Master of Science in Explosion Protection Engineering (XPE)

FP 572: Failure Analysis

FP 580: Forensic Techniques

ME 5108: Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (2 credits) or FP 520: Fire Modeling (3 credits)

Sufficient course work selected from courses at the 500 level or above with a prefix of FPE, AE, ME, CHE, CE, to total 30 credit hours. Courses at the 4000 level may also be taken as electives with the prior approval of the XPE Graduate Committee. Some examples of Elective Courses are: FP 573: Industrial Fire Protection, CE 511: Structural Dynamics, and FP 588 Practical Explosion Analysis: Case Studies in Energy Industry.

The M.S. thesis consists of 9 credit hours of work, normally spread over at least one academic year. One Engineering Context course can be dropped by the student pursuing an MS thesis. A thesis committee will be set up during the first semester of thesis work. This committee will be selected by the student in consultation with the major advisor and will consist of the thesis advisor, who must be a full-time WPI faculty member, and two other faculty members, at least one of whom is a WPI FPE faculty member, whose expertise will aid the student’s research program. An oral presentation before the Thesis Committee and a general audience is required. In addition, all WPI thesis regulations must be followed.