Graduate Certificates

Healthy and Efficient Buildings Graduate Certificate (GCHB)

Students pursuing the HEBGC must complete a minimum of 16 credit hours of program-approved* graduate-level coursework.

Certificate Requirements

	Course	Credits
ME 521	Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Design Fundamentals (Fall)	4 credit hours
ME 522	Building Energy Use Modeling (Winter)	4 credit hours
ME 561	Buildings and Health: Indoor air quality (Spring)	4 credit hours
ME 5XX	HEBGC Elective	4 credit hours
	Total	16 credit hours

Approved Electives*

	Course	Credits
ME 510/610	Chemistry of Indoor Environments*	4 credit hours
ME 574	Rapid Prototyping (Fall & Spring)	4 credit hours
CE 510/610	Sensing and Monitoring of Structures: Fundamentals (Fall 2024)	4 credit hours
CE 510/610	Sensing and Monitoring of Structures: Applications (Winter 2025)	4 credit hours
CE 517	Timber Design (Spring 2025)	4 credit hours
GEOG 542	Sustainable Cities (Fall 2024)	4 credit hours
ME 547	Transfer and Rate Processes	4 credit hours
ME 548	Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics	4 credit hours

Students enrolled in the MSME, MSMSE, or PhD program can earn this certificate simultaneously and the credits can be applied towards both the degree and certificate.

Only courses with a grade of B- or higher will be applied to the certificate.

*ME 510/610 courses can be applied to the graduate certificate electives with graduate program chair approval. During this first year, students can discuss alternative elective options with the Certificate Chair, Elliott Gall.

Semiconductor Materials & Manufacturing Graduate Certificate (GCMM)

Students pursuing the GCMM must complete a minimum of 16 credit hours of program-approved* graduate-level coursework in semiconductor materials, manufacturing processes, materials characterization, and failure analysis techniques.

Certificate Requirements - AY 2024-2025

	Course	Credits
ME 577	Introduction to Semiconductor Manufacturing	4 credit hours
ME 5XX	Approved Electives*	12 credit hours
	Total	16 credit hours

Approved Electives*

	Course	Credits
ME 513	Engineering Material Science	4 credit hours
ME 527	Phase Transformations and Kinetics in Materials	4 credit hours
ME 528	Scanning Electron Microscopy for Materials and Device Characterization	4 credit hours
ME 529	Transmission Electron Microscopy and Chemical Analysis of Materials	4 credit hours
ME 547	Transfer and Rate Processes	4 credit hours
ME 578	Introduction to Electronic Packaging	4 credit hours
MSE 547	Diffusion	4 credit hours
ME 510	Material Surface Analysis	4 credit hours

Students enrolled in the MSME, MSMSE, or PhD program can earn this certificate simultaneously and the credits can be applied towards both the degree and certificate.

Only courses with a grade of B- or higher will be applied to the certificate.

*ME 510 course can be applied to the graduate certificate electives with graduate program chair approval. For further details on ME 510 courses that could be applied to the electives, please see the Semiconductor Materials & Manufacturing Focus Area.