Applied Computing and Engineering - concentration Communications and Networks

The Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, jointly with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering Technology, proposes to establish an interdisciplinary program of Ph.D. in Applied Computing and Engineering (PHACE) within the School of Business and Technology (SBT) at UMES. The PHACE aims to offer prospective students a graduate program with strong foundations in theory and practice to meet the needs of technical professionals including but not limited to those in the Eastern Shore of Maryland with advanced learning in a specialized discipline of electrical and mechatronics engineering. The program aims to help students develop new technologies in the emerging fields of robotics and automation, drone design, control, unmanned systems, mechatronics, computer networks, wireless communications, and Internet of Things (IoT) for a wide range of applications. The program will prepare them, especially those with disadvantaged backgrounds, with the knowledge and tools necessary to take on computing and engineering leadership roles to shape the future of technology advancement. 

The proposed PHACE program will have the following concentration: Communications and Networks. 

The PHACE program requires a minimum of sixty (60) credit hours of graduate-level coursework. 

Bachelor degree holders who are directly admitted into the PHACE program will have the option to obtain a Master of Science in Electrical and Mechatronics Engineering (MSEME) once he/she passes the qualifying exam and meet the coursework requirement that is equivalent to the curriculum in the Master of Science in Electrical and Mechatronics Engineering (MSEME).