginalauthororauthors.Plagiarismoccurswhenastudentcopiesdirectphrasesfromatext(e.g.books,journals,internet)anddoesnotprovidequotationmarks,orparaphrasesorsummarizesthoseideaswithoutgivingcredittotheauthororauthors.Inallcases,ifsuchinformationisnotproperlyandaccuratelydocumentedwithappropriatecreditgiven,thenthestudentisguiltyofplagiarism.

CONSEQUENCESOFACADEMICDISHONESTY

AnyactofAcademicDishonestywillincurthefollowingpossibleconsequences.Afternotifyingandpresentingthestudentwithevidenceofsuchmisconduct,theinstructorhasthefullprerogativetoassignan”F”fortheoffense,ortoassignan“F”fortheentirecourse.Theinstructorwillinformthestudent(andifpossiblemeetwiththestudent)ofthedecisionreachedonthe“F”fortheoffense,orthe“F”fortheentirecourse.AstudentmaybebroughtbeforetheAcademicConductCommitteeoftheCollegeinwhichtheallegedoffenseoccurred,andmayfaceacademicsuspensionordismissalfromtheInstitute.TheStudenthastherighttoappealanydisciplinaryaction.Notethatstudentsmustremainingoodacademicstandingtoparticipateinco-curricularclubsandactivitiesintheMEDepartment.Graduatestudentsmustremainingoodacademicstandingtobeeligibleforgraduateassistantships,graduatetuitionremission,andgraduatemeritscholarships.

ACADEMICPROBATIONRULES

1. Anygraduatestudentwhoseprogramsemestergradepointaveragefallsbelowa3.00orwhosecumulativegrade

pointaverageintheprincipalfieldofstudy(basedonatleast9credithoursattemptedintheprincipalfieldatRIT)fallsbelow3.00willbeplacedonprobation.

2. AnygraduatestudentwhohasbeenplacedonprobationaccordingtoRule1isremovedfromprobationfor

achievementofbotha3.00semesterGPAanda3.00CumulativeGPAintheprincipalfieldofstudy,(baseduponatleast24credithoursattemptedintheprincipalfieldatRIT).

ACADEMICSUSPENSIONRULES

1. Agraduatestudentwhohasbeenplacedonprobation,andisnotremovedfromprobationinthetwosucceedingperiodsofstudyinwhichcreditisearned,willbesuspendedfromRIT.

2. Anygraduatestudentwhohasbeenplacedonprobationafterhavingbeenremovedfromprobationandwhose

programcumulativegradepointaverageisbelow3.00willbesuspended.Anystudentwhohasbeenplacedon

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probationafterhavingbeenremovedfromprobationandwhoseprogramcumulativegradepointaverageis3.00orabovewillbegrantedonesemestertoberemovedfromprobationorhe/shewillbesuspendedfromRIT.

3. Anygraduatestudentwhoseprogramsemestergradepointaveragefallsbelow2.00willbesuspendedfromRIT.4. Anygraduatestudent,whohasbeenreadmittedtohisorheroriginalprogramafterhavingbeensuspended,andis

placedonprobationforasecondtime,willbesuspendedfromRIT.Astudentmaypetitionthedepartmentforreconsiderationofsuspension.Todothis,he/shemustwritealettertotheGraduateDirector,Dr.MichaelSchrlau,requestingawaiverofthesuspension,explainingthecircumstancesthatledtothesuspensionanddetailinghowhisorherperformanceinthefuturewillleadtoacademicsuccess.Studentsenrolledinthedualdegreeprograms(B.S/M.S.orB.S/M.Eng.)programwhoareplacedonprobationmaybedis-enrolledfromthedualdegreeprogram,andreinstatedinthesingleB.S.degreeprogram.

RITGRADINGPOLICIES

RITGRADEDEFINITIONSForeachdegreeordiplomacredithour,thefollowingnumberofqualitypointswillbeawardedbaseduponthegradereceivedandwillbecalculatedinthecurrenttermandcumulativegradepointaverages(GPA):

Grade Description QualityPointsA Excellent 4A- 3.67B+ 3.33

B AboveAverage 3B- 2.67C+ 2.33

C Satisfactory 2C- Unsatisfactory 1.67

D Unsatisfactory 1F Failure 0

AgradeofC-isconsideredafailinggradeforaGraduatecourseandcannotbecountedforGraduatedegreerequirementsTherearenineotherviableevaluationsofacourse,whichdonotaffectGPAcalculations.OnlyI,RandScanbeassignedbyindividualfacultymembersattheendofasemester.Thefollowingdescriptionsprovideabriefexplanation.Theofficialpolicymanualsandthecatalogcontainexactpoliciesandprocedures.R meansRegistered,andisgenerallyusedforgraduatelevelthesiswork.I meansIncomplete.Thisgradeisgivenwheretheprofessorobservesconditionsbeyondthecontrolofthestudent

suchthatthestudentisnotabletocompletecourserequirementsinthegivensemester.Thisisatemporarygrade

