The additional exams may be either written or oral, as determined by the student s dissertation committee. The additional exams must be completed before May 1 st in the same semester that the student stood the qualifying exam. If the student does not demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the additional exams, the examining faculty will require remedial class work, which must be completed with a minimum grade of B within one academic year. If remedial work is class work, class must be completed with a minimum grade of B. Failure to complete the specified sequence outlined in 1-3 within the required time frame will result in removal of the student from the Ph.D. program. The student s performance on the exam will be determined by a majority vote of the tenure track faculty.
Student fails the exam and is removed from the Ph.D. program.
Voting on a student s status may take place at any point in the sequence of events outlined above. In general the vote will occur after either sufficient knowledge is demonstrated in the eight chosen subject areas by passing the qualifying examination and required additional exams or after remedial course work has been completed. A student may fail the qualifying examination either by not taking the examination at the appropriate time or by demonstrating insufficient knowledge in more than three areas. Failure of the qualifying examination will result in removal of the student from the Ph.D. program. Any student removed from the Ph.D. program may apply for entrance into the Master of Science or Master of Engineering program in the Mechanical Engineering Department.