Program Overview

Online Graduate Certificates and Degrees

The university offers a range of online graduate certificates and degrees, including:

• MBA for Professionals
• Engineering Science Degree
• Mechanical Engineering Degree
• Systems Engineering & Technology Management Degree
• Certificates in:
  • Managing Technical Organizations
  • Leading Change and Innovation
  • Data Analytics
  • Machine Learning & AI
  • Supply Chain and Logistics
  • Program Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Lean Six Sigma

Mechanical Engineering Degree

The Mechanical Engineering Degree is designed to cultivate a deeper conceptual understanding of applied mathematical tools to solve complex engineering challenges at work. The program allows students to advance their understanding of materials and technologies relevant to their industry, with a focus on achieving outcomes in areas such as advanced manufacturing, aerospace, and defense.

Real-World Projects

The program emphasizes addressing real business challenges through project-based learning.

Certificates to Degrees

Students can customize their graduate degree by combining certificates with their degree program.

Online Coursework

The program offers online coursework, available anytime and anywhere.

Instructor Mentors

Students receive expertise, advice, and guidance from instructor mentors.

Flexible Timing

The program allows students to begin in January, May, or September.

Course Descriptions

The Mechanical Engineering Degree includes a range of courses, such as:

• ISYE 4240: Engineering Project Management: Create a vision statement and bring it to life through a project charter, work breakdown structure, and Gantt chart.
• MANE 5000: Advanced Engineering Mathematics: Develop the mathematical foundations that underpin the many disciplines of engineering.
• MANE 6790: Advanced Heat Transfer: Investigate conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer, focusing on practical applications.
• MANE 6170: Mechanics of Solids: Analyze how forces induce stresses in solids using the stress tensor and its interacting normal and shear stress components.
• MANE 4240: Introduction to Finite Elements: Address complex engineering challenges using the finite element method (FEM) to solve differential equations.
• MANE 6720: Computational Fluid Dynamics: Develop expertise with fundamentals used in computational fluid dynamic software packages.
• MANE 4640: Analysis of Manufacturing Processes: Explore solutions to unresolved problems analyzing a manufacturing process of your choice.
• ENGR 6230: Lean Six Sigma I: Improve a process at work using the DMAIC approach to systematically identify, quantify, and fix problems.
• MANE 6970: Professional Project (2): Collaborate with an instructor mentor to select an engineering problem to solve at work and develop, refine, and enhance the skills gained during the graduate experience.

Faculty Spotlight

The program features faculty members such as Ernesto Gutierrez-Miravete, who finds it satisfying to see graduate engineering students empowered to do more advanced technical work.