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whichrevertstoan'F'gradeiftheregistrar'sofficehasnotreceiveda'ChangeofGrade'formfromtheprofessorbytheendofthesecondsucceedingsemester.Professorsgenerallyrequirethecompletionoftheworkinamuchshortertimeperiod,however.ItisnotcommonpracticetodelaygradingreportforacourseoracapstonerequirementsuchasProjectwithPaperorGraduateInternship.Forexample,fortheProjectwithPapercapstonerequirement,theexpectationisthatstudentswillsubmittheirprojectreportattheendoftheacademictermandbeassignedagradebasedontheworktheyhavesubmitted.Inunusualcircumstancesbeyondthestudent’scontrol,suchasanillness,agradeofIncompletemaybeassigned.InordertoqualifyforanIncompletegrade,thestudentwillneedtodemonstratethatasituationthatarosewasunexpectedandbeyondthecontrolofthestudent.Projectsandcoursesbydefinitionaretobescopedanddefinedsuchthattheycanbecompletedinoneacademicterm.SimplynotfinishingworkinANYcourseisnotanacceptablereasonforgrantingan“I”grade.Courseinstructorpermissionaloneisnotsufficientreasontoassignan“I”grade.AllIgradepetitionsmustbereviewedandapprovedbythedepartment.

W meansofficialwithdrawalfromcourse(s)betweenweeks2and12.AU meansAudit,indicatingastudenthasauditedacourse.Auditedcoursesdonotcounttowardtheresidence

requirement.S meansSatisfactory.Thisappliesonlytoacceptablecompletionoftheco-operativeworkexperience,P.E.Courses,

coursesbearingcoursenumbersof099orbelowandinternships.Thesecoursesandco-opworkexperiencedonotcounttowardtheresidencyrequirement.

X meansCreditbyExaminationorCreditbyExperience,assignedforthesuccessfulcompletionofvariousexternalorInstituteexaminationsprovidedsuchexaminationscoverorparalleltheobjectivesandcontentoftheindicatedcourse.Oftentimes,studentswillearnanXgradeforcreditawardedduetoAPcoursestakeninhighschoolbeforeenteringRIT.

AUDITINGCOURSESWhenyouauditacourse,youdonotearnanycredit.Thismeansonlythatthestudenthasattendedagivencourse.Agradeof'AU'willbeassignedandthestudentneednottakeexams.YoumustobtainpermissiontoauditacoursefromtheMechanicalEngineeringdepartmentbeforeyouregister.Anychangesbetweencreditandauditmustbeaccomplishedbytheendofthedrop/addperiod.Thereisareducedtuitionchargedforauditedcourses,unlessitispartofafulltimeload.

CHANGINGGRADESOnceafacultymemberhasreportedagrade,thegradecannotbechangedunlessanactualerrorhasbeenmadeincomputingorrecordingit.Ifanerrorhasbeenmade,thefacultymembermustcompletetheappropriateform,whichafterobtainingtheappropriateapprovals,isforwardedtotheRegistrar’sOfficetobeenteredintothestudent’sofficialrecord.Gradechangesmaytakeacoupleofweeks.

WAIVEDCOURSESWaivedcoursesarecourseseliminatedfromthelistofrequirementsthatastudentmusttaketograduate.Coursesarenotgenerallywaivedforgraduaterequirements.

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REPEATINGCOURSESTORAISELOWGRADESAllattemptsatthatagraduatestudenttakesincompletingacourseareaveragedintothecalculationofthegraduateGPA.Graduatestudentsmaynotuserepeatedcoursestoreplaceanearliergrade,butmayuserepeatedcoursestobringtheaverageofthetwoattemptsatthecoursehigher.

GRADEEXCLUSIONGraduatestudentsmaynotexcludegradesfromtheirGPA.

COURSEWITHDRAWALAstudentmaywithdrawfromacourseatanytimefromtheendofthedrop/addperioduntiltheendofthetwelfthweekofthesemesterthroughRIT’sSIS(studentinformationsystem).StudentsareSTRONGLYencouragedtomeetwiththeirfacultyadvisortoassesstheimpactofthedroppedcourseontheiroverallgraduationplanbeforewithdrawingfromacourse.Unlikea“droppedcourse”a“withdrawncourse”becomesapermanentpartofyourofficialacademicrecordsandagradeof“W”isrecordedonyourtranscript.Itisconsideredbadpracticeforgraduatestudentstowithdrawfromcourses.

TRANSFERCREDITStudentsmaybeabletotransfersomecoursecreditstakenatanotheraccreditedcollegeoruniversity.AnyquestionsregardingtransferringintoMechanicalEngineeringfromanotherprogramatRIT,ortransferringcreditfromanotherinstitution,etc.shouldbedirectedtoGraduateDirector,Dr.Schrlau.WhenyouwishtotakeacourseatanotheruniversityorcollegewhileyouareawayfromRIT,checkwithDr.Schrlaubeforeregisteringforsuchacourseregardingthetransferabilityofcredits.Agradeof'B'orbetterisrequiredtoqualifyfortransferringthecreditsforthecourse.Pleasenotethatthecourseitselfistransferred,butthegradeisnot.Thus,takingacourseatanotherinstitutionwillhelpyoucompletedegreerequirements,butwillnotincreaseordecreaseyourRITGPA.

