Engineering MS MS
The Master’s in Engineering program at UWM is designed to provide high level academics and hands-on research with flexibility in mind for both working professionals and aspiring researchers who want to take their studies to the next level.
Coursework for an Engineering MS at UWM is typically held once per week in the evening and requires students to choose one of the following concentrated areas of study: Biomedical, Civil, Electrical and Computer, Energy, Mechanics, Industrial and Systems, Manufacturing, Materials, or Mechanical.
Program Type
Master’s
Program Format
On Campus
What to Expect
The Master’s in Engineering coursework at UWM is offered primarily in the evenings to accommodate schedules of working professionals and researchers. Students may choose either a thesis option (30 credits) or a non-thesis option (31 credits).
The thesis option allows students to pursue advanced coursework leading to an original thesis research project, supervised by a faculty advisor. Naturally, we encourage students to pursue the development of a thesis. However, if you have prior engineering or scientific work experience and are seeking an MS for professional advancement, the non-thesis option is a great alternative that requires additional coursework in lieu of a thesis.
The MS in Engineering does not require a rigid set of courses, so you have the flexibility to design your program of study that is compatible with your career objectives. This feature also makes the MS a solid stepping stone for doctoral level study.
More Information
Contact the College of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Programs Office.
We’re a top tier R1 research university and our students have the opportunity to work with faculty engaged in cutting-edge research in areas such as:
- Advanced manufacturing
- Biomedical engineering
- Grid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems
- Renewable energy, conservation and energy storage
- Robotics, controls and mechatronics
- Smart materials and novel materials
- Transportation
- Tribology and nanotribology
- Water flow, sensing and filtration
Research Labs, Centers & Institutes
Research is integral to our work at UWM and to the experience of students pursuing graduate degrees. Our college has a wide range of faculty-led labs that perform cutting edge research. Please see the Faculty tab to the right for the specific research interests and labs of each civil and environmental engineering faculty member. View a full list of our college’s research labs, centers and institutes.
Faculty
- Assistant Professor of Engineering Education, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- blackows@uwm.edu
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 1107
- Scientist II, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Lab Manager, Bicycle and Motorcycle Engineering Research Laboratory, EMS W301
- adressel@uwm.edu
- 414-229-5357
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E261
- Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- elhajjar@uwm.edu
- 414-229-3647
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 1225
- Associate Dean for Research, Engineering & Applied Science Office of the Dean
- andrewjg@uwm.edu
- 414-229-7389
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 580
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- helwany@uwm.edu
- 414-229-4131
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences W236AA
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- li@uwm.edu
- 414-229-6891
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences E321
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- liao@uwm.edu
- 414-229-4228
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences E363
- Lawrence E. Sivak '71 Professorship
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Director, Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT)
- Founder and Director, Safe and Smart Traffic Lab
- qinx@uwm.edu
- 414-251-8866
- Northwest Quadrant 4414B
- Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- adeeb@uwm.edu
- 414-229-2860
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 315
- Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Founder and Director, Automated, Connected & Electric Mobility Systems Lab
- tomshi@uwm.edu
- Northwest Quadrant 4420
- Lawrence E. Sivak '71 Faculty Fellowship
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- sobolev@uwm.edu
- 414-229-3198
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 1255
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Director, Structural Engineering Lab
- ht@uwm.edu
- 414-229-5166
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E332
- Lawrence E. Sivak Faculty Fellowship
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- hanititi@uwm.edu
- 414-229-6893
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 1139
- Lawrence E. Sivak '71 Professorship
- Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- wang292@uwm.edu
- 414-251-6446
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E371G
- Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- jzhao@uwm.edu
- 414-229-2330
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences W330A
- Assistant Professor, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
- akundivy@uwm.edu
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 990A
- Professor, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
- Geospatial Data Science Lab
- rghose@uwm.edu
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
- Associate Professor, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
- Department Chair, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
- jang@uwm.edu
- 414-229-2978
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E357
- Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Co-Director (Co-PI), UWM Industrial Assessment Center
- Director, NSF/S-STEM: Preparing Engineers Computer Scientists
- otieno@uwm.edu
- 414-229-3134
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 1161
- Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- mattpete@uwm.edu
- 414-229-3448
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 367
- Dean, Engineering & Applied Science Office of the Dean
- petersba@uwm.edu
- 414-229-4126
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 520
- Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- seifoddi@uwm.edu
- 414-229-4442
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 306
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Department Chair, Materials Science & Engineering
