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

[phone]

Academic Associate for Electrical Engineering

Monique P. Fargues, Ph.D.

Code EC/Fa, Spanagel Hall, Room 456

[phone], DSN 756-2859

[e-mail]

Academic Associate for Mechanical Engineering

Joshua H. Gordis, Ph.D.

Code ME/Go, Watkins Hall, Room 313

[phone], DSN 756-2866, FAX [phone]

[e-mail]

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.

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
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
ME4613	Finite Element Methods		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.