Kai-Fong Lee, Dean
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THE GRADUATE PROGRAM

Courses
The majority of the graduate courses in engineering are above the 550 level and do not carry a departmental designation. These courses are listed under ENGINEERING. Other courses are listed by individual departments.

Admission Requirements
For admission in full standing, the general admission requirements of the Graduate School must be satisfied by the applicant. An applicant slightly deficient in the admission requirements may be granted conditional admission requiring completion of additional undergraduate courses or demonstration of the ability to work successfully at the graduate level, or both.

Adviser
The Dean of the School of Engineering will assign each new student a temporary adviser. At the earliest convenience, the student will meet with the temporary adviser to select a permanent adviser. The student in consultation with the permanent adviser will select the graduate committee who will direct the student's program. Until the permanent adviser is selected, the temporary adviser and the student will determine the student's course of study.

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THE MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAM

Fields of Study
The M.S. in Engineering Science and the M.S. in Computational Engineering Science are intended to educate the student in some specialized topic in engineering science and computational engineering science. The major field of study need not be in one of the traditional areas such as chemical, civil, electrical, geological, and mechanical engineering but may be in areas such as aeroacoustics, computer science, materials science and engineering, computational hydroscience, environmental engineering, computational engineering science, or telecommunications.

Requirements
The general requirements for the degrees of Master of Science in Engineering Science and Master of Science in Computational Engineering Science are stated in the section on Requirements for Graduate Degrees. There is no foreign language requirement for these degrees. The student may complete the M.S. degree requirements under either (1) thesis option, which requires a minimum of 30 hours of graduate credit, including 6 hours of thesis; or (2) nonthesis option, which requires a minimum of 30 hours of graduate credit of which a minimum of 3 hours should be earned from a design-oriented program or research project course. The following are degree completion requirements for some of the established fields of study.

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Engineering Science with emphasis in chemical engineering

Required courses include Advanced Transport Phenomena I, II (CH E 560, 561), Thermodynamics of Chemical Systems (ENGR 665), and Chemical Reaction and Reactor Analysis I (ENGR 669). The student also must take three semesters (1 hour each) of the Research Seminar (CH E 515).

Engineering Science with emphasis in civil engineering

Required courses include Finite Element Analysis I (ENGR 590) and Continuum Mechanics (ENGR 617), and two approved mathematics courses (3 semester hours each). The remaining course work is determined by the student's adviser. For the non-thesis option, the student must pass a comprehensive oral exam.

Engineering Science with emphasis in computational hydroscience and engineering

The thesis option entails 24 credit hours of course work (plus thesis hours), including 12 hours of core courses in Numerical Methods, Fluid Dynamics, Transport Phenomena, and Hydrosciences, and 12 hours of approved electives.

The nonthesis option includes an additional 3 hours of approved electives, as well as the completion of a research project and report. Both options require the publication of a technical paper in either a journal or a conference proceedings; attendance and presentation at research seminars; and passing the comprehensive oral exam.

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Engineering Science with emphasis in engineering/telecommunications (Jackson Graduate Engineering Program)

Required courses include Fundamentals of Computer Science (ENGR 501), Software Systems (ENGR 502), Analysis of Algorithms (ENGR 511), Computer Network (ENGR 516), Foundations of Telecommunications (TC 501), Wireless Mobile Communications (TC 534) and the emphasis courses Telecommunications Network Engineering (ENGS 610) and Computer Structures (ENGR 653). The thesis option entails completing 6 thesis hours. The nonthesis option requires two additional technical elective courses, including a projects course with written reports, selected from the following: CSCI 575, TC 531, TC 533, ENGR 597, ENGR 618, ENGR 688, ENGR 691, ENGR 693. The candidate also must complete an oral examination. For more information: www.olemiss.edu/depts/engineering_school/jepg/index.html

Engineering Science with emphasis in computer science

The student must satisfy the departmental distribution requirement by selecting courses in the areas of Applications, Systems, and Theory (two course from one area and at least one course from each of the other two areas). Lists of the currently available courses falling into these three distribution areas are available from the Computer Science Department. Also required are a minimum of 9 semester hours from computer science courses at the 600 level.