LEAVEOFABSENCE/INSTITUTEWITHDRAWALAfull-timestudentmaywithdrawfromallcoursesinasemestertermbytakingaLeaveofAbsenceorwithdrawingfromRIT(InstituteWithdrawal).ALeaveofAbsenceshouldbefiledbystudentswhoarewithdrawingfromallclassesinasemesterterm,butwhointendtoreturntostudyatRITwithinthreesemesters.Thiswillcommonlybedoneforstudentsfacingillnessorneedingpersonalleave.AnInstituteWithdrawalshouldbefiledbystudentswhoarewithdrawingfromallclassesinasemesterterm,anddonotintendtoreturntoRIT.StudentsmustapplyforreadmissioniftheywishtoreturntoRIT.Generally,werecommendthatstudentsfileaLeaveofAbsenceratherthananInstituteWithdrawalsothattheycanreturntoRITmoreeasilyiftheyneedto.Aleaveofabsencecannotextendbeyondthreeconsecutiveterms(includingsummersemesterterm)ofthesemesterinwhichthestudentwasmostrecentlyregistered.Ifalongerperiodisneeded,

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thestudentshouldwithdrawfromtheInstituteandre-applythroughtheAdmissionsOfficewhenappropriate.Aleave-of-absencestudentfailingtore-registerinthesemesterexpectedwillbeplacedintheinactivefile.(orontheinactivelist)whichonesoundsbetter?

LEAVINGCAMPUSFORMILITARYSERVICEStudentswhohavetoleavecampusformilitaryservicemayhavespecialconsiderations.PleasecontacttheMEdepartmentofficeifyouhavetoleavecampusduetomilitaryserviceobligations.Wewillbehappytoworkwithyouduringyourdeployment,andtoprovideassistancewithyourtransitionbacktocampusuponyourreturn.

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MECHANICALENGINEERINGSTUDENTORGANIZATIONSPiTauSigmaPiTauSigmaisthemechanicalengineeringnationalhonorsociety.Membership,byinvitation,isopentomenandwomenrankedintheupperthirdoftheclassintheirfourthandfifthyearsatRIT.Chapteractivitiesaretailoredtofosterhighidealsintheengineeringprofession,supportdepartmentalactivities,andpromoteprofessionalism.Serviceactivitiesaresupportedbyfund-raisingandsocialevents.ProfessorSchrlauistheadvisor.TauBetaPiThisnationalengineeringhonorsocietywasfoundedtomarkinafittingmannerthosewhohaveconferredhonorupontheirAlmaMaterbydistinguishedscholarshipandexemplarycharacterasstudentsinengineering,orbytheirattainmentsasalumniinthefieldofengineering,andtofosteraspiritofliberalcultureinengineeringcolleges.ElectiontoTauBetaPiisoneofthehighesthonorsthatcancometoanengineeringstudentfromhisorherpeers.ProfessorNyeistheadvisor.AmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers[ASME]ThestudentchapterofASMEofferseducational,technical,andsocialactivities.Itdevelopsleadershipskillsandleadstocontactswithengineersinindustryandstudentsatothercollegeswithintheregion.ThestudentchapterisactiveandworkscloselywiththeseniorsectioninRochester.ThefacultyadvisorisProfessorTimothyLandschoot.SocietyofAutomotiveEngineers[SAE]andFSAECompetitionTeamThepurposeoftheRITSocietyofAutomotiveEngineersistogivestudentstheopportunitytomeetwithseniorengineersinindustryandprovidestudentsachancetoapplytheirclassroomknowledgeinvariousprojects.ThefacultyadvisorisDr.Nye.SocietyofWomenEngineers[SWE]TheSocietyofWomenEngineersatRITisastudent-runorganization.SWEorganizesseveralfunctionseachsemestertermsuchasguestspeakers,highschooloutreach,communityactivities,tours,socialeventsandeventswithotherstudentorganizations.TheRITchapterisstronglycommittedtotheencouragementofwomeninpursuingacareerinengineeringorrelatedfields.ThefacultyadvisorisProfessorLam.SocietyofHispanicProfessionalEngineers[SHPE]TheSocietyofHispanicProfessionalEngineersisanassociationofprofessionalsandstudentsinengineering,science,technology,businessandotherrelateddisciplinesatRIT.SHPE’sbasicthrustistoidentifyandpromoteprofessionalgrowthopportunitiesforHispanics.TheadvisorisRohanPalma.NationalSocietyofBlackEngineers[NSBE]ThestudentchapteroftheNationalSocietyofBlackEngineersisdedicatedtotheretention,recruitment,andsuccessfulgraduationofitsmembers.TheadvisorisDavidWatson.AeroDesignClubThestudentchapterisdedicatedtopromotingcareersandopportunitiesintheaerospaceindustry.ThefacultyadvisorisDr.JasonKolodziej

