ME PhD Qualifying Exam Schedule Request
The Qualifying Exam committee consists of a minimum of four members (1 faculty advisor, 2 committee members, 1 DR), at least three members from the student’s probable Ph.D. committee, and at least two core Mechanical Engineering faculty. In the event the student has faculty co-advisors, an additional committee member is required. This committee may be adjusted between the Qualifying Exam and General Exam and does not need to be officially registered with the Graduate School.
The committee must include at least one member of core ME faculty with whom the student’s advisor(s) have no substantive record of collaboration. This member of the committee is the designated Departmental Representative (DR).
- Committees should be formed at least 6 weeks before the Qualifying Exam is scheduled.
- Committee members should be agreed upon by the student and adviser(s).