For the thesis option, no more than 6 credit hours may be earned from thesis hours (ENGR 697).

For the nonthesis option, 3 semester hours must be earned from an independent study research project (ENGR 693); the student must complete a written project paper and pass an oral examination on the work in the project area.

Engineering Science with emphasis in electrical engineering

The thesis option requires at least 24 hours of course work and at least 6 hours of thesis credit. Of the 24 hours of course work, 3 to 6 hours can be in an approved minor area, at least 1 hour must be in seminar, and no more than 3 hours can come from research credit outside the thesis.

The nonthesis option requires 27 hours of course work and a 3-hour project or research course with a written report, final oral presentation, and a final oral exam. Course work for either option must be approved by the student's advisory committee.

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Engineering Science with emphasis in electrical engineering (electromagnetics)

Requires 13 semester hours of core courses in electromagnetics theory and applications: Special Projects-Numerical Methods in Electromagnetics (ENGR 597); Advanced Electrodynamics (ENGR 621); Advanced Microwave Measurements (ENGR 619); Passive Microwave Circuits (ENGR 623); and the 1-hour Seminar (ENGR 695). Also required are 5 semester hours in specific areas of electromagnetics including microwave circuits, antennas, electromagnetics, and computational electromagnetics; courses include ENGR 590, ENGR 593, ENGR 622, ENGR 624, ENGR 625, ENGR 627, ENGR 628, ENGR 687, ENGR 691, ENGR 693 (no more than two semester hours), and ENGR 699.

For the non-thesis option, the student also must complete 9 hours of electives, including 3 to 6 hours as a minor from mathematics, physics, or another area with approval, and technical electives from the areas listed above.

The thesis option, the student must complete 6 hours of electives, including 3 to 6 hours in a minor field. The non-thesis candidate also must complete a 3-hour project or research course with written report and oral presentations, and a final oral exam; the thesis candidate will take at least 6 thesis hours.

Engineering Science with emphasis in geology and in geological engineering

All course selection for both the thesis and nonthesis options must be approved by the student's advisory committee. The thesis option requires a minimum of 6 semester hours of thesis credit. The nonthesis option requires the successful completion of an applied project approved by the student's committee.

Engineering Science with emphasis in mechanical engineering

The thesis option requires a minimum of 24 hours of course work as specified by the student's adviser and 6 hours minimum of thesis credit. A "project option" entails 27 hours of approved course work plus 3 hours of a research project, plus a written report on the project and a comprehensive oral exam covering the project and all course work. A third, nonthesis option includes 30 hours of approved course work and a comprehensive oral exam.

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Engineering Science with emphasis in telecommunications

Only the thesis option is available. In addition to 6 hours of thesis, 24 hours of course work is required. This typically will include courses in wireless communications, digital communications, communications networking, probabilistic modeling, telecommunications policy, and management information systems. Course work must be approved by the program director.

Engineering Science with emphasis in aeroacoustics

The thesis and nonthesis options are available. Both options require as a minimum 30 semester hours of graduate credit (to include 6 hours of math-related courses) in which the student's adviser must approve all course selections. Under the thesis option, the minimum of 30 graduate credits shall consist of 24 hours of graded course work and 6 thesis hours. The nonthesis option requires as a minimum 30 hours of graded course work. Regardless of option, each candidate must pass a final oral examination.

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Master of Science in Computational Engineering Science

Involves 18 hours of core and design courses. For both thesis and nonthesis options, the following areas are required: 1) supercomputer architecture and design; 2) applied supercomputing; 3) numerical solutions of advanced engineering problems; and 4) advanced computer graphics. For the thesis option, the student also is required to complete 6 semester hours of course work in an application area of engineering, including electromagnetic fields and waves; hydrodynamics, hydrology and modeling methodology; solid mechanics, composite materials, and structures; thermal sciences and heat transfer; engineering mathematics; and acoustics. Six hours of electives also are required; they may be selected from the application areas as defined above, and up to 3 hours may be from a minor area such as mathematics, computer science, physics, or another approved field. The thesis student must complete 6 semester hours of thesis work. For the nonthesis option, the student must take 12 semester hours of course work in an application area (as outlined above), plus 3 semester hours in a minor area. He or she also must complete a 3-hour design or research course, including a written report, and pass a final oral examination.