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MECHANICALENGINEERINGCONTACTINFORMATION

MECHANICALENGINEERINGADVISINGTheMechanicalEngineeringdepartmentviewsacademicadvisingasanessentialcomponentofthegraduateexperience.Studentsareassignedafacultyadvisor(listedontheStudentInformationSystem(SIS)asthefirstadvisor)andastaffadvisor(listedontheStudentInformationSystem(SIS)asthesecondand/orthirdadvisor)toeverystudenttoassistwithacademic,socialandprofessionalneeds.Yourfacultyadvisorisyourfirstpointofcontactforanythingthatisrelatedtothemechanicalengineeringfield.Youshouldseeyourfacultyadvisorforassistancewithcourseselection,co-ops,coursecontentorcareerchoices.Facultyareavailableduringpostedofficehoursandbyappointmenttodiscussyouradvisingquestions.Eachfacultymemberisanengineer,andtheycanhelpyoutoputsomeprofessionalperspectivesonyouracademicstudies.Inparticular,yourfacultyadvisorcanhelpyouselecttheappropriatetechnicalelectivesandoptionsthatwillhelpyouachievethepersonalandprofessionalgoalsthatyouhaveestablishedforyourself.Yourfacultyadvisorhasbeenthroughthecoursesyouaretaking,andmaybeabletosuggeststudyskillsandapproachestohelpyoubesuccessful.Ifyouexperienceanyproblemsrelatedtoyourcoursework,rememberthatthebesttimetoseeyouradvisorisbeforeproblemsgetbig,sothatthetwoofyoucandecideonacourseofactiontosolvethemwhiletheyaremoreeasilymanageable.DianeSelleck,isthestaffpersonthatshouldbeconsultedforgraduateadvisingintheMechanicalEngineeringdepartment.Yourstaffadvisorisresponsibleforprovidingresourcesforfacultyadvisorsandimplementationoftheoveralladvisingprogramforthedepartment.Youshouldseeyourstaffadvisorifyouneedassistancewithcoursescheduling,academicperformanceissues,learningcommunityschedules,transfercreditorlifeatRIT.Thestaffadvisorsarenotengineers,buttheyunderstandtheRITregistrationprocessesanddegreecompletionrequirements.Staffadvisorscanoftenanswermostlogisticalquestionsthatyoumayencounterrelatedtoregistration.Staffadvisorsarenotinapositiontoprovidetechnicaladviceonspecificcourses,orhowthosecoursesmayrelatetoyourprofessionalcareeropportunities.Staffadvisorsarewellawareofthevariousresourcesavailablearoundthecampus,andcanhelpyouconnectwithstudycentersandassistanceresourcesofbothanacademicandpersonalnature.

MECHANICALENGINEERINGSTAFFPOINTSOFCONTACTDr.MichaelSchrlauistheGraduateDirectorinMechanicalEngineering.Heisthefirstpointofcontactformostgraduateprogramquestionsregardingfulltimeequivalency,degreecompletionrequirements,semesterconversion,I-20programextensionforms,coursesubstitutionapproval,admissions,anddeferralofadmissions.Dr.RisaRobinsonistheDepartmentHeadofMechanicalEngineering.HeisresponsiblefortheoveralldirectionandmanagementofthedepartmentanditsprogramsinRochesterandDubai.Dr.Robinsonsupervisesallfacultyandstaffinthedepartment,managesallcasesofacademicmisconductintheMEdepartment,andalsoisresponsibleforrecognitionofoutstandingperformance.Dr.AlanNyeistheAssociateDepartmentHeadforoutreachandexperientiallearning.Heisresponsibleforalltransferstudents,2/3studentswithcombinedstudybetweentwocampuses,andallquestionsrelatedtochangeofprogramintoandoutofmechanicalengineering.Dr.Nyemanagesthespringacceptedstudentopenhouses,RITFirstLook,andtransferstudentopenhouse.Dr.NyeregularlymeetswithprospectivestudentswhoareconsideringRITastheir

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destinationforstudy.Dr.Nyeoverseestheco-operativeeducationprogramandmustapproveanyco-opopportunitynotlistedthroughjob-zone.Dr.Nyeisinchargeofthestudyabroadprograminmechanicalengineering,andcanhelpyouwithanyquestionyoumayhaveaboutstudyingatourRITDubaicampus,oranotherlocation.Dr.NyemanagestheAParticulation,ProjectLeadtheWay,InternationalBaccalaureate,andtransfercreditevaluationforincomingfreshman.

DianeSelleckistheMechanicalEngineeringDual-DegreeStudentServicesCoordinator.SheworkswithDr.Schrlautoregistergraduatestudentspriortotheirarrivaloncampus.Dianecanassistyouwithcourseenrollmentandotherquestionsrelatedtocourseofferings.DianeSelleckisalsotheMechanicalEngineeringStudentInformationSpecialist.Dianemaintainsgraduateandundergraduatestudentrecordsandisresponsiblefordataentryrelatedtoregistration.ShealsoassistsgraduatestudentswithFullTimeEquivalencyenrollmentandforcompletionofformsforspecialtycourses.JillEhmannistheMechanicalEngineeringSeniorStaffAssistant.SheworkscloselywithDr.Schrlautotrackgraduateadmissions.ShemaintainscalendarsfortheDepartmentHeadandAssociateDepartmentHeadsandconferencerooms.Jillisthefirstpointofcontactforstudentquestionsandcanassistyouordirectyoutotheappropriatefacultyorstaff.Betweentheofficestaffandyourfacultyadvisor,youshouldbeabletofindananswertoalmostanydegreecompletionquestionthatyoumayhave.

