# Engineering (M.S. (Concentration in Advanced Manufacturing))

UC Irvine · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Source: https://catalogue.uci.edu/thehenrysamuelischoolofengineering/engineering_ms/

**David Kisailus, Director and Graduate Advisor**  
5076 Samueli Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building; 949-824-2116  
http://engineering.uci.edu/interdisciplinary-graduate-programs/materials-and-manufacturing-technology

Advanced Manufacturing is concerned with the generation and application of knowledge relating the composition, structure, and processing of materials to their properties and applications, as well as the manufacturing technologies needed for production. During the past two decades, Advanced Manufacturing has become an important component of modern engineering education, partly because of the increased level of sophistication required of engineering materials in a rapidly changing technological society, and partly because the selection of materials has increasingly become an integral part of almost every modern engineering design. In fact, further improvements in design are now viewed more and more as primarily materials and manufacturing issues. Both the development of new materials and the understanding of present-day materials demand a thorough knowledge of basic engineering and scientific principles including, for example, crystal structure, mechanics, mechanical behavior, electronic, optical and magnetic properties, thermodynamics, phase equilibria, heat transfer, diffusion, and the physics and chemistry of solids and chemical reactions.

The field of Advanced Manufacturing ranks high on the list of top careers for scientists and engineers. The services of these engineers and scientists are required in a variety of engineering operations dealing, for example, with design of semiconductors and optoelectronic devices, development of new technologies based on composites and high-temperature materials, biomedical products, performance (quality, reliability, safety, energy efficiency) in automobile and aircraft components, improvement in nondestructive testing techniques, corrosion behavior in refineries, radiation damage in nuclear power plants, fabrication of steels, and construction of highways and bridges.

Subjects of interest in Advanced Manufacturing cover a wide spectrum, ranging from metals, optical and electronic materials to superconductive materials, ceramics, advanced composites, and biomaterials. In addition, the emerging new research and technological areas in materials are in many cases interdisciplinary. Accordingly, the principal objective of the graduate curriculum is to integrate a student’s area of emphasis—whether it be chemical processing and production, electronic and photonic materials and devices, electronic manufacturing and packaging, or materials engineering—into the whole of materials and manufacturing technology. Such integration will increase familiarity with other disciplines and provide students with the breadth they need to face the challenges of current and future technology.

Students with a bachelor’s degree may pursue either the M.S. or Ph.D. in Engineering with a concentration in Advanced Manufacturing. If students choose to enter the Ph.D. program directly, it is a requirement that they earn an M.S. along the way toward the completion of their Ph.D.

### Recommended Background

Given the nature of Advanced Manufacturing as an interdisciplinary program, students having a background and suitable training in either Materials, Engineering (Biomedical, Civil, Chemical, Electrical, and Mechanical), or the Physical Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Geology) are encouraged to participate. Recommended background courses include an introduction to materials, thermodynamics, mechanical properties, and electrical/optical/magnetic properties. A student with an insufficient background may be required to take remedial undergraduate courses following matriculation as a graduate student.

### Requirements

##### Core Requirements

Core courses must be completed with a grade of B (3.0) or better.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Complete:** | |  |
| EECS 278/ENGRMAE 247 | Micro-System Design |  |
| ENGRMAE 259 | Mechanical Behavior of Solids - Atomistic Theories |  |
| MSE 200 | Structure of Materials |  |
| MSE 278 | Fundamentals of Materials Processing: How are Materials Processed to Make Things? |  |

