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Ph.D. Innovation Program Requirements

Innovation Program students fulfill all requirements listed for first-year Ph.D. students and Ph.D. candidates. Requirements include:

Admitted students also work with a special advisory committee to see that all Innovation Program requirements are met. These include:

Skills development

  • ENGS 195 Seminar on Science, Technology, and Society (1 term)
  • ENGG 196 Seminar on Applied Science and Technology (5 terms)
  • ENGG 197 Ph.D. Professional Workshops (recommended but not required; can be used to write an SBIR proposal)
  • ENGG 198 Research-in-Progress Workshop (annual participation)

Applied mathematics (choose 2)

  • ENGS 91 Numerical Methods in Computation
  • ENGS 92 Fourier Transforms and Complex Variables
  • ENGS 100 Methods in Applied Mathematics I
  • ENGS 103 Statistical Methods in Engineering
  • ENGS 104 Optimization Methods for Engineering Applications
  • ENGS 105 Computational Methods for Partial Differential Equations I
  • ENGS 106 Numerical Linear Algebra

Engineering depth

  • Courses in the student's area of research, chosen to increase depth of knowledge and expertise. These courses should be selected in concert with the thesis advisor. (4 courses)

Innovation coursework

  • ENGG 321 Introduction to Innovation
  • ENGM 180 Corporate Finance
  • ENGM 188 Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (or equivalent course)

Innovation elective (choose 1)

  • ENGM 179 Financial and Managerial Accounting
  • ENGM 182 Organizational Behavior
  • Any graduate-level technical course in an area outside the student's area of core expertise

Internship

  • Students take a six-month leave-of-absence to work in a start-up company—possibly their own—or an R&D department in their general field(s) of interest.