VenessaMitchellistheMechanicalEngineeringAdministrativeFinancialServiceCoordinator.ShemaintainsthefinancialrecordsfortheMechanicalEngineeringdepartment.Sheprovidesdepartmentalbudgetinformationandtracksallstudentsemployedinourdepartment.Venessaworkswithallfacultymemberswhohirestudentsfortheirclassesandlabs,allpurchasingrelatedtostudentclubs,andpurchasingrelatedtoresearchprojects.Ifyouhaveaquestionaboutanythingfinancial,Venessaisyourpointofcontact.JanManetitheMechanicalEngineeringOperationsManager,assistedbyCraigArnoldisresponsibleformaintenanceandrepairoftheequipmentinallofourlabs.JansupervisesthestudenttechnicianswhoworkintheMachineShopandPCLabandheisresponsibleforalluseofthemachinesintheshoparea.BeforeanyprojectworkisdoneintheMachineShop,pleaseseeJan.CraigandJanteachmaterialsprocessinglabsandwillworkwithyouonprototypesandfabricationthroughoutyouracademiccareers.WilliamFinchistheSystemsAdministratorfortheDepartment.HeisinchargeoftheMEcomputerlabs,theirmaintenanceandupkeep.Billalsoisthesupervisorforthelabassistantswhoworkinthecomputerlabs.EverymechanicalengineeringstudenthasamailfolderoutsidetheMechanicalEngineeringOffice.Anymessagesforyouwillbeplacedinyourmailfolder.MemosfromtheCo-opOffice,MechanicalEngineeringOffice,Dean'sOffice,instructors,andgeneralinformationregardingtheprogramwillbeputintoyourmailfolder.Facultymembersmayhandpapersbacktoyourmailfolders.Importantnoticesandinformationwillbepostedabovethemailfolders.YOUSHOULDCHECKYOURMAILFOLDERREGULARLYINORDERTORECEIVEINFORMATIONINATIMELYMANNER.Allfacultymembershavetheirownmailboxes,andtheMEofficestaffwilldeliverinformationfromyoutothefacultymailboxes.Ifyouhaveanymessagesforyourfacultymember,wanttosubmitlatehomeworkassignments,etc.,pleasehandsubmitthemtothefrontdeskintheMechanicalEngineeringofficeandhaveitdatestamped,unlessinstructedotherwisebyyourprofessor.Makesurethattheinstructors’nameandyournameareclearlyvisiblesothatyourpaperworkisfiledinthecorrectmailbox.

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MECHANICALENGINEERINGFACULTYANDSTAFFDIRECTORYNAME PHONE OFFICE E-MAILRisa Robinson, Department Head, Professor 56445 GLE/2107 rjreme Alan Nye, Associate Department Head, Professor 56121 GLE/2109 ahneme Michael Schrlau, Graduate Director, Associate Professor 52139 GLE/2111 mgseme Craig Arnold, Sr. Mech. Technician 54595 GLE2436 ceaeme Jill Ehmann, Sr. Staff Assistant 55181 GLE/2125 jceeme William Finch, Sr. Systems Analyst 52964 GLE/2242 wgfiee Jennifer Kamish, Undergrad Advisor 54595 GLE/2203 jdkaio Andrea Kirwan, Undergrad Advisor 55829 GLE/2203 agkiao Christie Leone, ME Student Services Coordinator 57489 GLE/2113 chleme Jan Maneti, Operations Manager 57718 GLE/2436 jameme Hillary McCormick, Undergrad Advisor 55788 GLE/2115 hemiao Venessa Mitchell, Admin & Fin. Services Coordinator 52162 ENG/2641 vmmeme Craig Piccarreto, Sr. Mech. Technician 54295 GLE/2436 capeme Amy Powell, Undergrad Advisor 56507 GLE/1568 alpiao Diane Selleck, Student Info Specialist 52163 GLE/2101 dmseme ME Bus Office Front Desk 55703 GLE/2103 busofeme FACULTY Margaret Bailey, Professor 52960 GLE/2061 mbbeme Stephen Boedo, Professor 55214 GLE/2031 sxbeme Robert Carter, Lecturer 57098 ENG/2507 rncbme Agamemnon Crassidis, Professor 54730 GLE/2081 alceme Steven Day, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Dept. Head 54738 INS/3107 swdeme Elizabeth DeBartolo, MSD Director, Associate Professor 52152 GLE/4451 eademe Gerald Fly, Lecturer 55269 GLE/2171 gwfeme Alfonso Fuentes-Aznar, Associate Professor 52917 ENG/2541 afeme Hany Ghoneim, Professor 56414 GLE/2011 hngeme Amitabha Ghosh, Professor 52191 GLE/2041 angeme Mario Gomes, Sr. Lecturer 52148 GLE/2189 mwgeme Surendra Gupta, Professor 52158 GLE/2071 skgeme Edward Hensel, Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies 57684 HLC/2544 echeme William Humphrey, Lecturer 55628 ENG/2523 waheme Patricia Iglesias Victoria, Associate Professor 57694 GLE/2179 pxieme Sarilyn Ivancic, Lecturer 56003 GLE/2138 srieme Satish Kandlikar, James E. Gleason Professor 56728 GLE/2001 sgkeme Mark Kempski, Professor 52473 GLE/2091 mhkeme Jason Kolodziej, Associate Professor 54313 GLE/2132 jrkeme Marca Lam, Sr. Lecturer 56871 GLE/2191 mjleme Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard, Associate Professor 56775 GLE/2185 kaleme Timothy Landschoot, Principal Lecturer 57439 GLE/2134 tpleme Kate Leipold, Sr. Lecturer 55372 GLE/2136 knleme Alexander Liberson, Associate Professor 56672 GLE/2051 asleme Rui Liu, Visiting Assistant Professor 56819 ENG/2533 rleme Ali Ogut, Professor 52542 GLE/2015 adoeme Michael Schertzer, Assistant Professor 55715 GLE/2175 mjseme Robert Stevens, Associate Professor 52153 GLE/2167 rjseme Benjamin Varela, Associate Professor 54737 GLE/2012 bxveme P. Venkataraman, Associate Professor 56975 GLE/2021 pnveme John Wellin, Sr. Lecturer 55223 GLE/2014 jdweme

