Instructions for New MIME Graduate Students

Welcome to graduate studies in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering!

We look forward to helping you achieve your professional and personal goals. To prepare yourself to begin your graduate studies at OSU, you should do the following.

1. Follow the instructions that accompanied your letter of acceptance from OSU.

2. Obtain an OSU ID card following the instructions at http://oregonstate.edu/fa/businessaffairs/idcenter.

   The University ID Center is located in room B094 (basement level) of the Kerr Administration Building. For a campus map, see http://oregonstate.edu/visitors/tour/campusmap.htm.

3. Let us know that you have arrived. Check in at the MIME Graduate Student Services office (Rogers 204) and give us your name, local address, local telephone number, and e-mail address.

4. Consult the following documents:

• Graduate Student Guide to Success

• OSU General Catalog and Schedule of Classes (printed version of the General Catalog available in the General Books Department of the OSU Bookstore, located in the Memorial Union. The current term Schedule of Classes is no longer available in print).

5. If you haven't done so already, visit the following web sites for information about student life at OSU, the Graduate School, and the School of MIME, and for information specific to your program of study:

• Current OSU Students: http://oregonstate.edu/students/

• OSU Graduate School: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/grad_school/

• Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering: http://mime.oregonstate.edu/degree/graduate/

• Materials Science: http://matsci.oregonstate.edu/

• Degree-specific information and program requirements:

  • MS in Mechanical Engineering
  • MEng in Mechanical Engineering
  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering
  • MS, MEng and PhD in Industrial Engineering
  • MS and PhD in Materials Science
  • IME Graduate Policy Manual
    (printed version of this IME Graduate Policy Manual available in Rogers 204)



6. Get to know the graduate faculty in your program, and meet with faculty whose research and teaching pursuits most closely match your interests:

• Mechanical Engineering faculty

• Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering faculty

• Materials Science faculty

7. Select a tentative list of courses to take this term and ensure that you satisfy the course prerequisites and there are no schedule conflicts. Then, meet with the appropriate professor to discuss your course schedule for the upcoming term.

• Mechanical Engineering grads: See the lead professor in your concentration area:

• Thermal Fluids – Dr. James Liburdy
• Dynamics & Control – Dr. Kagan Tumer
• Design & Mechanics – Dr. Tim Kennedy



• Industrial Engineering grads: See Dr. Logen Logendran, IME Graduate Program Chair.

• Materials Science grads: See Dr. Bill Warnes, Materials Science Program Director.

8. Select your major professor. You must select a major professor by the end of your first term in your graduate program. Find a faculty member whose research and teaching interests are appropriate and who is willing to advise you and supervise your studies at OSU.

9. Develop a tentative program of study.

• Use the above resources and consult with your advisor to create a tentative program of study for yourself.

• Use a copy of the appropriate (i.e. MS, MEng, PhD) Program of Study Form to help you organize your program (paper forms are available at the Graduate School, 300 Kerr Administration Bldg).

10. Register for the current term, following the registration instructions in the OSU Schedule of Classes (available in booklet form at the Registrar's Office, 102 Kerr Adm Bldg).

11. New International Graduate Students: Visit OSU International Programs' Orientation and Arrival Information Web site.

12. Attend the events indicated in the following table. Attendance is required for all that pertain to you.

13. If you have received a graduate assistantship offer letter from Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering, please contact Phyllis Helvie at Phyllis.Helvie@oregonstate.edu to schedule an appointment to fill out paperwork, sign up for payroll, etc. Bring the following items to your appointment:

    • Photo identification (drivers license or OSU ID card)

    • Social Security card

    • Voided check or savings account statement

    • For international students only: passport and papers