##### Electives

Electives are grouped into four areas of emphasis.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Chemical Processing and Production:** | |  |
| CHEM 213 | Chemical Kinetics |  |
| CBE 200 | Applied Engineering Mathematics I |  |
| CBE 210 | Reaction Engineering |  |
| CBE 220A | Transport Phenomena I |  |
| CBE 240 | Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics |  |
| ENGRCEE 265 | Unit Operations II in Environmental Engineering |  |
| ENGRCEE 276 | Hydrology |  |
| **Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices:** | |  |
| BME 210 | Molecular and Cellular Engineering |  |
| BME 251 | Engineering Medical Optics |  |
| EECS 174 | Semiconductor Devices |  |
| EECS 176 | Fundamentals of Solid-State Electronics and Materials |  |
| EECS 188 | Optical Electronics |  |
| EECS 277A | Advanced Semiconductor Devices I |  |
| EECS 277B | Advanced Semiconductor Devices II |  |
| EECS 277C | Nanotechnology |  |
| EECS 285A | Optical Communications |  |
| EECS 280A | Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics I |  |
| EECS 280B | Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics II |  |
| ENGRMAE 220 | Conduction Heat Transfer |  |
| ENGRMAE 221 | Convective Heat and Mass Transfer |  |
| **Biomedical and Electronic Manufacturing:** | |  |
| BME 251 | Engineering Medical Optics |  |
| EECS 279/ENGRMAE 249 | Micro-Sensors and Actuators |  |
| ENGRMAE 242 | Robotics |  |
| ENGRMAE 247/EECS 278 | Micro-System Design |  |
| ENGRMAE 250 | Biorobotics |  |
| **Materials Engineering:** | |  |
| CHEM 225 | Polymer Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers |  |
| MSE 241 | Nano-Scale Materials and Applications |  |
| ENGRCEE 242 | Advanced Strength of Materials |  |
| ENGRCEE 254 | Advanced Reinforced Concrete Behavior and Design |  |
| ENGRCEE 255 | Advanced Behavior and Design of Steel Structures |  |
| ENGRMAE 224 | Advanced Transport Phenomena |  |
| ENGRMAE 230A | Inviscid Incompressible Fluid Mechanics I |  |
| ENGRMAE 230B | Viscous Incompressible Fluid Mechanics II |  |
| ENGRMAE 230C | Compressible Fluid Dynamics |  |
| ENGRMAE 254 | Mechanics of Solids and Structures |  |
| ENGRMAE 255 | Composite Materials and Structures |  |
| ENGRMAE 258 | Mechanical Behavior of Solids - Continuum Theories |  |
| MSE 205 | Materials Physics |  |
| MSE 255A | Design with Ceramic Materials |  |
| MSE 256A | Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials |  |
| MSE 259 | Transmission Electron Microscopy |  |
| MSE 264 | Scanning Electron Microscopy |  |
| PHYSICS 238A & PHYSICS 238B & PHYSICS 238C | Condensed Matter Physicsand Condensed Matter Physicsand Condensed Matter Physics |  |

It should be noted that specific course requirements within the area of emphasis are decided based on consultation with the Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Concentration.

Two options are available for M.S. students: a thesis option and a comprehensive examination option. Both options require the completion of at least 12 courses of study.

##### Plan I. Thesis Option

For the thesis option, students are required to complete an original research project and write an M.S. thesis. A committee of three full-time faculty members is appointed to guide the development of the thesis. In addition, students are required to complete minimally 12 courses.  At least eight courses as required: four core courses, four area of emphasis courses approved by the graduate advisor.  Four units of MS Thesis Research in any Engineering Department count as the equivalence of one course. Up to three courses equivalent of MS Thesis Research. and up to one course (3-unit or 4-unit) of upper-division undergraduate elective courses taken as a graduate student at UCI can be applied toward the 12-course requirement.

##### Plan II. Comprehensive Examination Option

For the comprehensive examination option, students are required to pass a comprehensive exam. In addition, students are required to complete minimally 12 courses. At least ten courses  must be taken as required: four core courses and at least six area of emphasis courses  approved by the graduate advisor. Four units of Individual Research in any Engineering Department count as the equivalence of one course. One course equivalent of Individual Research in any Engineering Department and up to one course of upper-division undergraduate elective course taken as a graduate student at UCI can be applied toward the 12-course requirement.

In addition to fulfilling the course requirements outlined above, it is a University requirement for the Master of Science degree that students fulfill a minimum of 36 units of study.