Students

Due to its interdisciplinary nature the CS&E program is demanding of students. In some ways, it is as if a student prepares to do research in two areas: computation and an application area. To ensure that students have the necessary preparation to succeed, the program requires that students have a rigorous academic background in an engineering, technological, or scientific field. Therefore, in most cases the program requires that a student have a masters degree in an engineering, technological, or scientific field to be admitted into the program.

Added to the difficulties of being in very active interdisciplinary areas, CS&E students also face the standard ``problems'' of being Ph.D. students. One of the purposes of this handbook is to give suggestions for making these challenges less difficult. If you, as a Ph.D. student, encounter a problem not covered here, please mention it to your advisor and/or the CS&E Director. Then, this handbook can be improved to make it even more useful for future students.