Graduate Programs

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• Departmental Fellowships
• Student Forms
• Graduate Courses
• 2009-2010 Handbook

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky provides an intellectually challenging environment in which to pursue advanced studies and engage in research. The Department offers programs of study leading to the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering and the Ph.D. degree. Financial assistance is available to qualified applicants in the form of graduate teaching or research assistantships, or fellowships. Stipends vary depending on the student's program level and type of support.

Graduate students work closely with faculty recognized as renowned authorities in their discipline. Many of these research projects are at the forefront of technology. Graduate work may be focused in any of the following areas:

• Manufacturing: analytical and numerical modeling, optimization of machining processes and systems, monitoring and control of welding processes, abrasive water jet machining, lean manufacturing, and robotics and machine vision.
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• Mechanics: dynamic analysis of solids, contact mechanics, system identification of structures, thermal stress, and boundary element methods.
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• Systems and Design: application of nontraditional materials, finite elements, kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms, acoustics, vibration and noise prediction, mechatronic systems, rotating machinery dynamics, and boundary elements methods in acoustics.
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• Thermal Fluid Sciences: combustion and fire research, computational and experimental fluid dynamics, conduction and convection heat transfer, energy utilization, phase change heat transfer, radiation heat transfer, and optics.