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Typical Study Plan for Direct BSc to PhD admitted students

All courses in the study plan are 3 credit hours each. PhD Research Seminar I & II are zero credit each.

Program Core Courses: Students must complete the core courses listed below.

In addition, students with BSc degree must complete three courses from the following list:

Students with MSc degree must complete a minimum of 21 credit hours, while students with BSc degree must complete a minimum of 24 credit hours of technical elective courses from the Aerospace (AERO) Engineering Department鈥檚 approved list of doctoral-level electives. However, a maximum of 6 credit-hours doctoral level courses from other engineering disciplines can be taken to fulfill the requirement of the technical electives. This is subject to the approval of the student鈥檚 advisor/s and the graduate studies committee. At least two of these electives (6 credit hours) must be approved PhD level courses with a substantial mathematical component. The approved doctoral level technical electives 3 credit hours courses are:

• AERO 799 PhD Research Dissertation (36 credit hours)

  The PhD in Aerospace Engineering program requires the students to complete a minimum of 36 credit hours of PhD Research Dissertation that involves novel, creative, research-oriented work under the direct supervision of a full-time faculty advisor from the Aerospace Engineering Department at Khalifa University, and at least one other full-time faculty who acts as a co-advisor. The outcome of research should demonstrate the synthesis of information into knowledge in a form that may be used by others. The research findings must be documented in a formal Dissertation and defended successfully in a viva voce examination. Furthermore, the research must lead to publishable quality scholarly journal articles.

   

• AERO 795 Written Qualifying Examination (WQE) (0 credit hours)

  The primary objective of the Written Qualifying Exam (WQE) is to ensure that students pursuing a doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering have a graduate-level understanding of the undergraduate fundamentals of Aerospace Engineering. The PhD WQE evaluates a student鈥檚 understanding of the fundamental principles and her/his ability to apply them to solve problems in three topical exam areas. The syllabi for the topical exam areas are taken from the Aerospace Engineering undergraduate core courses in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Khalifa University. The list of topical exam areas for the PhD in Aerospace Engineering and their corresponding undergraduate courses are given below.

   

  • Aerospace Materials & Manufacturing
  • Mechanics of Solids & Structures
  • Dynamics & Control
  • Aerodynamics
  • Thermodynamics & Propulsion
  • Astronautics
  • Engineering Mathematics
• AERO 796 PhD Research Proposal Examination (RPE)(0 credit hours)

  In addition to satisfying the taught courses and WQE requirements of the Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering program, the student is required to prepare and submit a research proposal and to pass the oral RPE before being allowed to progress further in the program