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Computational Science Certificate Program
A unique certificate program in computational science has been established for graduate students in other disciplines who are interested in computational methods using advanced computing techniques, including supercomputers. A certificate will be awarded to a graduate student in any instructional program who has completed all degree requirements in his or her discipline and a specified program of computational science courses.

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DOCTORAL PROGRAM

ENGINEERING SCIENCE
The candidate's studies for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science will be in specialized areas of engineering, which may or may not cut across departmental and school lines. It is not the intent of the program to offer the student a general science or general engineering education. Instead the program is designed with great flexibility so that the student may specialize in fields of engineering science that are taught in different departments and in different schools. The course work in the program will be directed to enable the student to do modern research on topics such as soil mechanics, fluid mechanics, materials science, aeroacoustics, systems analysis, applied mathematics, statistical thermodynamics, electromagnetic theory, antennas, plasmas and computer methods in geology and geostatistics, computational hydroscience, and environmental engineering.

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COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
This Doctor of Philosophy degree program is designed for instruction in the fundamentals of computational engineering science, supercomputer architecture, programming, problem formulation, algorithm development, numerical solution, data visualization, and simulation as applied to an area of engineering application. These fundamentals provide knowledge supporting development of computational solutions to real-world problems that more effectively use numerical solutions and exploit the design of the computing machine to determine an optimum solution and an appropriate means of data presentation. The course work in the program will be directed to enable the student to use advanced computational techniques to pursue research on topics such as electromagnetic fields and waves, hydrosciences, mechanics, thermal sciences, acoustics, and applied mathematical methods.

Requirements
At or near the beginning of the student's work beyond the master's degree, the School of Engineering (all emphases) requires a preliminary examination to determine the student's qualifications to undertake a program leading to the doctorate and to assist the student's advisers in planning the program.

The Ph.D. in Engineering with emphasis in chemical engineering requires no specific courses beyond those specified for the M.S. degree. A total of 90 credit hours are required, and specific course work is stipulated by the candidate's advisory committee. Each student is required to conduct a semester-long investigation of a research or design problem in an area other than his or her dissertation area. Before undertaking the dissertation, the student must pass three three-hour written comprehensives and an oral examination.

For the emphasis in civil engineering required courses include Finite Element Analysis I (ENGR 590), Continuum Mechanics (ENGR 617), and four approved mathematics courses (3 hours each). The remaining course work is determined by the student's adviser. A total of 60 semester hours beyond the baccalaureate is required, of which 9 must be dissertation hours. Before the dissertation, the student must pass written and oral comprehensive exams.

The concentration in computational hydroscience involves 48 credit hours of course work including core courses and electives, 12 hours of research topics, and 18 dissertation hours. Students may specialize in either hydroscience/engineering system modeling or computational methodologies applicable to hydro-systems modeling. Other requirements include the publication of at least two refereed papers (preferably one of them to be published in a professional journal); participation in research seminars; completing assigned research projects; and passing written and oral comprehensive exams.

For the Ph.D. in Engineering with an emphasis in computer science, the student must present a master's degree in the field or the equivalent and take additional classes adding up to 54 hours of course work beyond the bachelor's degree. This may include no course numbered lower than CSCI 510, and a minimum of 18 hours must be in computer science courses at the 600 level. The student may count up to three nonregular courses (9 hours), such as independent study, towards the degree. No more than 27 semester hours may be transferred from another university. The student must pass four written comprehensive exams: one each in systems, languages, and algorithms, and one selected from the following: artificial intelligence, graphics and visualization, data management and retrieval, software engineering, or another area approved by petition to the graduate committee.

