1. DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
GRADUATE PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Goodarz Ahmadi
Department of Mechanical and
Aeronautical Engineering

2. Outline Degree Requirements Program Application Procedure History
Faculty Expertise

3. Master of Engineering (M.E.) 30 Credits Including a Project
GRADUATE DEGREES
Master of Engineering (M.E.)
30 Credits Including a Project
Courses 24 credits
Seminar credits
Project 4 credits
30 credits

4. 30 Credits Including a Thesis Courses 18 credits Seminar 2 credits
GRADUATE DEGREES
Master of Science (M.S.)
30 Credits Including a Thesis
Courses 18 credits
Seminar credits
Project 10 credits
30 credits

5. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering 90 Credits Including a Thesis
GRADUATE DEGREES
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
90 Credits Including a Thesis
(after B.S.)
Courses 39 credits
Seminar credits
Project 45 credits
90 credits

6. Ph.D. in Engineering Science 90 Credits Including a Thesis
GRADUATE DEGREES
Ph.D. in Engineering Science
90 Credits Including a Thesis
ME/MBA
Two Degree Program in
Two Years

7. Grants and Contracts in $1000

8. Publications and Presentations

9. Graduate Student Enrollment

10. Graduate Degree Granted

11. SAMPLE PHD DEGREES AWARDED
STUDENT ADVISOR THESIS TITLE
Brian Bar Valentine Internal Solitary Waves: From Weakly to Fully Nonlinear
Changli He Ratan Jha Identificatin and Control for Vibration Suppression o a Nonlinear andTime- Varying Smart Structure
A. Mazaheri Ahmadi Foundamental of Multiphase Gas Solid and Gas-Liquid Flows in Porous Media

12. FINANCIAL ASSITANCE
M.S. and Ph.D.
 Teaching Assistantship (TA)
 Research Assistantship (RA)
 Fellowship (Government and Industrial)
TA and RA $18, (Plus Tuition)
Fellowship (NASA, DOE) (Plus Tuition)
M.Eng., M.S. and Ph.D. Students
 Fellowship Tuition Scholarship
(Partial Tuition Waiver up to 12 credits)
 Funding for M.Eng. Project (Up to $2000)

13. WHY ATTEND GRADUATE SCHOOL
Getting Ahead
Requirement for entering the upper echelons of careers
Making More Money (Average Salary)
BS ($60,000)
MS ($70,000)
Ph.D. ($80,000)
Learning Modern Skills
Years of work experience in a few semesters of intense training
Love and Enjoyment of learning

16. Salary Survey 2004 Mechanical Engineers

18. ADVANTAGES OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Higher Salary (About 15% for MS and 25% for Ph.D.)
Academic Positions (for Ph.D.)
Increased opportunities for:
Advancement
Supervisory Positions
Research and Development Positions
Advanced Engineering Work

19. Application Process Graduate School
(Check application for completeness)
MAE Department
(Register)
MAE Faculty for Evaluation
(Two to Three weeks)
MAE Graduate Committee
(Decision on admission, and aid)
Graduate School via MAE Department
Dean of School of Engineering writes to applicant

20. Primary Research Areas
Aerodynamics
Aerosols and Sprays
Automated manufacturing
CAD/CAM
Combustion
Composite materials
Computational fluid mechanics
Crystal growth
Electronic cooling
Experimental fluid mechanics
Finite and boundary element methods
Flow separation and atomization
Fracture mechanics
Heat transfer
Mathematical software
Mechanism vibration and synthesis
Microgravity fluid mechanics
Multiphase flows
Nonlinear mechanics
Optimal design and computer graphics
Opto-electronics
Particle adhesion and transport
Random vibrations
Robotics
Shape optimization
Solar energy
Space Structures
Tribology of deformation processing
Turbulence and stochastic modeling
Welding metallurgy

21. Department Faculty Goodarz Ahmadi Daryush Aidun Frederick Carlson
Cetin Cetinkaya
Suresh Dhaniyala
Brian Helenbrook
Kathleen Issen
Ratan Jha
Jim Kane
Ronald LaFleur
Sung Lin
Pier Marzocca
John Moosbrugger
David Morrison
Eric Thacher
Jeff Taylor
Daniel Valentine
Kenneth Visser
Kenneth Willmert
Steven Yugartis

22. Goodarz Ahmadi Current Research Projects
Particle Transport and Deposition, and Gas Cleaning in Filter Vessels, Combustors, and Boilers ( DOE, Consol)
Aerodynamic Lens (Kodak)
Electrohydrodynamic Flows (Xerox)
Inhalation Drug Delivery (NIOSH, Dura Pharmaceuticals)
Three Phase Slurry Reactors (DOE)
Energy Production from Hydrate (DOE)
Vibration Control of Aerospace Structures, and Spray (NASA)
Nano and Micro Particle and Fiber Adhesion and Removal, and CMP (CAMP, Xerox)

