Title: THE GEORGE W' WOODRUFF SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WELCOMES YOU TO GEORGIA TECH
1THE GEORGE W. WOODRUFF SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING WELCOMES YOU TOGEORGIA TECH
2007
2WERE GLAD YOU CAME TO VISIT
- Kick the tires
- Be a good consumer
- Have a good time
3MORE THAN A CENTURY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
EDUCATION AT GEORGIA TECH
4A SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SOUTH
- The Georgia School of Technology opened its doors
it 1888 with 129 students registered for
Mechanical Engineering, the only degree-granting
program until 1896.
5Students took a full load of academic classes
this is an early math class.
6Tech students also took four years of drawing
classes and shop.
7OUR LINK TO THE PAST
- Designated a Mechanical Engineering Heritage Site
by the ASME
- Only school with this honor
- Awarded for the tremendous economic impact that
mechanical engineering education at Georgia Tech
had on Atlanta, Georgia, and the nation.
8RECENT RANKINGS U.S. NEWS WORLD REPORT
- Mechanical Engineering
- 6th best undergraduate program
- 7th best graduate program
- Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
- 11th best undergraduate program
- Georgia Tech/College of Engineering
- In top ten for public universities (8th)
- Ranked 38th best university in the nation
- Ranked 6th in Schools of Engineering
9www.me.gatech.edu
10www.nre.gatech.edu
11www.mp.gatech.edu
12HALLMARKS OF OURGRADUATE EDUCATION
- Academic excellence
- Cutting-edge research
- Close ties to industry
- Refinement of leadership, entrepreneurial, and
professional skills - Encourage life-long intellectual curiosity and
learning - Extraordinary community of scholars
13DEGREES
14GRADUATE DEGREES
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
- Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
(M.S.M.E.) - Master of Science (M.S.)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
15GRADUATE DEGREES
- NUCLEAR RADIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING/
- MEDICAL PHYSICS
- Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering
(M.S.N.E.) - Master of Science in Medical Physics (M.S.M.P.)
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
16INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE DEGREES
- Master of Science in Paper Science and
Engineering (M.S.P.S.) - Master of Science in Bioengineering (M.S.BioE.)
17WOODRUFF SCHOOL DEGREES AWARDED (Summer 2005 -
Spring 2006)
Bachelors Masters Ph.D.s 295
182 51 Total 528
18WOMEN GRADUATE STUDENTS
- School is a leading producer of graduate degrees
to women - Seven Ph.D.s in the past academic year
- 27 M.S. degrees (23 ME, 3 BioE, 1 MSHP)
- To date, 97 Ph.D.s (76 ME, 21 NE)
- To date, 417 masters degrees
19DEGREES AWARDED TO WOMEN IN THE WOODRUFF SCHOOL
20MINORITY GRADUATE STUDENTS
- School is a leading producer of graduate degrees
to minority students - Nine Ph.D.s in past academic year (8 ME, 1 NE)
- 27 M.S.M.E.s in past academic year
- To date, 79 Ph.D.s (69 ME, 10 NE)
- To date, 396 M.S. degrees
21DEGREES AWARDED TO MINORITIES IN THE WOODRUFF
SCHOOL
22THE GRADUATE PROGRAM
23THE MASTERS DEGREE
- Thirty semester-credit hours
- Very flexible program
- Mostly elective course work
- Thesis and nonthesis options
24THE Ph.D. DEGREE
- Minimal additional course work after the masters
degree - Ph.D. qualifying exams
- Ph.D. proposal
- Research and defense
- Doctoral Teaching Practicum
25GEORGIA TECH LORRAINE
- MSME Program
- Dual Masters Degree Program
- Ph.D. Program in ME
- Joint lab between Georgia Tech and
- CNRS for advanced materials
26THE FRANK K. WEBB PROGRAM IN PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNICATION
- Teaches verbal and written communication skills
- Coaching and editorial support for proposals,
