
Mechanical Engineering was
the first degree granting program when Georgia Tech
opened its doors for classes in 1888. The first bachelor's
degrees were granted in 1890. Today, the Woodruff School
offers the following
degrees:
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering (B.S.M.E.)
- Bachelor of Science in Nuclear
and Radiological Engineering (B.S.N.R.E.)
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering, Regional Engineering
(RME)
- Master of Science (M.S.), an
undesignated degree
- Master of Science in Mechanical
Engineering (M.S.M.E.)
- Master of Science in Nuclear
and Radiological Engineering
(M.S.N.E.)
- Master of Science in Medical
Physics (M.S.M.P.)
- Master of Science in Paper Science
and Engineering (M.S.PSE)
- Master of Science in Bioengineering
(M.S.BioE)
- Doctor of Philosophy
ACCREDITATION
Georgia Tech's bachelor of science degree in mechanical
engineering and the bachelor of science degree
in nuclear and radiological engineering are accredited
by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of
ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore,
Maryland 21202-4012. Telephone: (410) 347-7700.
(Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear
and Radiological Engineering)
The regional engineering mechanical
engineering (RME) program
offered through Georgia Tech Savannah a new program
and will be considered for accrediation until 2008.
The Georgia Institute of Technology
is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award
bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.
Georgia Tech's Cooperative Program is accredited by
the Accreditation Council for Cooperative Education.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Undergraduate Programs in Mechanical Engineering and
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
The faculty of the Woodruff School strives to continuously
improve our undergraduate programs in Mechanical Engineering
and Nuclear and Radiological Engineering. The educational
objectives reflect the needs, and have been reviewed
by, among others, the Advisory Board, the faculty, and
the students:
- To prepare students for successful
careers and lifelong learning;
- To train students thoroughly
in methods of analysis, including the
mathematical and computational skills appropriate
for engineers to use when solving problems;
- To develop the skills pertinent
to the design process, including the
students' ability to formulate problems, to think
creatively, to communicate effectively, to synthesize
information,
and to work collaboratively;
- To teach students to use current
experimental and data analysis techniques for engineering
application;
- To instill in our students an
understanding of their professional
and ethical responsibilities.
Georgia Tech Regional
Engineering Program in
Mechanical Engineering
- To graduate engineers
prepared for successful careers and empower
them to be
lifelong learners;
- To graduate engineers
who are able to solve problems using
analysis that is anchored in the engineering sciences
and/or
computational tools;
- To
graduate engineers who are able to design
engineering systems
for a global economy. This necessitates the development
of
skills that include the ability to formulate problems,
to think
creatively, to communicate effectively, to synthesize
information, and to work ethically and collaboratively
in a distributed engineering environment;
- To
graduate engineers who are able to use experimental
and data analysis techniques to understand
engineering phenomena and/or validate them;
- To
graduate engineers who understand their professional
and
ethical responsibilities to society.
Graduate Program Educational Objectives
To achieve the general goals of the Woodruff School
of Mechanical Engineering, the following Educational
Objectives for the Graduate Program reflect the needs
of our constituencies and have been reviewed and validated
by our constituents:
Ph.D. Programs
- To prepare students for
successful careers in industry and/or academia
and to promote and instill an ethic for lifelong
learning;
- To educate students in methods
of advanced analysis, including
the mathematical, computational, and experimental
skills
appropriate for professionals to use when solving
problems;
- To provide a substantial depth
of knowledge in a particular field
or subfield of study that allows the student to
be recognized
as an expert;
- To provide a breadth of knowledge
in a minor field of study that fosters an awareness
of and skill in interdisciplinary approaches to
problem solving;
- To develop the skills pertinent
to the research process, including the students'
ability to formulate problems, to synthesize and
integrate information, to work collaboratively,
to communicate effectively, and to publish the
results of their research;
- To promote a sense of scholarship,
leadership, and service among
our graduates.
Master's Programs
- To
prepare students for successful careers in industry
and to promote and instill an ethic for lifelong
learning;
- To educate students in methods
of advanced analysis appropriate
for professionals to use when solving problems;
- To provide a depth of knowledge
in a particular field of study
that allows the student to apply innovative techniques
to solve
problems;
- To provide a breadth of knowledge
that fosters an awareness of and skill in interdisciplinary
approaches to problem solving;
- To develop the skills pertinent
to the research process, including the students'
ability to formulate problems, to synthesize and
integrate information, to work collaboratively,
to communicate effectively, and to publish the
results of their research (MS thesis students).
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