Master of Science in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

The interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (TAM) combines many disciplines in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science including civil and environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and materials science. Qualified students of engineering, mathematics, physics, or an allied science may pursue the MS or PhD in solid mechanics or fluid mechanics. Specific applications of mechanics research include nanotechnology, soft matter, cell mechanics, composite materials, multiscale modeling, sensor development, nondestructive evaluation, transportation materials and vehicles, earthquake, and material and structural design with uncertainty quantification. Colloquia and seminars with world-renowned researchers are regularly scheduled in association with the program.

Applicants should have an undergraduate degree in engineering, but individuals with quantitatively-based degrees and/or appropriate work experience will be given serious consideration, provided certain basic engineering and science requirements are satisfied in addition to the stated requirements of the program.

MS applicants must have 80 (213 computer-based and 550 paper-based) on the internet-based TOEFL.