journal articles, and conference presentations - Assists with graduate school and fellowship
applications
Dr. Jeffrey Donnell
27THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM
- Undergraduate program began in 1912
- Graduate program established in 1983
- Largest optional co-op program in
- the country
- About 50 Woodruff School graduate students
participate each semester - International cooperative program
1904, Atlanta
28LEARNING FROM A DISTANCE
- Two Woodruff School masters degrees are offered
(mechanical engineering and medical physics) - More than 200 GWW students enrolled
- First master's degree program in mechanical
engineering to be offered entirely online - 16 ME and 5 MP graduate courses offered in the
spring and fall semesters - Same degree, classes, and admission requirements
as for on-campus students
29STUDENTS
30GEORGIA TECH ENROLLMENT (Fall 2006)
Undergraduate Students 12,360 Graduate
Students 5,575 Georgia Tech 17,935
31COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ENROLLMENT(Fall 2006)
- Undergraduate Students 7,203
- Graduate Students 3,360
- College of Engineering 10,563
32WOODRUFF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT (Fall 2006)
Undergraduate Students 1,718 Graduate
Students 723 Woodruff School 2,441
33WOODRUFF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT(Fall 2006)
Undergraduates Mechanical Engineering 1,567 N
uclear Engineering 151 Graduate
Students Mechanical Engineering 612 Medical
Physics 35 Nuclear Engineering 38 Paper
Science 13 Bioengineering 24
34WOODRUFF SCHOOLNEW GRADUATE CLASS PROFILE(Fall
2006)
Average GPA 3.57 Average Score on Graduate
Record Exam Verbal (out of 800) 513 Quantitativ
e (out of 800) 753 Writing (out of 6.0) 4.3
35WOODRUFF SCHOOLNEW GRADUATE CLASS PROFILE(Fall
2006)
Number of Applicants 810 Admitted
(40) 324 Matriculated (62) 201 Males 171 Fema
les 30 Minorities 30 Internationals 57
_______________________ Includes U. S. citizens
and permanent residents Asians, Blacks,
Hispanics, Native Americans, and Multiracials.
36FACULTY
The Entire Georgia Tech Faculty in 1890
37FACULTY OVERVIEW
- Tenure-Track Faculty (84)
- Endowed or Distinguished Chairs 16
- Professors
36 - Associate Professors
19 - Assistant Professors
13 - Research Faculty 26
- Academic Professionals 5
-
38ENDOWED CHAIRS AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIPS
- Said Abdel-Khalik
- Southern Nuclear Distinguished Professor
- Wayne Book
- HUSCO/Ramirez Distinguished
- Chair in Fluid Power and
- Motion Control
39ENDOWED CHAIRS AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIPS
- Steven Danyluk
- Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in
- Mechanical Engineering for
- Advanced Manufacturing Systems
- Jerry H. Ginsberg
- George W. Woodruff Chair in
- Mechanical Systems
40ENDOWED CHAIRS AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIPS
- Ari Glezer
- George W. Woodruff
- Chair in Thermal Systems
- Yogendra Joshi
- John M. McKenney and Warren D.
Shiver Distinguished Chair in Building
Mechanical Systems
41ENDOWED CHAIRS AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIPS
- David N. Ku
- Lawrence P. Huang Endowed
- Chair in Engineering and
- Entrepreneurship
- Steven Y. Liang
- Morris M. Bryan, Jr.
- Professorship in Mechanical
- Engineering for Advanced
- Manufacturing Systems
42ENDOWED CHAIRS AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIPS
- David L. McDowell
- Carter N. Paden, Jr. Chair in
- Metals Processing
- Robert M. Nerem
- Parker H. Petit Distinguished
- Chair for Engineering in Medicine
43ENDOWED CHAIRS AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIPS
- Peter H. Rogers
- Rae and Frank Neely Chair
- in Mechanical Engineering
- Richard Salant
- Georgia Power Distinguished
- Professor in Mechanical
- Engineering
44ENDOWED CHAIRS AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIPS
- Weston M. Stacey, Jr.
