Naval Reactors-Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Program - Curriculum 571
Primary Consultant
Ms. Stephanie Covington
Director, Management and Administration
Naval Sea Systems Command
NAVSEA 08B-MA Attn S. Covington
1240 Isaac Hull Ave SE Stop 8015
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20376-8015
(202) 781-6219
Academic Associate for Electrical Engineering
Monique P. Fargues, Ph.D.
Code EC/Fa, Spanagel Hall, Room 456
(831) 656-2859, DSN 756-2859
fargues@nps.edu
Academic Associate for Mechanical Engineering
Joshua H. Gordis, Ph.D.
Code ME/Go, Watkins Hall, Room 313
(831) 656-2866, DSN 756-2866, FAX (831) 656-2238
jgordis@nps.edu
Brief Overview
The objective of this special program is to provide both naval officers and civilian employees of Naval Reactors (NR), an advanced education leading to a Master of Science in Engineering Science with major in either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering. This is a non-thesis program for individuals who work as engineers and who wish to pursue a master's degree via Distance Learning. The program sponsor is NAVSEA and the subject matter expert is SEA-08.
Requirements for Entry
Entrance into this program is restricted to individuals who have successfully completed the Bettis Reactor Engineering School (BRES). Further requirements include an Academic Profile Code of 121. All entrants must be nominated for the program by the designated program coordinator and primary consultant for Naval Reactors. The nomination to the Director of Admissions must include original transcripts of the student's undergraduate and BRES records. The Director of Admissions will provide copies of all records to the Academic Associate in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering depending on the degree the student is pursuing.
Convenes
Students usually enter this program at the beginning of the academic quarter following completion of the BRES. Application for entry is to be made through the program coordinator and primary consultant for Naval Reactors. The program is also available to civilian employees of Naval Reactors who have completed BRES. For further information, contact the Academic Associate, or the Primary Consultant for this program.
Degree Requirements for Mechanical Engineering
The student must complete 20 hours of advanced graduate level (ME4XXX) NPS courses. This requirement may be met by completing a sequence of five courses via Distance Learning in a program approved by the Chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. This Master of Science in Engineering Science (Major in Mechanical Engineering) program may be completed in five academic quarters following completion of BRES.
Degree Requirements for Electrical Engineering
The student must complete 28 hours of graduate level (EC3XXX and EC4XXX) NPS courses. This requirement may be met by completing a sequence of seven courses via Distance Learning in a program approved by the Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This Master of Science in Engineering Science (Major in Electrical Engineering) program may be completed in seven academic quarters following completion of BRES.
Credit for Completion of BRES
This program is designed to build upon the BRES courses and the power plant design experience. The following BRES courses are considered as integral to this program and equivalent to 16 credit hours of ME3XXX level NPS courses:
- BRES 200 Mathematics
- BRES 340 Applied Structural Mechanics
- BRES 350 Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
- BRES 360 Reactor Dynamics, Control and Safeguards
In addition, BRES 370 Reactor and Power Plant Design Project is considered partially in lieu of a thesis.
The NPS transcript will include 16 credits for the BRES program. The Quality Point Rating (QPR) for the NPS transcript will be computed based only on the NPS courses completed by the student.
Subspecialty
Graduates of BRES earn a Navy Subspecialty Code of 5200, which applies to their reactor design training. This Naval Postgraduate School curriculum will not affect that subspecialty code nor provide any additional subspecialty code(s).
Typical Course of Study
Upon entry into the program students will typically enroll in one course per quarter, to be taken via Distance Learning. All requirements must be completed within three calendar years from entry. Students will select a program of study from available courses and submit a program for approval by the Chairman of Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
ME4161 | Conduction Heat Transfer | | 4 | 0 |
ME4162 | Convection Heat Transfer | | 4 | 0 |
ME4220 | Viscous Flow | | 4 | 0 |
ME4522 | Finite Element Methods in Structural Dynamics | | 4 | 0 |
ME4525 | Naval Ship Shock Design and Analysis | | 4 | 0 |
ME4550 | Random Vibrations and Spectral Analysis | | 4 | 0 |
ME4612 | Advanced Mechanics of Solids | | 4 | 0 |
ME4731 | Engineering Design Optimization | | 4 | 0 |
Educational Skill Requirements (ESRs)
Reactors - Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Program - Curriculum 571
Subspecialty Code: None
The ESRs required by Naval Reactors are met upon completion of the BRES. This is a degree program only, leading to the Master of Science in Engineering Science with Major in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.