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in Engineering (Environmental) Degree Requirements
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minimum of 30 course and/or research credit hours beyond
the MS degree (or its equivalent) or a minimum of 60
course and/or research credit hours beyond the bachelor's
degree is required. The doctoral student must complete
the following:
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file an Acceptance into the Doctorate Program form
(D1)
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choose an advisory committee and chair and file a
Recommend Advisor Committee form (D2)
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file a Preliminary Program of Study form (D3)
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complete the comprehensive exam and file a report
on the Comprehensive Examination form (D4)
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file a Degree Schedule form (D5)
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develop and defend a dissertation plan and file an
Approval of Dissertation Proposal form (D6)
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file a Scheduling of Final Oral Examination form (D7)
and defend an approved dissertation in an oral exam
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file a Report on the Final Examination form (D8)
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fulfill the campus residency requirement
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submit the corrected, approved dissertation and associated
forms
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finish the degree within the prescribed time limit
Grades
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All grades must be B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) or better
in the major subject area. The department chair can
approve no more than 6 credits of BC (2.5) or C (2.0)
in a cognate department. The student must maintain a
cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better to remain
in good standing.
Campus Residency Requirement—Doctoral
students must spend at least four semesters, not necessarily
continuous, which can include summer terms, on campus
at MTU beyond attainment of a bachelor’s degree
or two semesters beyond attainment of a master’s
degree in a formal program of study and research under
direct supervision of their major advisor. In special
pre-approved instances, this residency requirement may
be waived.
Time Limit — Comprehensive examinations
must be taken within five years of entry and two terms
before the final oral defense, and all requirements
must be completed within eight years from the time of
a student’s first enrollment in the doctoral program.
Advisory Committee
During the student’s first semester of residence,
an Advisory Committee will be chosen to assume responsibility
for the direction of the student’s educational
program and to hold meetings as needed to fulfill this
responsibility. The committee, consisting of at least
three members of the graduate faculty with one member
designated as chair, will be appointed by the chair
of the Environmental Engineering Faculty Committee with
the approval of the Dean of the Graduate School and
filed on the D2 form.
2009 Environmental Engineering PhD Program Faculty Advisory Committee
Dr. Martin T. Auer, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Susan T. Bagley, Professor of Biological Sciences
Dr. C. Robert Baillod, Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Brian D. Barkdoll, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Bruce A. Barna, Professor of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Rupali Datta, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Dr. George R. Dewey, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Paul V. Doskey, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences
Dr. John S. Gierke, Associate Professor of Geological and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Sarah Green, Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Veronica W. Griffis, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Dr. David W. Hand, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Neil J. Hutzler, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Dr. Jiann-Yang (Jim) Hwang, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. John H. Johnson, Presidential Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Robert E. Keen, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Dr. Alex S. Mayer, Professor of Geological and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Ann Maclean, Associate Professor of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Claudio Mazzoleni, Assistant Professor of Physics
Dr. Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Amlan Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Michael E. Mullins, Professor of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Kurtis G. Paterson, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Judith A. Perlinger, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Thomas G. Pypker, Assistant Professor of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Karl B. Rundman, Emeritus Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Noel R. Urban, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. David W. Watkins, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Shiliang Wu, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
Preliminary Program of Study —
Initially the Advisory Committee will meet with the
student and prepare a program of course study and research
work that will lead to the doctoral degree. This program
must be filed in the Graduate School office during the
second term of residence on the Preliminary Program
of Study form (D3).
Subsequent changes in the program can be made by the
advisory committee and will appear on the final Degree
Schedule form (D5). The Graduate School office must
be notified in writing of any significant changes affecting
the time required for obtaining the degree.
Proficiency Examinations — Exams
may be scheduled as necessary by the department or program
to either plan a student’s study program or determine
the advisability of a student’s continuing in
the doctoral program.
