Mechanical & Industrial Engrg 697G - ST-Mech Eng Grad Sem Course

The goal of this seminar is to introduce the graduate students to different cutting edge research projects that are ongoing in the Department and at other Institutions and to promote interdisciplinary research collaboration by encouraging the students to attend the Departmental Seminars and PhD/MS defenses. All MS and PhD students are required to attend at least 4 (4 for Thesis-based MS, 0 for course-work only MS students, and 6 for PhD students) MS/PhD defenses (the proposal defenses do not count) and at least 6 (6 for Thesis-based MS students, 6 for course-work only MS students, and 10 for PhD students) Departmental Seminars during their time in the Department. A sign-up sheet will be distributed during these events, and it will be the responsibility of the students to locate the sign-up sheet in the room and add their names to it. Each student must write only his/her own name to the sheet. After the event, the sign-up sheet will be given to Ms. Dorothy Adams, who will record the number of Seminars/Defenses each graduate student has attended. The seminar host (who presents the speaker) or the student who is defending the Thesis and the student?s advisor will be responsible for returning the sign-up sheet to Ms. Adams. This is a required 1-credit non-graded course and the students will receive a SAT (satisfactory) after they have attended the minimum required number of seminars/defenses. Students are encouraged to register during their first semester. This is a one-time registration course. Students may not replace seminars by defenses or vice versa (i.e. attending more seminars than required does not mean that the student does not have to satisfy the minimum required number of Theses). The required numbers are only the minimum number of Seminars and Defenses the students must attend. They are encouraged to attend as many Seminars and defenses as they would like. Every MS and PhD student in Mechanical Engineering must take this course.

Only MS students who are in their 3rd or higher year in Academic year 2018-19 and PhD students who are in their 4th or higher year in Academic Year 2018-19 are exempt from taking this course. All the other current graduate students must take the course.