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APPENDIXA.ADVICETOGRADUATESTUDENTS

ADJUSTINGTOGRADUATESTUDIES

Youareexpectedtobeanindependentprofessional.Graduatestudyinengineeringisintendedtobeadifferentkindofexperiencefromtheundergraduateprogramofstudy.Moststudentsenrolledinanundergraduateengineeringprogramfollowahighlystructuredsequenceofcoursesinarelativelycommonfashion.Undergraduatecoursesconsistofhomework,reading,projects,andfinalexams.Graduatecourseshavemanyofthesameelements,butitisexpectedthatthestudentismuchmoreindependentthantheywereasanundergraduatestudent.Thegraduateprogramhasmuchmoreflexibilitytoallowyoutoselectcoursesofinterest.Usethisflexibilitytodesignapersonalizedprogramofstudythatadvancesyourcareeraspirations.

Youareexpectedtodoeverygraduatehomeworkassignmentontime.Youwillfindthatyourgraduatehomeworkproblemsetsrequireyoutoexpandyourknowledgebeyondthetopicsthatwerecoveredinclass.Incontrast,mostundergraduatehomeworkproblemsetsweredesignedtohelpyoupracticeandmasterthetopicscoveredduringtheclassroomsession.Thus,homeworkproblemsetsareanevenmoreimportantaspectofyourgraduateprogram.Asanundergraduatestudent,youmighthavebeenlateinsubmittinghomeworkassignments,orduringabusyweekhavenotevencompletedthehomeworkassignmentbecausehomeworkwasarelativelysmallportionofthecoursegrade.Asagraduatestudent,homeworkmaystillbereflectedasasmallportionofthecoursegrade,butitisamorecriticalelementofthelearningexperience.Handinginyourhomeworklate(evenbyanhour)istakenbymanyfacultymembersasasignthatyoumaynotreallybeseriousaboutyourgraduatestudies.Donotprocrastinate.Beginworkoneveryassignmentthedaythatyougetit.

Youareexpectedtodoyourgraduatehomeworkindependently.Asanundergraduatestudent,itmayhavebeencommonforyoutoworkingroupstocompletealargesetofsmallproblems.Asagraduatestudent,youwilltypicallyhavefewerproblemsinanassignment,buteachproblemismoresignificantinscope.Youareexpectedtodotheseproblemsalone.Ifyourfacultymemberpermitscollaborationonhomework,thenyouMUSTciteyourcollaborationinyourwrittenhomeworksubmission,andbeveryclearaboutyourcontributionsandthoseofyourpeerstudents.Failuretoprovidecitationisconsideredplagiarism.Bydefault,youshouldassumethateverytaskofeverygraduateclassisintendedtobecompletedasanindividualeffort,unlessyouareexplicitlyinformedotherwisebythefacultymemberteachingthecourse.

Youareexpectedtokeeppacewiththeclass.Thefacultymembersassumethatyoureadthematerialassigned,andthatyouunderstandwhatyouhavereadtoalevelthatyouareabletoapplywhatyouhavelearned.Itisnotsufficienttoreadthetextbookcasually;youareexpectedtounderstandeverywordofeverysentence.Ifyoudonotunderstandthereadings,thenyoushouldseekhelp.Yourfacultymemberwillbewillingtohelpyou,buttheyexpectyoutocomepreparedwithveryspecificquestions.Youshouldnotapproachafacultymemberwithageneralstatementthat"IdonotunderstandChapter1."Instead,youshouldpinpointexactlywheretheconfusionis.Forexample:"IdonotunderstandhowtheauthormovedfromEquation1.1to1.2.HereistheworkIhavedonetotrytounderstandtheauthor.WouldyoupleasehelpmeunderstandwhatIammissing?"isthetypeofquestionexpectedfromagraduatestudent.

