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The Graduate Materials Engineering Program has been drawing for over 30 years on the strength and presence of the materials-engineering entities in the Miami Valley. It is very fortunate that materials science and engineering are well entrenched into our area though UDRI, AFRL-Materials Laboratory, AFRL-Propulsion Laboratory, Delphi, The Composite Center, AKK Steel, General Electric Aircraft Engine (GEAE) Division, Edison Materials Technology Center (EMTEC), and more.
By concentrating on research and study in areas integral to our region, such as aerospace-alloys, composite-materials, composite processing, non-destructive evaluation (NDE), and structural-ceramics, it was possible to reach a level of national recognition. This recognition is still attracting funding and even foreign students from industrialized countries. Up to 70 percent of UDRI research is materials related. The total external funding through grants and contracts affiliated with our program (SOE or UDRI), between 1989 and 2001, is now exceeding 3 million dollars. At WPAFB, AFRL has one of the largest and best equipped materials research laboratories in the world. In the last few years we were able to attract doctoral students and post-doc researchers from countries such as Japan (three persons) France (three persons) and Germany (three persons), enhancing international recognition and reputation. All this would not have been possible without maintaining a position of "front-line" leadership in areas such as composites, titanium and NDE. We were exceptionally successful in recruiting and educating women doctoral students of the highest quality (22 out of 55 from the start of program and 9 out of 17 in the last five years are women). Many are already serving important roles in the industry and in national laboratories. We are now experiencing a period of shifting in emphasis and in technology focuses, the result of the end of the Cold War, the inception of the "information age", and of the war on terrorism. Our mission to adapt as fast as possible to the new market, economy, technology and political realities so that we can remain "relevant" to our region and to the new national challenges. UDRI and AFRL provide our doctoral students with unique research opportunities. The personnel of UDRI and the Materials Directorate at Wright Patterson provide us with an access to a very talented and experienced pool of adjunct professors available for teaching and technical advising. What is Unique About Our Program? We offer master and doctoral degrees based on state-of-the-art classes in Materials Engineering, taught by professors with practical experience, from two world-class materials laboratories. This provides the students the opportunity to work in a “real world” research lab, and to network with a wide base of science and technology leaders, for securing interesting future employment. What Degrees Do We Offer and What Does It Take to Earn Them? The Program is divided into M.S. track (typically two to five years) and PhD track (typically three to seven years). In the M.S. program students have two options:
Who May Apply to Our Program? Any engineering graduate with a bachelor degree from an American accredited school of engineering with a GPA 3.0 or above may be admitted with no prerequisites. Any engineering graduate with a bachelor degree from an American accredited school of engineering with a GPA below 3.0 but no less than 2.7 will need to achieve a minimum of B-grade in 2 pre-selected courses to continue in the program. Any engineering graduate with a bachelor degree from a foreign technical university recognized by the International Services Office of the University of Dayton, with an average grade equivalent to GPA 3.0. Any science graduate with a bachelor degree in Physics, Chemistry, Math, Geology, and Biology, may apply, but could be required to take at least two prerequisite undergraduate courses of:
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