The Ph.D. in engineering with an emphasis in electrical engineering requires at least 48 hours of course work and at least 12 hours of dissertation credit. Of the 48 hours of course work, 12 hours must be in an approved minor area, at least 2 hours must be in seminar, and no more than 6 hours can come from research credit outside the dissertation. Course work must be approved by the student's advisory committee.

The Ph.D. in Engineering with emphasis in electrical engineering (electromagnetics) requires 36 semester hours in the major field out of a total 48 semester hours of graded course work beyond the bachelor's degree. Included in these requirements are the following core courses: Advanced Electrodynamics (ENGR 621); Passive Microwave Circuits (ENGR 623); Advanced Microwave Measurements (ENGR 619); Special Projects-Numerical Methods in Electromagnetics (ENGR 597); Antennas (ENGR 625); and Seminar (ENGR 695). Other courses are to be taken in specific areas of electromagnetics including microwave circuits, antennas, electromagnetics, and computational electromagnetics. These related courses include ENGR 590, ENGR 593, ENGR 622, ENGR 624, ENGR 625, ENGR 627, ENGR 628, ENGR 655, ENGR 687, ENGR 691, ENGR 693 (no more than two semester hours), ENGR 699, ENGR 729, or other courses with approval. The candidate must take 12 semester hours of graded courses in a minor area (mathematics, physics, or another appropriate field with approval). A written comprehensive exam is taken during the first year of residency.

The Ph.D. in Engineering Science with an emphasis in aeroacoustics requires as a minimum 66 semester hours of graduate credit beyond the baccalaureate degree. The student's adviser must approve all course selections. At the adviser's discretion, a preliminary examination may be required at or near the beginning of the student's work beyond the master's degree. A comprehensive written examination must be passed before entering the dissertation process.

The emphases in both geology and geological engineering require 54 semester hours of graduate credit beyond the bachelor's degree; selection of courses must be approved by the student's advisory committee. Successful completion of both written and oral comprehensive exams is required before undertaking the dissertation.

The Ph.D. in Engineering Science with emphasis in mechanical engineering requires 30 semester hours of course work as specified by the student's advisory committee, plus 12 hours of research and 18 dissertation hours. Comprehensive exams must be passed before entering the dissertation process.

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Engineering Science requires 36 hours of course work in the major field out of 48 required hours of graded course work beyond the bachelor's degree. Included in these requirements are the following core courses: 1) Supercomputer Architecture and Design; 2) Applied Supercomputing; 3) Numerical Solution of Advanced Engineering Problems; and 4) Advanced Computer Graphics. The following areas also are required: Computer Simulation; Parallel Programming Project; Software Engineering; Approximate Method in Engineering Analysis; Finite Element Analysis; Special Topics in Computational Engineering Science; Topics in Computational Geometry; and Robotics. The candidate must take at least 12 hours of course work in an application area of engineering including electromagnetic fields and acoustics. A written comprehensive exam is taken during the first year of residency.

Residency
Three academic years of full-time study, or the equivalent, beyond the bachelor's degree constitute the minimum residence requirement. A minimum of two academic years of full-time graduate work beyond the master's degree must be completed at The University of Mississippi. At least one academic year of full-time graduate work beyond the master's degree must be completed in continuous residence; the remainder of the residence requirement may be satisfied in periods that are not continuous.

Conferring the Doctorate
The completion of certain specific requirements does not lead necessarily to the conferring of the doctorate. The degree is conferred only after the candidate has demonstrated satisfactorily to the faculty of the School of Engineering and the Graduate School, by intelligence, scholarship, industry, and personal qualities, the student's right to the doctorate.

Preliminary Examination
At or near the beginning of the student's work beyond the master's degree, the School of Engineering requires a preliminary examination to determine the student's qualifications to undertake a program leading to the doctorate and to assist the student's advisers in planning the program.

Comprehensive Examination
The student must undertake the comprehensive examination at least one year prior to the time the student expects to receive a degree, ordinarily not before the completion of two full years of graduate work, after having satisfied the foreign language requirements and having completed all or nearly all of the program of courses. The examination usually will be both written and oral. It will examine thoroughly the student's knowledge of the field and overall engineering background.

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