Youareexpectedtobearolemodel.Undergraduatestudentslookuptoyou.Youareexpectedtobehavewiththeutmostprofessionalismandacademicconductatalltimes.Youareanengineerfirst,andastudentsecond.

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GRADUATESTUDENTSUPPORT

TheMechanicalEngineeringdepartmentisfortunatetobeabletoprovidesignificantfinancialsupporttomanygraduatestudentsastheypursuetheirstudies.Themostcommonformsofsupportarelistedhere.

GRADUATEMERITSCHOLARSHIP

Graduatemeritscholarshipsmaybeprovidedtostudentsbasedonoutstandingacademicperformance.Meritscholarshipsarehighlycompetitive,andlimitedinnumber.GraduatestudentsmustmaintainaGPAover3.0inordertoqualifyforearningameritscholarship.However,becauseofthecompetitivenatureofthemeritscholarships,mostrecipientshavehistoricallymaintainedaGPAof3.75andhigher.MeritScholarshipsareforoneacademictermatatime,andmayberenewedwithcontinuedoutstandingacademicperformance.Meritscholarshipsdonotrequireanyworkforthedepartmentbythestudent.Dualdegreestudentsmaymaintaintheirscholarshipsupportastheycontinuetheirgraduatestudies.

GRADUATETEACHINGASSISTANTSHIP

Graduateteachingassistantships(GTA)areaformofsalariedemploymentinthedepartment.AGTAmaybeprovidedtostudentswhoaredoingverywellacademically,andwhocanprovidemeaningfulsupporttothedepartment.GraduatestudentsintheirsecondyearofstudymustmaintainaGPAover3.0inordertoqualifyforaGTA.MostGTAsrequirethegraduatestudenttoworkforthedepartmentatarateofnominally20hoursperweekincludingallweeksthatclassesareinsession,finalsweek,andthebreakweekbetweenacademicterms.Dualdegreestudentsmustbeatyearlevel6toqualifyforaGTA.GTAappointmentsareforoneacademictermatatime,andrequirepositiveworkevaluationbythesupervisingfacultymemberandcontinuedgoodacademicstandingbythestudent.GTAappointmentsaregenerallynotavailableformorethanonefullacademicyearforMaster'sstudents.Studentsona20hourperweekGTAarenoteligibleforotheremploymentorGRAsupport,on-campusoroff-campus.StudentsonaGTAmustbefull-timestudents.

Pleasenotethatfulltimegraduatestudentswhoarebeingsupportedonadepartmentalgraduateteachingassistantship(GTA)areexpectedtocompleteatleast9creditsduringeachsemesterthattheyareonaGTAassignment.DualdegreestudentsbeingsupportedonaGTAareexpectedtocompleteatleast12credits(consistingofbothundergradandgraduatecourses)duringeachsemesterthattheyareonaGTAassignment.IfastudentacceptsaGTAposition,theymustremainoncampusandcannotacceptacooppositionoranyotherpositionsthatinterferewithobligationsinfulfillingtheresponsibilityforcompletingteachingassistantshipdutiesduringthetermforwhichtheyareawarded.

GRADUATERESEARCHASSISTANTSHIP

Graduateresearchassistantships(GRA)areaformofgrant-in-aidofresearch,oftenfromanexternalsponsor.AGRAisnotconsideredemployment,butratherfinancialsupportofastudent'sresearch.TheGRAisnotintendedtocompensateastudentforallhoursspentworkingontheirthesisresearch,butisintendedtopartiallydefraythestudent'scostofattendance,inordertoallowthemtofocusmoretimeandeffortontheirresearch.AGRAmaybeprovidedtostudentswhoaredoingverywellacademically,andwhoarepursuingresearchofinteresttoafacultymemberandtheirsponsor.GRAawardeesmustunderstandthatGRAsareextremelycompetitive,andthatGRAsplayanimportantroleinmaintainingapositiverelationshipwithresearchsponsors.GraduatestudentsmustmaintainaGPAover3.0inordertoqualifyforaGRA.GRAsrequirethegraduatestudenttoworkontheirresearchatarateofatleast20hoursperweekincludingallweeksthatclassesareinsession,finalsweek,andthebreakweekbetweenacademicterms.Dualdegree

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studentshouldnotethattuitionremissionmayreplace(notaddto)certainscholarshipsyoumayalreadybereceiving.Dualdegreestudentsmustbeatyearlevel6toqualifyforaGRA.GRAappointmentsareforoneacademictermatatime,andrequirepositiveworkevaluationbythesupervisingfacultymemberandcontinuedgoodacademicstandingbythestudent.GRAappointeesareselectedbythesupervisingfacultymember.Studentsona20hourperweekGRAarenoteligibleforotheremploymentorGTAsupport,on-campusoroff-campus.StudentsonaGRAmustbefull-timestudents.