- nidal@uwm.edu
- 414-229-2668
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E351
- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Department
- Director, Advanced Analysis Facility
- church@uwm.edu
- 414-229-2825
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 910C
- Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- nkouklin@uwm.edu
- 414-229-4679
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 1287
- Lawrence E. Sivak '71 Faculty Fellowship
- Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- ma26@uwm.edu
- 414-251-8777
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences E371H
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
- musinski@uwm.edu
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences EMS 910D
- Richard and Joanne Grigg Professor
- Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- Affiliate Professor, School of Freshwater Sciences
- niu@uwm.edu
- 414-251-6072
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences NWQB 4511
- Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department
- Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Director, Center for Advanced Manufacture of Materials
- prohatgi@uwm.edu
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 574
- Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering Department
- Assistant Director, Industrial Training and Assessment Center (ITAC)
- alhamad3@uwm.edu
- 202-981-8870
- USRB 201C
- Alan D. Kulwicki Faculty Fellow in Mechanical Engineering
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Director, Industrial Assessment Center (IAC)
- amano@uwm.edu
- 414-229-2345
- University Services and Research 201L
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- bsra@uwm.edu
- 414-229-6916
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 990B
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Director, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC)
- Co-Founder and Executive Director, UWM Student Startup Challenge
- Director (PI), Milwaukee Regional Energy Education Initiative
- avdeev@uwm.edu
- 414-229-6949
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 1181
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- wjchang@uwm.edu
- 414-229-6614
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 1113
- Richard and Joanne Grigg Professorship
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- dsouza@uwm.edu
- 414-229-6952
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E326
- CEAS Lab Manager
- Lab Manager, Makerspace
- judes@uwm.edu
- 414-229-5192
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences W149
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
- musinski@uwm.edu
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences EMS 910D
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- nosonovs@uwm.edu
- 414-229-2816
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 1125
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- krishna@uwm.edu
- 414-229-6535
- Northwest Quadrant 4521 SFS 3021
- Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering
- Assistant Director, Industrial Assessment Center (IAC)
- mdqandil@uwm.edu
- 414-229-9371
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences
- Johnson Controls Endowed Professor in Energy Storage Research
- Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering
- UWM Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- qud@uwm.edu
- 414-251-5817
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences E308
- Richard and Joanne Grigg Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering
- Affiliate Professor, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
- Switzer Research Distinguished Fellow
- rahmanmh@uwm.edu
- 414-251-8406
- University Services & Research Building (USRB) 201D
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Secretary of the University
- reisel@uwm.edu
- 414-229-4671
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 1213| LUB 451
- Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department
- Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Director, Center for Advanced Manufacture of Materials
- prohatgi@uwm.edu
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 574
- Richard and Joanne Grigg Faculty Fellowship
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Founder, Advanced Structures Laboratory
- salowitz@uwm.edu
- 414-251-8030
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 1155
- Scientist I, Mechanical Engineering Department
- Associate Director, Mobility Lab
- paulaj@uwm.edu
- 414-251-7746
- Accelerator Building, Innovation Campus 135, Lab 140
- Richard and Joanne Grigg Professor of Mechanical Engineering, EMS Office 1080
- Affiliate Faculty of Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science & Technology
- slavens@uwm.edu
- 414-229-6933
- Accelerator Building, Innovation Campus 135, Lab 140
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Professor, Art & Design
- Director, Student Startup Challenge
- sternn@uwm.edu
- 414-477-9602
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 755
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- ysung4@uwm.edu
- 414-251-8147
- Physics 333
- Teaching Faculty 3, Mechanical Engineering
- yahiaoui@uwm.edu
- 414-229-7181
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E275
- Scientist I, Mechanical Engineering Department
- zhang389@uwm.edu
- 414-870-6401
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences W283
- Scientist III, Mechanical Engineering Department
- zhengd@uwm.edu
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 810
Advising
- Advisor, Graduate Programs
- Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Health Informatics
- crary@uwm.edu
- 414-229-7267
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E379
- Advisor, Graduate Programs
- Civil/Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering
- rpackard@uwm.edu
- 414-251-8543
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E379
UWM is proud to be one of only two R1 research universities in Wisconsin. We’re also a top externally funded institution with robust opportunities for teaching and research assistantships. Partners that support our important research include:
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Institute for Health
- National Academy of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine
- National Science Foundation
- United States Department of Defense
- United States Department of Energy
- Regional businesses: Johnson Controls, Rockwell Automation, Harley Davidson, We Energies