- Fuller E. Callaway Professor in
- Nuclear Engineering
- Ward O. Winer
- Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr.
- Chair of the Woodruff School
45ENDOWED CHAIRS AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIPS
- Ajit P. Yoganathan
- Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished
- Faculty Chair in Engineering
- Ben Zinn
- David S. Lewis, Jr.
- Chair in Aerospace
- Engineering
46RESEARCH
47ACOUSTICS AND DYNAMICS
48AUTOMATION AND MECHATRONICS
49BIOENGINEERING
50COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING DESIGN
51FLUID MECHANICS
52HEAT TRANSFER, COMBUSTION, AND ENERGY SYSTEMS
53MANUFACTURING
54MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
55MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS
56TRIBOLOGY
57NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL
PHYSICS
58FACILITIES
59IPST
IBB
Neely
MaRC
MRDC
Love
Woodruff School Buildings
60MANUFACTURING RELATED DISCIPLINES COMPLEX
Mechanics of Materials and Tribology research
groups
61MRDC FACILITIES
CAE Lab
62J. ERSKINE LOVE JR. MANUFACTURING BUILDING
Acoustics and Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat
Transfer, and MEMS research groups
63LOVE BUILDING FACILITIES
Underwater acoustic research tank
64LOVE BUILDING FACILITIES
Clean room for MEMS fabrication
65LOVE BUILDING FACILITIES
Wind tunnel
66MANUFACTURING RESEARCH CENTER
Manufacturing, CAE and Design, and Automation and
Mechatronics research groups
67MARC FACILITIES
High-bay research area
68MARC FACILITIES
Anechoic chamber
69PARKER H. PETIT BIOTECHNOLOGY BUILDING
Bioengineering research group
70INSTITUTE OF PAPER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
71NEELY BUILDING
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical
Physics
72GEORGIA TECH LORRAINE
73GEORGIA TECH SAVANNAH
74FINANCES
75OVERVIEW
- Tuition rates are set once a year in April
- All students pay fees
- Initial stipends of 22,800 a year
- Increased stipends to remain competitive with
peer institutions - Housing, food, and other basic needs for the
calendar year of approximately 18,500 - School provides support for travel to conferences
to present technical papers
76FUNDING SOURCES
- Fellowships
- Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA)
- Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA)
- Topping Fellowships
- Out-of-State Tuition Waivers
77GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
- More than 2.5 million dollars from outside
sources for graduate study in the 2005-2006
academic year - More than 125 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
since 1990
78MAJOR GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
- Achievement Rewards for College Scientists
- Georgia Tech Institute Fellowship
- Georgia Tech Presidents Fellowship
- Glenn Fellowship
- NASA/Harriet Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research
Fellowship - NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Trainee Fellowship - Woodruff Fellowship
79JOB PLACEMENT
- Excellent placement in industry and academia
- High technology global organizations keen to hire
our grads - All MS graduates are employed or continue for the
Ph.D. degree - Approximately 70 of our Ph.D. graduates go into
industry or government 30 go into academia - School sponsors job seminars and workshops
80COMPANIES EMPLOYING OUR GRADUATES
Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, Caterpillar,
Corning, Delta Airlines, Exxon-Mobil, Ford, GE
Medical Systems, GE Power Systems, General Motors
Research, Guidant, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel,
Lockheed-Martin, Medtronic, Milliken, Motorola,
Northrup-Grumman, Raytheon, Science Applications
International Corporation, Schlumberger, Siemens,
Texas Instruments, and Valvoline
81UNIVERSITIES EMPLOYING OUR GRADUATES
Arizona, Arkansas, Alabama, Baylor College of
Medicine, Boston, Clemson, Connecticut, Cornell,
Drexel, Emory, Florida International, Georgia
Tech, Illinois-Chicago, Kentucky, Mercer,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Northwestern,
Oklahoma, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rose-Hulman,
San Jose State, South Carolina, Stanford,
SUNY-Buffalo, Temple, Texas, Texas AM, Texas
Tech, Tulane, U. S. Military Academy, U. S.