HOURLYEMPLOYMENT

Graduatestudentsmayapplyforhourlyjobsoncampus.Thesejobsrequireawiderangeofduties,andhavevaryingpayscales,dependingupontherequiredskillsandduties.Hourlyemployeesmustelectronicallyrecordtheirtimeatwork,andwillreporttoaworksupervisor.Hourlyemployeesarenoteligiblefortuitionremission.Studentsmustbefull-timestudentstobeemployedasanhourlystudent,andmaybeatanyyearlevel.

GRADUATEFELLOWSHIPS

Agraduatefellowshipisahighlyprestigiousformofsupport,andishighlycompetitive.ThedepartmentcurrentlyofferstheKellyGraduateFellowshipasasupplementtoeitheraGTAoraGRA,forahighlydeservingstudent.ThefellowshipismadepossiblebyagiftfromtheKellyFamily.Therearemanyexternalfellowshipprogramsthatyoumayconsiderapplyingfor,outsideofRIT.Thosefellowshipprogramshaveawidevarietyofeligibilityrequirements,andmayormaynothaveaworkcommitmentassociatedwiththem.

COURSELOADS

Anormalfulltimecourseloadforagraduatestudentisthreecoursesofthreesemester-credit-hours(3SCH)eachperacademictermforatotalof9SCH.Studentswhoareanxioustocompletetheirdegreerapidlyhavebeenabletotakefourcoursesperterm(atotalof12SCH)buttypicallyarenotabletoholddownanyjobs,GTA,orGRAwhiletakingfourcourses.InternationalstudentsonanF-1Visamustremainasfulltimeequivalentstatus(FTE)atalltimesduringtheirprogramofstudy,inordertocomplywithUSimmigrationrules.FTEisdefinedasgreaterthanorequalto9SCHduringeveryacademicterm(FallandSpring).Pleasenotethatstudentsmayuseacombinationofactualcoursecreditsandequivalencytoachievefulltimestatus.Forexample,astudentmayenrollfor6coursecredits(two3SCHcourses)andbeemployedasaGTA(20hoursofGTAistreatedas6SCHofequivalentcourses),toachieve9EquivalentSCH.Everyyear,newstudentsarriveatRIT,andareofferedaGTA.Whenthestudentlearnsabouttheequivalencyrules,itiscommonformanystudentstoreducetheircourseloadto6SCHandusethe3equivalentSCHtoachieveFTEstatus.However,itisveryimportantforyoutounderstandthatGTA'sarenotusuallyofferedforasecondyearofstudy.StudentswhocompleteonlysixcoursesduringtheirfirstyearofstudyarenotlikelytobeawardedaGTAforasecondyearofstudy.IfyouareonaGTA,youshouldbetakingatleastthreecourses(9SCH)foreachofthefall,springandsummertermsduringyourfirstyearofstudy.ThevastmajorityofstudentsbegintheirprogramofstudyasaMasterofEngineeringStudent.SeveralM.Eng.studentsexpressinterestinchangingtotheM.S.program.ThebestwayforyoutoaccomplishachangeofprogramfromtheM.Eng.programtotheM.S.programistotakethreecourseseachacademicterm(fall,springandsummer),andtocompleteanM.S.thesisproposalbyMayofyourfirstyear.StudentswhohavecompletedninecoursesandtheirthesisproposalwhilecarryingaGTAareviewedasverystrongresearchpotentialcandidatesbymostfacultymembers,andareinaverygoodpositiontocompeteforaGRAwhileworkingonathesis.StudentswhocompleteonlysixcourseswhilecarryingaGTAanddonotcompleteathesisproposalareviewedaslowresearchpotentialstudentsbymostfacultymembers,andareinaweakpositiontocompeteforaGTArenewalorbeconsideredforaGRA.StudentswhoaresupportedasaGRAduringthefirstyearshouldworkcloselywiththeirfacultysupervisortoconfirmthatthestudentisprogressingwiththeircourseworkattherateexpectedbythefacultysupervisor.

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AtypicalMasterofEngineeringprogramofstudyshouldtakenomorethanthreesemestersofstudyformostfulltimeM.Eng.students.M.Eng.studentswhoaremovingveryquicklyandareself-supportedmaycompletetheM.Eng.degreeintwosemesters.M.Eng.studentswhoaretakingonecourseatatimewhileworkingfulltimemayrequirefourormoreyearstocompletethedegree.

AtypicalfulltimeMasterofScienceprogramofstudyshouldtakethreesemestertermsofstudytocompleteallcourseworkrequirements,and12to15monthsofresearchworktocompletethethesis,foratotalprogramofstudyrangingfrom21to24months.M.S.Studentswhoaremovingveryquicklyandareself-supportedmaycompletetheM.S.programin18to21months.

AfulltimestudentwhotakesmorethantwocalendaryearstocompleteaMaster'sdegreeisusuallyconsideredtobemakingveryslowprogress.Afull-timeprogramofstudylastingmorethantwoyearsmaybeviewednegativelybyprospectiveemployers.

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