Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering

University of Maine

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers graduate programs leading to Master of Science and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering. Each graduate student, in consultation with his or her graduate committee, prepares an individual program of study. Current areas of research include: Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Biomimetics, Composite Materials and Structures, Computational Mechanics, Controls and Dynamic Systems, Design Optimization, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Marine Renewable Energy, Nanomaterials and Devices Offshore Engineering, Reduced-Order Modeling, Robotics, Smart Materials, Solar Thermal Energy, Solid Mechanics, Thermal Sciences, Uncertainty Quantification and Engineering Education. The Ph.D. degree program is more narrowly focused on a topic of interest to the student and the faculty advisor. Interdisciplinary PhD research is performed in collaboration with faculty in other disciplines as a part of a coherent graduate degree program in Mechanical Engineering.

College of Engineering