Comprehensive Examination
A comprehensive examination will be given to determine
the general knowledge appropriate to the student’s
program and the student’s ability to use this
knowledge. This examination will be a written examination,
although it may be oral in part if recommended by the
Advisory Committee, but it must be given no later than
five years after enrollment. It is recommended that
the comprehensive exam be given after about two years
of doctoral study and following completion of all course
work required by the Advisory Committee. The examination
will be given after the applicant has completed any
modern language requirement and at least two terms prior
to scheduling the final oral examination.
The examination will be prepared and administered by
the major department or program with the cooperation
of the Advisory Committee. Satisfactory performance
on the comprehensive examination will be regarded as
an indication that no additional formal course work
is needed, although the student may take additional
course work. Any member of the graduate faculty may
attend the oral examination as an observer.
Final Degree Schedule — Upon
satisfactory completion of the comprehensive examination,
a final Degree Schedule form (D5) must be filed in the
Graduate School office and approved prior to scheduling
a final oral examination. This Degree Schedule should
include all course work taken since the last previous
degree to be applied to the doctoral degree. It must
be approved by the Advisory Committee as meeting the
standards associated with the doctor of philosophy degree.
Dissertation
The research study undertaken as part of the doctoral
degree program will be presented in the form of a dissertation
that can be made a permanent acquisition of the library,
along with an expanded abstract, not exceeding 350 words.
Any classified or proprietary material that cannot be
made available to the public is not acceptable as a
dissertation. Completing the dissertation includes approval
of the dissertation proposal, preparing the dissertation
according to guidelines, and filing the completed (and
successfully defended) dissertation.
The dissertation will be written and prepared under
the supervision of the chair of the Advisory Committee
according to discipline-specific writing requirements.
Publication guidelines are found in Publishing Your
Dissertation (UMI Dissertations Publishing). The Graduate
School Office sends this booklet to students when the
final Degree Schedule (D5) has been received. A completed
draft of the dissertation must be approved by the Advisory
Committee two weeks prior to the final examination.
After the dissertation has been satisfactorily defended,
recommended or other appropriate editorial changes in
the dissertation should be made with the approval of
the Advisory Committee chair.
The appropriate number of copies of the corrected version
of the dissertation, one with the original signatures,
must be submitted to the Graduate School Office. Two
will be bound for placement in the J. R. Van Pelt Library.
The third, accompanied by the required form, attachments,
and payment, is for submission to UMI Dissertations
Publishing for microfilming and inclusion in Dissertation
Abstracts International. If the student prepares appropriately,
the UMI submission can be done electronically.
Oral Examination
At a public final oral examination, primarily concerning
the research and doctoral dissertation, the candidate
should justify the validity of the methods and conclusions
contained in the dissertation and should be familiar
with the import of the particular investigations reported
in the dissertation relative to the larger body of existing
knowledge. The examination may be given any time after
a period of two academic terms following the successful
completion of the comprehensive examination and upon
completion of the dissertation in a satisfactory form.
The student’s examination results must be reported
to the Graduate School office on the D8.
The Examining Committee will be appointed by the dean
of the Graduate School in consultation with the department
chair. The committee will consist of at least four members
of the graduate faculty. At least one of these will
be from a cognate department or program. For interdisciplinary
programs, cognate should be interpreted to mean a department
other than those departments represented in the program
or area of concentration. Additional external examiners
who are not graduate faculty may be appointed by a nomination
memo to, and approval by, the dean.
The examination will be scheduled, by filing the Scheduling
of Final Oral Examination form (D7) with the dean of
the Graduate School, in consultation with the chair
of the Advisory Committee. The date of the examination
must be at least two weeks following the approval of
the completed draft of the dissertation by the Advisory
Committee. A copy of the completed dissertation draft
must accompany the D7 when it is filed in the Graduate
School office. Copies of the completed draft must be
distributed to any new members of the Examining Committee
at least two weeks prior to the scheduled examination
date
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