BS/PhD Mechanical and Energy Engineering Grad Track to Doctorate

Our Doctor of Philosophy degree is the first of its kind in Texas, and the innovative curriculum allows you to study and conduct research with world-class faculty members. This collaboration can lead to being published in professional journals, providing a validation of your hard work and strong research.

UNT's Mechanical and Energy Engineering program is similar to a traditional Mechanical Engineering curriculum, however, UNT's curriculum focuses on energy related courses that target natural energy applications and materials.

The Grad Track option is an accelerated program for Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students, to earn their BS/Ph.D. on an accelerated time frame. The student can take a maximum of nine (9) credit hours of graduate courses while the student is completing the BS degree. These credits will be counted towards both the BS and MS degrees.

Within their first year, students take basic fundamental courses in Math and Science. These courses will lay the foundation for the advanced level classes of the students’ choice. Students will focus on the following areas of study:

• Thermal science, fluid flow, and energy
• Mechanics and materials
• Dynamics, design, and controls
• Environmental impact of energy production and use
• Entrepreneurship

In their final year, seniors will participate in a Capstone Senior Design project that allows them to solve real-world issues, making meaningful contributions to an existing local business. The mechanical and energy engineering program also teaches students to be responsible industry leaders by giving them a global understanding of the environmental, ethical and societal impacts of the technologies they help develop.

The department's graduate programs build on the theme of Mechanical and Energy Engineering and Engineering Technology through course offerings, opportunities to engage in work experiences in faculty laboratories through directed study, theses, and dissertations.

In addition, you'll work with faculty members to develop a broad and in-depth knowledge for solving energy problems. You'll explore topics such as:

• Bio-based green and sustainable products
• Energy-efficient intelligent vehicles
• Energy-efficient products and structures
• Fundamentals of energy
• Renewable and alternative clean energy
• Solid mechanics and controls
• Thermal energy and fluids

You can conduct research with faculty members in laboratories containing the most modern equipment in the nation. Among our facilities is the Zero Energy Research Laboratory where various energy technologies aimed at achieving net-zero consumption of energy are tested. The facility is the first of its kind in Texas. Other facilities include:

• Bioproducts Lab
• Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling
• Composite Mechanics and Manufacturing Lab
• Computer-Aided Design and Analysis Lab
• Functional Cellular Solids Lab
• Laboratory of Small Scale Instrumentation
• Manufacturing and Engineering Technology Lab
• PACCAR Technology Institute
• Thermal Fluid Science Lab