# Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
**Source**: https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/graduate/discover-opportunities/explore-programs/mechanical-and-manufacturing-engineering-phd
**Parent**: https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/graduate/discover-opportunities/explore-programs/biomedical-engineering-msc-thesis
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Thesis-based program
[Start your application](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/how-apply)
## Program overview
Students looking to become world-leading experts as they push the boundaries of knowledge in their field should pursue a research-based Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (PhD Thesis) degree. With the support of leading researchers, students will perform innovative and cutting-edge research, publishing their knowledge in peer-reviewed manuscripts and disseminating their findings through everything from conferences to peer-reviewed publications and technical papers. The program usually takes three years of full-time study following a master’s degree, or four years following a bachelor’s degree. PhD students are typically funded through the duration of their studies under various mechanisms offered by the faculty, department, and supervisor.
### Completing this program
- **Manufacturing Engineering:** Topics may include computer integrated manufacturing, optimization methods with robotics, CAD/CAM/CAE and more.
- **Mechanical Engineering:**Topics may include combustion processes, mechanics of compressible flow, instrumentation, mobile robotics and more.
- **Research Seminar**: Students to present at the annual Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Conference to gain credit for ENME 713.
- **Additional Courses**: Students without an MSc must complete a Numerical Methods for Engineers course (ENME 631 or ENME 633) and/or others.”
- **Pipeline Engineering Specialization:** Students wishing to complete the Pipeline Engineering Specialization must include 2 approved courses with a Pipeline Engineering project.
- **Candidacy:** Students will complete both oral and written candidacy exams.
- **Thesis:**Students will be required to submit and defend an original research thesis.
### Specializations
- Pipeline Engineering
- [**Engineering, Energy and Environment (Interdisciplinary)**](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/programs/ENEEINTSPC)
- [**Environmental Engineering (Interdisciplinary)**](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/programs/ENENINTSPC)
- [**Energy & Environmental Systems (Interdisciplinary)**](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/programs/EESSINTSPC) (Currently not accepting applications)
### Outcomes
Consulting, research and development, forensic engineering, management, process control.
**A PhD in mechanical engineering is usually considered a final degree.**
### Thesis-based program
Students are required to prepare a thesis and successfully defend in an open oral defense.
### Courses
Two courses minimum with conference presentation
[Learn more about program requirements in the Academic Calendar](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/programs/ENMAPHD)
### Classroom delivery
### Time commitment
Three years full-time; six years maximum
### Supervisor
A supervisor is required, and must agree to oversee the student's research before admission will be granted
### Fees and funding
See the Graduate Calendar for information on [fees and fee regulations,](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/uofcregs/tuitionandfeesoverview/grad) and for information on [awards and financial assistance](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/uofcregs/studfinsupport/awardsgrad).
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## Supervisors
Learn about faculty available to supervise this degree.\
Please note: additional supervisors may be available. [Contact the program](mailto:gradenme@ucalgary.ca) for more information.
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1. [Mahdis Bisheban](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/supervisor/mahdis-bisheban)
Seeking Students
Control and Modelling of Dynamical Systems, including Aircraft, Unmanned Aerial and Underwater Vehicles, Application of Machine Learning on Control and Modelling of Dynamical Systems, Predictive Maintenance and Anomaly Detection in Manufacturing
2. [Bob Brennan](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/supervisor/bob-brennan)
Accepting Inquiries
Advancing Resilient and Adaptive Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems through Innovative Device-Level Self-Management, Agent-based Modelling
3. [Marie Charbonneau](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/node/3331)
Unavailable
Humanoid Robotics, Contact-Based Human-Robot Interaction, Physical Human-Robot Collaboration
4. [Demet Cilden Guler](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/node/3716)
Seeking Students
Spacecraft attitude estimation and control, Space environment effects
5. [Ke Du](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/supervisor/ke-du)
Accepting Inquiries
1) Air pollution process, 2) Environmental monitoring techniques
6. [Philip Egberts](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/supervisor/philip-egberts)
Accepting Inquiries
Nanotribology, Ultra-high vacuum surface science, Lubricants and Coatings
7. [Leo Fang](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/supervisor/leo-fang)
Seeking Students
Turbulent Combustion Modelling , Manifold Reduction Techniques , Computational Fluid Dynamics , Spray Modelling, Data driven/machine learning techniques for turbulent flows
8. [Salvatore Federico](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/supervisor/salvatore-federico)
Accepting Inquiries
Continuum Mechanics, Soft Tissue Biomechanics
9. [Peter Goldsmith](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/supervisor/peter-goldsmith)
Accepting Inquiries
Robotics, Control Systems, Human-Computer Interfaces, Mathematics, Education
10. [Schuyler Hinman](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/supervisor/schuyler-hinman)
Seeking Students
CFD for sustainable energy sources including biofuels, Conceptual design of high-speed aerospace vehicles for re-entry, Novel drone application and design
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## Admission Requirements
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#### GPA
A minimum of 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the undergraduate degree.
#### Minimum education
An MSc degree or equivalent.
#### Work samples
None
#### Documents
None
#### Reference letters
Two
#### Test scores
None
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#### **English language proficiency (ELP)**
An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in different ways. For accepted criteria, please refer to the program “Admissions” tab in the [Academic Calendar](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/programs/ENMAPHD).
*\*Please contact your program of interest if you have any questions about ELP requirements.*
#### Deadlines
**For admission on September 1:**
- Canadians and permanent residents: June 1 application deadline
- International students: Jan. 15 application deadline
**For admission on January 1:**
- Canadians and permanent residents: Oct. 1 application deadline
- International students: May 1 application deadline
If you're not a Canadian or permanent resident, or if you have international credentials, make sure to learn about
[international requirements](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/international-students)
## Are you ready to apply?
[Application process](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/how-apply)
## Learn more about this program
### Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Schulich School of Engineering\
Room 505, The Mechanical Engineering Building Room, 2500 University Drive NW\
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4\
403.220.4153
[Contact the Graduate Program Administrator](mailto:gradenme@ucalgary.ca)
[Visit the departmental website](https://schulich.ucalgary.ca/mechanical-manufacturing)
### Schulich School of Engineering
Canadian Natural Resources Limited Engineering Complex\
2500 University Drive NW\
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4\
403.220.5732
[Visit the Schulich School of Engineering website](https://schulich.ucalgary.ca/)
Learn more about UCalgary by taking a
[virtual tour](https://virtualtour.grad.ucalgary.ca/)
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