Louisiana Tech University
College of Engineering
Ruston, Louisiana
Programs of Study
The College of Engineering at Louisiana Tech University offers
M.S. programs in biomedical,
chemical,
civil, electrical,
industrial, and mechanical engineering,
computer science and operations research in industrial engineering.
Doctoral programs are offered leading to either a Ph.D. in
biomedical engineering or a practice-oriented Doctor of
Engineering (D.Eng.). The strongest program areas are:
- Artificial Intelligence Theory and Applications
- Automatic Controls
- Biotechnology
- Cardiovascular Systems
- Communications
- Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
- Computer-Aided Design
- Computer Systems
- Cryogenics
- Electrical Networks
- Electrical Power Systems
- Energy Production and Transportation
- Engineering Management
- Environmental Engineering
- Human Factors Engineering
- Materials
- Microcirculation
- Microelectrodes
- Microprocessors
- Neurological Systems
- Operations Research
- Process Simulation and Optimization
- Rehabilitation Engineering
- Speech Recognition
- Structural Mechanics and Stress Analysis
- Systems Physiology
- Systems Software
- Thermodynamics
- Transport Phenomena in Living Systems
- Water Resources
Doctor of Engineering
The Doctor of Engineering degree is an interdisciplinary program
with the objective of educating students for the broad,
professional practice of engineering at a high level of
knowledge. A graduate of this program will be a problem solver
concerned with the application of engineering to the needs of
society.
Engineering in industry is expanding to more sophisticated levels
of application with increased emphasis on design and problem
solving. Engineering practice revolves around technical areas
such as engineering, mathematics, statistics, and computer
applications as well as those areas associated with business
management and economic considerations.
A person studying for a Doctor of Engineering degree requires a
broad educational program with which to blend the technical and
non-technical aspects of a problem together to develop a
reasonable solution to the problem. Such a program is different
from the more narrowly focused program required of a person
studying for a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
The practice-oriented Doctor of Engineering program is designed
to produce a broadly educated engineer with the ability to solve
advanced problems of contemporary society.
Plan of Study: Doctor of Engineering
Each student, working together with his/her advisory committee
will develop a Plan of Study of a minimum of 90 semester credit
hours of graduate work (including dissertation) past the
baccalaureate degree. A minimum of 36 semester hours of graduate
coursework in addition to the dissertation must be taken at
Louisiana Tech.
Coursework in the Doctor of Engineering program aims at
broadening a student's range of expertise. The program of study
will be structured to include:
- A minimum of 18 semester hours in engineering core courses recommended for all students in the program with an emphasis on engineering administration, project planning and scheduling, contracts and specifications, control systems, engineering analysis
, and computer usage.
- A minimum of 18 semester hours in engineering specialty courses.
- A minimum of 18 semester hours in supporting courses used to broaden the student's background in such areas as management, accounting, statistics, mathematics, and behavior analysis. A mimimum of 12 semester hours must be taken in acceptable business
courses.
- A minimum of 18 semester hours (maximum of 24) on a suitable dissertation involving engineering design, development, or other engineering work relevant to current engineering practice.
- Additional graduate coursework as specified by the advisory committee, in consultation with the student, to provide the student with a viable, interdisciplinary, professional practice program.
- Any remedial coursework to satisfy subject matter deficiencies.
Doctor of Philosophy
The College of Engineering also offers a Ph.D. degree in
Biomedical Engineering. The program is a balance of intensive
and extensive formal course work as a foundation, a sequence of
examinations which may be oral, written, or both, and the
production of a dissertation. The program consists of a minimum
of 60 hours credit in formal course work, exclusive of research
and dissertation credit, beyond the baccalaureate. Choice of
acceptable graduate level courses, including choice and
composition of major and minor areas, will be established by the
Advisory committee in concert with the doctoral student, subject
to approval as part of the Plan of Study. The typical program
includes a minimum of 30 hours of major course work (this may
cross departmental lines) and 12 hours in mathematics.
Individual interests, need, and the demands of the engineering
profession, both present and anticipated future, will guide these
decisions with flexibility as the keynote. A minimum of 15 hours
must be earned in Engineering 651, Research and Dissertation.
Louisiana Tech University
College of Engineering and Science
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Last modified 23 April 1996
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