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Students interested in earning the Mechanical Engineering doctoral minor should first contact the ME Graduate Coordinator to learn the requirements, process, and complete the required paperwork.

All Graduate School students must utilize the Graduate Student Portal in MyUW to add, change, or discontinue any doctoral minor or graduate/professional certificate. To apply to this minor, log in to MyUW, click on Graduate Student Portal, and then click on Add/Change Programs. Select the information for the doctoral minor for which you are applying.

PhD students from departments outside Mechanical Engineering can receive a doctoral minor in Mechanical Engineering. The requirements for the external minor in Mechanical Engineering are listed below. The minor must be approved by the Mechanical Engineering Department. Contact the ME Graduate Coordinator for the form, process, and questions. 

Mechanical Engineering Doctoral Minor Requirements:

  1. A minimum of 9 formal course credits taken in Mechanical Engineering are required. 
  2. Courses must be numbered 400 or above in Mechanical Engineering. 
  3. One of the courses (3 credits) must be numbered 700 or above in Mechanical Engineering. 
  4. A maximum of one course may be cross-listed with the student's major department. 
  5. A minimum grade of B or higher is required for all courses taken for the minor. Grades of BC and below are not accepted. 
  6. Research, independent study, and seminar courses are not permitted. 
  7. A maximum of 6 credits may be from prior graduate coursework taken at an institution other than UW-Madison. 

PROFESSORS

Darryl Thelen (Chair)
Peter Adamczyk
Mark Anderson
Riccardo Bonazza
Curt Bronkhorst
Wendy Crone
Christian Franck
Jaal Ghandhi
Sage Kokjohn
Dan Negrut
Gregory F. Nellis
Tim Osswald
Frank Pfefferkorn
Xiaoping Qian
Douglas Reindl
David Rothamer
Scott T. Sanders
Krishnan Suresh
Mario F. Trujillo
Lih-sheng Turng
Fabian Waleffe

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Lianyi Chen
Melih Eriten
Katherine Fu
Tom N. Krupenkin
Ying Li
Franklin Miller
Sangkee Min
Wenxiao Pan
James Pikul
Pavana Prabhakar
Alejandro Roldan-Alzate
Michael Zinn

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Joseph Andrews
Jennifer Franck
Corinne Henak
Eric Kazyak
Allison Mahvi
Luca Mastropasqua
Jacob Notbohm
Josh Roth
Shiva Rudraraju
Stephan Rudykh
Eric Tervo
Ramathasan Thevamaran
Dakotah Thompson
Michael Wagner
Wei Wang
Michael Wehner
Jinlong Wu
Xiaobin Xiong
Xiangru Xu
Lei Zhou

See also Mechanical Engineering Faculty Directory.