Graduate Catalog

Mathematics Requirements

Mathematics is an integral element of all engineering disciplines. Therefore, the PhD in Engineering program will assess the mathematical background of the students at the admissions stage and require admitted students to pass at least two PhD level courses with a substantial mathematical component as explained below.

  1. The admissions committee will assess the mathematical background of all students applying for the PhD in Engineering, taking into account mathematics courses completed at Master’s and undergraduate levels, along with the mathematical skills essential for the particular PhD concentration the student would like to pursue. Depending on the committee’s assessment, the student may be conditionally admitted subject to successful completion of one or two courses from an approved list of graduate-level mathematics courses. Credits from these courses do not count toward fulfillment of the PhD degree requirements and do not contribute to the student’s CGPA calculation. The current list of approved graduate-level mathematics courses is:
  2. All students must complete a minimum of 6 credit hours of PhD level technical elective courses with a substantial mathematics component. These courses count towards the PhD degree program taught course credit hour requirement and contribute to the graduation CGPA. The current PhD level courses with a substantial mathematics component are listed below (NUCE courses are offered to UAE National and sponsored Saudi Arabia National students only).

PhD Technical Electives with Substantial Mathematical Component

Course List

AERO 701Nonlinear Structural Dynamics

4

AERO 703Numerical Methods in Aerofluids

4

AERO 711Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue

3

AERO 761Advanced Process Dynamics and Control

3

AERO 764Optimal Control

3

BMED 711Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering

3

BMED 712Rehabilitation and Augmentation of Human Movement

3

BMED 713Advanced Physiological Systems

3

BMED 716Medical Device Innovation

3

BMED 720Biophysical Engineering of Cellular Systems

3

BMED 725Computational Systems Biology of Cancer

3

CHEG 700Sustainable Desalination Processes

3

CHEG 705Membrane Technology

3

CHEG 708Phase Equilibria

3

CHEG 710Kinetics and Mechanisms

3

CHEG 720Modelling and Engineering of Microbial Environmental Bioprocesses

3

CHEG 745Multicomponent Mass Transfer

3

CHEG 750Molecular Thermodynamics

3

CHEG 760Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

3

CHEG 765Computational Fluid Dynamics for Chemical Engineers

3

CHEG 790Dynamic Behavior of Process Systems

3

CIVE 707Environmental Remote Sensing and Satellite Image Processing

3

CIVE 719Climate Dynamics

3

CIVE 721Aquatic Chemistry

3

CIVE 750Non-Linear Mechanics of Construction Materials

3

CIVE 751Non-Linear FE Analysis of Civil Engineering Structures

3

ECCE 701Power System Modelling and Control

3

ECCE 703Embedded Generation Operation and Control

3

ECCE 706Power Quality and FACTS Devices

3

ECCE 710Analysis of Power Systems Over-voltages and Transients

3

ECCE 711Advanced Power System Grounding and Safety

3

ECCE 714Application of Heuristic Optimization Techniques to Power Systems

3

ECCE 721Analog Mixed Signal Design Techniques

3

ECCE 722Numerical Simulation of Circuits and Systems

3

ECCE 732Machine Learning and Applicatications

3

ECCE 733High Speed Computer Arithmetic

3

ECCE 734Advanced Computer Architecture

3

ECCE 735Advanced Computer Vision Paradigms

3

ECCE 738High Performance Computing

3

ECCE 741Advanced Digital Communications

3

ECCE 742Advanced Concepts in Stochastic Processes, Detection, and Estimation Theory

3

ECCE 743Broadband Communication Systems

3

ECCE 744Optical Wireless Communication System

3

ECCE 751Discontinuous Control Systems

3

ECCE 752Nonlinear Control

3

ECCE 753Computational Prototyping of Dynamical Systems

3

ECCE 754Computational Prototyping of Partial Differential Equations

3

ECCE 755Cognitive Robotics

4

ECCE 756Robotic Perception

4

ECCE 757Control of Robotic Systems

3

ECCE 772Advanced Microsystem Design

3

ECCE 773Photonic Materials and Metamaterials Design for Engineers

3

ECCE 774Advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits

3

ESMA 701Advanced Systems Optimization

3

ESMA 710Times Series Analysis Modeling and Prediction

3

ESMA 711Advanced Business Analytics

3

ESMA 720Advanced Production and Operations Management

3

ESMA 721Stochastic Processes and Applications

3

ESMA 730Complex Network Analysis

3

ESMA 781Modeling Urban Systems Energy Flow

3

MEEN 701/AERO 711Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue

3

MEEN 702Damage Mechanics of Solids and Structures

3

MEEN 703Linear and Nonlinear Finite Element Methods

3

MEEN 704Computational Inelasticity

3

MEEN 705/MSEN 705Micromechanics of Materials

3

MEEN 706Theory of Plasticity

3

MEEN 720/MSEN 720Statistical Thermodynamics

MEEN 721Computational Fluid Mechanics

3

MEEN 722Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics

3

MEEN 723/AERO 723Advanced Combustion

3

MEEN 724Advanced Modeling of Cooling Systems

3

MEEN 725Multiphase Flow in Porous Media

3

MEEN 741Advanced Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer

3

MEEN 742Advanced Convection Heat Transfer

3

MEEN 743Micro-Nano Energy Transport

3

MEEN 744Interfacial Transport and Phase Change Heat Transfer

3

MEEN 761Advanced Process Dynamics and Control

3

MEEN 762Analysis and Simulation of Mechatronics Systems

3

MEEN 764Optimal Control

3

MEEN 765Acoustics and Noise Control

3

MEEN 767Control of Robotic Systems

3

MSEN 701Electrochemical Processes and Devices

3

MSEN 710Advanced Solid State Physics

3

MSEN 730Science and Engineering of Thin Films, Surfaces and Interfaces

3

MSEN 740Advances in Investigation of Intermolecular and Surface Forces

3

NUCE 701Advanced Computational Methods of Particle Transport

3

NUCE 702Nuclear Systems and Materials/Accident analysis

3

NUCE 704The Reactor Core Design Analysis for light water reactors

3

NUCE 705Nuclear Criticality Safety Assessment

3

PEEG 723Stimulation of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs

3

PEEG 730Fluid Flow and Transport Processes in Porous Media

3

PEEG 732Hybrid Enhanced Oil Recovery

3

PEEG 733Miscible Gas Flooding

3

PEEG 746Emerging Well Construction Technology

3

PEEG 747Horizontal and Multilateral Drilling and Completion

3

PEEG 749Characterization and Modelling of Unconventional Reservoirs

3

PEEG 752Simulation of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

3