Prepare for leadership positions in industry, academia and government.
UMass Lowell's Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree program offers two options:
Designed to prepare engineers for leadership positions in industry, academia and government, the program includes advanced graduate coursework in engineering and allied subjects and research culminating in a doctoral dissertation.
A total of 63 credit hours of graduate-level courses are required for the doctoral degree.
Visit the graduate academic catalog for complete program details and course descriptions.
Nanomaterials and nanotechnology, nanowires
Nuclear nonproliferation, nuclear security and safeguards, nuclear energy for decarbonization.
Reaction engineering; chemical kinetics; catalysis; sustainability principles
Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Personalized Medicine, Hydrogels, Additive Manufacturing, Microfabrication, Cardiovascular Diseases, Biomineralization, Point of Care Diagnostics
(Electro)-Catalysis, Multi-Scale Modeling (DFT, microkinetic modeling, CFD), Electric Field, Microwave Heating, CO2 Conversion, Light Alkane Activation, Machine learning
Nuclear Reactor Safety and Thermal-Hydraulics; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer Modeling, Experiments, and Simulations
Biochemical Engineering, Bioprocess Modeling and Control, Metabolic Engineering, Fermentation Technology, Industrial Biotechnology
Process System Engineering, Systems Biology, PAT/QbD, Modeling and Simulation
A program offering a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Applied Physics with an Option in Energy Engineering is offered jointly by the Department of Physics and the Energy Engineering program. For further information about this program, including the latest requirements, course descriptions and more please consult the UMass Lowell online Graduate Catalog.
U.S. Department of Energy DOE Scholars Program at the Advanced Research Projects Agency.