23. Daryush K. Aidun Research Projects
Effect of enhanced Convection on Weld Microstructure/Quality
Elimination of Weld Distortion in Low Thermal Diffusitivity Alloys
Weldability of Al-Cu-Li Alloys
Ultrasonic Welding of Thermoplastics
High Speed Powder Coating of Soft & Hard Substrates

24. Frederick M. Carlson Current Research Projects
Directional Solidification
- Design of microgravity experiments aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle
Welding
- Resistance spot welding
Gas-Particle Flow
- Gas-particle flow for turbine inlets, clean rooms

25. Centin Cetinkaya Research Projects
Stress Localization in Layered/Composite Structures
Plasma Induced Surface Cleaning
Experimental Stress Wave Propagation in Composite Structure
MEMs/Mechatronics
Ultrasonic Applications in Bomedical Engineering
Knowledge-Base Development

26. Current Research Projects
Suresh Dhaniyala
Current Research Projects
Aerosols Mechanics
Design and Optimization of Air Samplers
MEMS
Air Pollution Control

27. Brian Helenbrook Current Research Projects
Computational Fluid Mechanics
Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Flows
Combustion
Spray Atomization
Secondary Breakup of Liquid Droplet
Automobile Exhaust Energy Recovery Using a Thermoelectric Generator

28. Kathleen Issen Research Projects Geo-materials
Smart Materials (Shape Memory Alloys)
Composite Material
Constitutive Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials
Bifurcation phenomena in solids/structures
Inception and propagation of localized deformation

29. Ratan Jha Research Projects Composite and Smart Materials
- Smart Actuators/Sensors (PZT Materials)
- Active Control of Aeroelastic Structures
Computational Aeroelasticity
- Aircraft Dynamic Aeroelasticity
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
- Multi-Objective, Optimization of Smart Composite Wings

30. Ronald S. LaFleur Research Projects
Iceformation Design of Second Vane Endwall (Reduce heat transfer and pressure loss)
Velocity and Pressure Measurement Techniques (Multi-hole pressure probes, Color Velocimetry)
Design of Cooling for High pressure Turbine Vanes

31. Shape Design Sensitivity Analysis BEA with Zone Condensation
James Kane
Research Projects
Boundary Element Analysis (Applications to Shape Optimization, Structural, acoustic and Thermal systems)
Shape Design Sensitivity Analysis
BEA with Zone Condensation
Developing Educational Tools

32. S.P. Lin Research Projects NASA: Drop and Spray Information
- Fuel injection, inkjet printing etc.
NSF: Control of Film Flow Instability
- Film coating
NASA: Evaporation & Condensation
- Heat transfer

33. Pier Marzocca Research Projects Nonlinear Systems - Functional Series
- Active Control
Aeroelasticity
Computational Mechanics,
Nonlinear Aeroelasticity
Thermoelasticity

34. David Morrison Research Projects Materials Science/Metallurgy
Cyclic Plasticity
Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth
Influence of Microstructure on Mechanical Behavior
Mechanical Properties of Weldments
Simulation of Materials Processing

35. John Moosbrugger Research Projects Continuum Mechanics
Cyclic Plasticity
Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth
Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior
Mechanical Properties of Crystals
Materials Processing

36. Jeff Taylor Current Research Projects
Mixing layers (2D and axisymmetric) and 3D boundary layers and separated flows.
PIV, LDV and Hot Wire techniques
Active feedback control utilizing POD Smart Wing and Flow Control NASA-Langley

37. E.F. Thacher Current Research Projects Racing System for Sunrayce
Solar car crash study on LSDYNA3D
Inverse radiation heat transfer in hidden-surface cavities
Project-Based Learning Communities and Academic Culture
Automobile Exhaust Energy Recovery Using a Thermoelectric Generator
Alternative-Powered Vehicles

38. Daniel Valentine Research Projects Rotating and buoyancy-driven flows
Nonlinear, internal waves
Computational fluid mechanics
Marine hydrodynamics and low-speed aerodynamics
Marine propulsion devices

39. Kenneth D. Visser Research Projects
Vortex Dynamics:Tip flow physics, wing tip optimization
Wind Turbines: Small turbine utilization
Turbulence: Onset of transition, nonlinear/ chaotic ideas
Drag: Active drag reduction of trucks
Energy Extraction: Water/wave energy, wind, wave

40. Kenneth Willmert Research Projects
Computer Aided Design of Mechanical and Structural Systems
Application of Computer Graphics in Engineering and Design
Optimization of Structural Systems

41. Steve Yurgartis Current Research Projects
Carbon-carbon composites - Mechanical and microstructural properties
Carbon foams - Production and graphitization treatment
Inverse metal foams - Production and applications
Diamond films - Production and application to precision machining operations
Image analysis - Computer algorithms to extract microstructural data

42. RESEARCH CENTERS Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP)
NYSTAR Environmental Quality System (Clarkson Center for Air Resources Science and Engineering, CARES)
Rehabilitation Engineering

43. NYEQS
CARES