Master of Engineering

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Master of Engineering, M.Eng.

The Master of Engineering program at SDSM&T is a course-based professional master’s degree program. The Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) program builds upon the undergraduate engineering degree as a ‘capstone’ sequence composed of advanced engineering discipline courses and applied management and leadership courses. The M. Eng. 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.

Contact Information:

Dr. Doug Wells, Dean of Graduate Education
Doug.Wells@sdsmt.edu
605-394-1763

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

Electrical Engineering Emphasis:
Dr. Charles Tolle
Charles.Tolle@sdsmt.edu
(605) 394-6133

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

Faculty:

Civil & Environmental Engineering Emphasis:

Professors Stone and Kenner; Associate Professors Benning and Robinson; Assistant Professors Arneson-Meyer, Benning, Gadhamshetty, Geza, Lingwall, Nam, Shearer, and Whitaker.

Electrical Engineering Emphasis:

Steven P. Miller Endowed Chair and Professor Whites; Professor Sohraby; Associate Professors Montoya, Tolle, and Anagnostou; Assistant Professors Zhao, Zhang, and Hoover; Instructors Linde and Rausch.

Materials Engineering & Science Emphasis:

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

Admission Requirements

A bachelor’s-level degree in an area related to the emphasis area you wish to enroll in is required. 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.

Degree requirements: The program requires 30 credits for graduation, of which15-24 credits of engineering content must be selected from one of three available technical emphasis areas in either Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE), Electrical Engineering (EE), and Materials Engineering & Science (MES). The remaining 6-15 credits must be management courses that complement the student’s professional goals. All courses must be approved in advance by the program coordinator of the student’s emphasis area.

A thesis or final examination is not required. A project report is optional.

Technical Emphasis area 15 credits

Management 6 credits

Technical or Management 9 credits

Total 30 credits

CEE Emphasis Credit Requirements

At least 15 credit hours of CEE approved graduate coursework (500 level courses and above)
No more than 3 credits may be from CEE 691, CEE 788, CEM 788, CEE 791, or CP 697
The following courses may not be applied to the M. Eng. degree: CEE 790 and CEE 798.
At least 15 credit hours used toward degree requirements (technical and management courses combined) must be at the 600 level or higher.

EE Emphasis Credit Requirements

EE 626 Wireless Communications Credits: (3-0) 3
EE 655 Linear System Theory Credits: (3-0) 3
EE 680 Engineering Electromagnetics Credits: (3-0) 3
EE 431/431L/531/531L Power Systems/Lab Credits: (3-1) 4
Technical Elective (3 credits)
A maximum of 2 credits of MES 788 (Master’s Research Problems/Projects) may be counted toward graduation requirements

MES Emphasis Credit Requirements

MES 601 Fundamentals of Materials Engineering Credits: (4-0) 4
MES 603 Condensed Matter Physics Credits: (4-0) 4
MES 604 Chemistry of Materials Credits: (4-0) 4
Technical Elective (3 credits)
A maximum of 2 credits of MES 788 (Master’s Research Problems/Projects) may be counted toward graduation requirements

Management Core Courses

Courses are available in any of our three online M.S. professional programs of Construction Engineering and Management, Engineering Management, and Mining Engineering and Management. Students select a minimum of two of the courses listed below to meet the management course requirement.

Engineering Management courses

ENGM 640 Business Strategy Credits: (3-0) 3
ENGM 661 Engineering Economics for Managers Credits: 1 to 4
ENGM 742 Engineering Management and Labor Relations Credits: (3-0) 3
IENG 466/566 Project Planning and Control Credits: (3-0) 3
ENGM 620 Quality Management Credits: (3-0) 3
ENGM 663 Operations Planning Credits: (3-0) 3
ENGM 720 Statistical Process Control Credits: (3-0) 3
ENGM 745 Forecasting for Business and Technology Credits: (3-0) 3

Construction Engineering & Management Courses

CEM 619 Construction Company Management Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 620 Leading and Managing Design Organizations Credits: (3-0) 3

Mining Engineering & Management Courses

MEM 435/535 Resource Industry Finance and Accounting Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 430/530 Resource Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 410/510 Advanced Mineral Economics for Managers Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 630 Mining Law and Environment Credits: (3-0) 3