Naval Academy, Utah State, Vanderbilt, Virginia,
Virginia Tech, Washington, Wayne State, Wichita
State, and Wisconsin
82GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL LABORATORIES EMPLOYING
OUR GRADUATES
- Applied Physics Laboratory, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Institute for Defense
Analyses, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, NASA, National
Institute for Standards and Technology, Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, U.S. Air
Force Aging Aircraft Program, U.S. Army Night
Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate
83CAMPUS LIFE
84CAMPUS LIFE
- Athletic Association
- Campus Recreation Center
- Career Services
- Center for the Enhancement
- of Teaching and Learning
- Counseling Center
- Department of Housing
- Disabilities Assistance
- Diversity Programs
- Drama Tech
85CAMPUS LIFE
- Health Center
- Library and Information Center
- Office of Minority Education
- Outdoor Recreation
- Robert Ferst Center for the Arts
- Student Center
86CAMPUS LIFE
- Student Organizations
- Cultural and Diversity
- Recreation, Leisure and Sports
- Religious and Spiritual
- Service, Educational Political
- Student Publications
- Women in Engineering Program
- Women's Resource Center
87WOODRUFF SCHOOL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
- Honor Societies
- Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students
Association (MEGA) - Student Chapters of Professional Societies
- Student Competition Groups
- Woodruff School Graduate Women
88ANNUAL WOODRUFF SCHOOL EVENTS
- Woodruff Distinguished Lecture
- Gegenheimer Lecture
- on Innovation
- Zeigler Oustanding Educator
- Lecture
- Seminars and Workshops
- ASME Spring Picnic
- Graduate Student Cookout
- Spring Banquet
89THE CITY OF ATLANTA
90ATLANTA
- Georgia Tech is the only public-supported
engineering school in the State of Georgia - Tremendous cooperation between industry and
Georgia Tech - Extremely high recruitment
- rates for Georgia Tech graduates
- More than 60 percent of
- Georgia Tech graduates take
- jobs in Atlanta
91ATLANTA
- Increasing ethnic diversity of
- Atlanta and the region
- Major cultural institutions
- Great weather (usually)
- Financial capital of the South
- Telecommunications hub
- Corporate headquarters
- for many major companies
92THE WOODRUFF SCHOOL PROGRAM IS LARGE
- Graduate enrollment is at an all-time high, but
enrollment grows only as we add additional
faculty - Largest graduate program in the country
- High quality program, consistently high ranking
- Faculty to graduate student ratio is about 18
- The real community that you interact with is
the research area group
93Maybe we are not as big as you think!
94JOIN US YOU WONT REGRET IT(WHY YOU SHOULD
COME TO GEORGIA TECH)
- Fantastic reputation of faculty and students
- Challenging and innovative
- research projects
- Great job market for our
- graduates
- Excellent, state-of-the-art facilities
- Strong interdisciplinary activity
- High ranking
- Life-long commitment we wont forget you once
youve graduated
95CONTACTS
96CONTACTING THE GRADUATE OFFICE
- Trudy Allen
- Academic Advisor I
- trudy.allen_at_me.gatech.edu
- Glenda Johnson
- Academic Advisor I
- glenda.johnson_at_me.gatech.edu
- Terri Keita
- Academic Assistant II
- terri.keita_at_me.gatech.edu
97CONTACTING THE GRADUATE OFFICE
- Dr. Yogendra Joshi
- Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
- joshi.gradprog_at_me.gatech.edu
- Dr. Wayne Whiteman
- Director, Office of Student Services
wayne.whiteman_at_me.gatech.edu
98CONTACTING THE GRADUATE OFFICE
- Telephone 404-894-3204
- 800-543-2034
- Fax 404-385-4545
- E-mails graduate.programs_at_me.gatech.edu
- graduate.programs_at_nre.gatech.edu
99THE GEORGE W. WOODRUFF
SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
WANTS YOU
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