Graduate Study and Research in Engineering at Texas Tech University
Professor Stephen Ekwaro-Osire
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
Whitacre College of Engineering
Texas Tech University, USA
Abstract
The Whitacre College of Engineering (Faculty of Engineering) has seven academic
departments:
1. Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering,
2. Chemical Engineering,
3. Computer Science,
4. Electrical and Computer Engineering,
5. Industrial Engineering,
6. Mechanical Engineering, and
7. Petroleum Engineering.
There are 4,747 undergraduate and 902 graduate students that pursue 10
bachelor's, 12 master's, and eight doctoral degrees. There are 140 faculty
conducting research in the strategic areas of Energy, Water, Nanotechnology,
Transportation, and Engineering in Medicine. For admissions, most programs require
TOEFL, GRE, Transcripts, and three letters of recommendations. Admissions is in fall
semester, spring semester, and summer semester. Students can finance their
graduate study using scholarships, fellowships, teaching assistantships, and
research assistantships. The average length of a master’s study is two years, while
the average PhD study is 4.5 years. The majority of departments offer the three
master's program options: thesis, report, and coursework only. In the academic year
2014-2015, 84 PhD degrees were awarded.
Biography
Professor Stephen Ekwaro-Osire is the associate dean of research and graduate
programs in the Whitacre College of Engineering, a full professor in the Department
of Mechanical Engineering, and a licensed professional engineer in the state of
Texas, USA. He was recently a Fulbright Scholar. Professor Ekwaro-Osire’s research
interests are engineering design, wind energy, vibrations, and orthopedic
biomechanics. He has more than 160 refereed publications, 45 of these in archival
journals. He has supervised and graduated 32 doctoral and master's students. He is
an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society for Design and Process Science, the
American Society of Biomechanics, and the Society for Experimental Mechanics.