MEAM Graduate

Specialty areas and courses

• A graduate's study may be highly focused in a single area or be an individually designed interdisciplinary program.
• There are 10 areas of specialty in the program, including:
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computational Methods
  • Dynamics and Vibrations
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Manufacturing Processes
  • Materials Engineering
  • Quality Control in Manufacturing
  • Solid Mechanics
  • Systems, Design and Controls
  • Thermal Sciences
• View Master's Degree Program Requirements:  Current Students | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | College of Engineering | Nebraska

Specialty areas

• Select this option if you already have a master's degree.
• The program boasts expertise in fundamental areas such as solids, fluids, heat transfer, dynamics, vibrations, materials, manufacturing, and design with applications from medical robotics to rehabilitation, magnetic levitation to energy applications, 3D printing to nanomachining, tissue engineering to advanced fibers for composites, materials characterization to nondestructive evaluation, and computational analysis and simulation to computational materials optimization.
• View PhD Program Requirements:  Current Students | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | College of Engineering | Nebraska

• Select this option if you do NOT already have a master's degree.
• This option allows a student to plan to earn their master's degree while pursuing a PhD.
• The student must select this option when applying for admission.  If the student does not have a master's degree at the time of application, this option allows the student to choose to earn two degrees.
• View Master's Degree and PhD Program Requirements:  Current Students | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | College of Engineering | Nebraska

Additive manufacturing (AM) is rapidly changing the face of manufacturing, especially in the U.S. Metal AM is the future due to the use of metals and alloys in a wide variety of industries. Notably, defense, aerospace, and biomedical industries will be transformed by metal AM. Also, AM is quickly expanding into new areas, including electronics and tissue engineering where printing of biological soft matter will lead to unforeseen innovations. As a result, the AM certificate program provides students with the vital knowledge and fundamental skills to enable them to compete in this fast-changing field. 

The certificate program equips students with core competency and technical skills across the breadth of AM, including:

1. Manufacturing process fundamentals;
2. Materials and materials testing;
3. Modeling and simulation of process phenomena;
4. Quality and measurement;
5. Design for AM

These aspects are covered within a series of courses that provide both fundamental understanding of AM and hands-on opportunities—theory and practice—and provide a competitive advantage to students. The courses offer broad appeal for various engineering majors and areas of practice. 

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Additive Manufacturing:

• Apply and be admitted
• Work with a faculty member to develop a plan of study
• Complete 12 credit hours (courses described below)