Master of Engineering Program

Contact Information:

Program Director
Dr. Maribeth Price, Dean of Graduate Education
Maribeth.Price@sdsmt.edu
605-394-1763

Civil & Environmental Engineering Emphasis
Dr. Marc Robinson
Marc.Robinson@sdsmt.edu
605-394-2563
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Electrical Engineering Emphasis
Dr. Shankarachary Ragi
Shankarachary.Ragi@sdsmt.edu
(605) 394-4184
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

Materials Engineering & Science Emphasis
Dr. Jon Kellar
Jon.Kellar@sdsmt.edu
(605) 394-2343
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Department

Advisory Council

Dr. Maribeth H. Price (Chair), Dr. Scott Kenner, Dr. Magesh Rajan, Dr. Jon Kellar

Faculty

Civil & Environmental Engineering Emphasis:

Professors Kenner and Stone; Associate Professors Capehart, Gadhamshetty and Robinson; Assistant Professors Arneson-Meyer, Bheemasetti, Geza, Lingwall, Shearer, and Waterman; Lecturer Wagner; Instructor Bienert; Research Scientist Clabo.

Electrical Engineering Emphasis:

Interim Department Head Montoya; Associate Professor Smirnova; Assistant Professors Ragi and Sayan; Research Scientist Hong; Instructors/Lecturers Choudhary, Kolb, and Thornburg; Emeritus Professors Batchelder, McNeil, Meiners, and Simonson.

Materials Engineering & Science Emphasis:

Douglas W. Fuerstenau Professor Kellar; Professors Corey, Cross, Fong, Salem, Sinden, and Sobolev; Associate Professors Crawford, Heglund, West, and Zhu; Assistant Professors Bai, Corwin, Jasthi, Oszwaldowski, Safarzadeh, and Smirnova; Research Scientist Andrea Surovek; Emeritus Professors Howard and Stone, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Han.

Master of Engineering

The Master of Engineering (MEng) program builds upon the undergraduate engineering degree as a ‘capstone’ sequence composed of advanced engineering discipline courses and applied management and leadership courses. The MEng degree is a coursework-only professional program with a substantive management component for engineers employed in or preparing to enter technical management roles in business and industry.

Emphasis Areas

Three technical emphasis areas are offered, including Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Materials Engineering and Science. Students must apply to one of these emphasis areas and will be advised by a program coordinator in that department.

Degree Options

This is a non-thesis master’s degree that includes only coursework. A research or technical project is optional. Most of the management courses are available online.

Accelerated MS option

The Master of Engineering program does not have an Accelerated MS option.

Outcomes

Graduates of the Master of Engineering program can:

understand and apply technical principles at level suitable for professional practice,
articulate and apply sound management techniques to projects and teams,
communicate effectively.

Financial support

The Master of Engineering is a coursework-based program and students are typically self-funded.

Background requirements

A bachelor’s level degree, in an area related to the emphasis area in which the applicant wishes to enroll, is required.

Admission requirements

A GPA of 3.0 or higher is generally required for admission. Applicants with a GPA of less than 3.0 will be considered, particularly those possessing substantial work experience.

GRE scores and letters of recommendation are not required for admission.

Transfer credits

Policies for transferring credits from outside institutions can be found in the requirements and policies applied to all graduate degrees by the Council of Graduate Education. All transfers are subject to approval by the student’s advisor.