This course is an engineering project under faculty guidance. A written project proposal and final report must be submitted to the department head and the adviser and may be extended to a thesis with the project advisor’s recommendation. Credit only upon completion of project.

The master’s thesis presents results of original investigation in the student’s specialty. This effort can be an extension of ME-GY 9963, with approval of the project adviser. Continuous registration is required. Maximum of 9 credits of ME-GY 996X / ME-GY 997X are counted toward the degree.