Ph.D. Program Coordinator: Prof. Khaled Elleithy

Tech Building, Room 229
Fax. (203) 576-4765
Tel. (203) 576-4703
Email: elleithy@bridgeport.edu

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Ph.D. Program Administration

Ph.D. Coordinator
   The Ph.D. Coordinator is responsible for coordinating administrative functions related to the Ph.D. program including admission, appointment of advisors, and formation of dissertation committees, for each doctoral student. In addition, the coordinator is charged with preparing and administering the preliminary and the comprehensive examinations. The coordinator is also responsible for recommending courses for students who may not have the proper prerequisites for certain courses.


Advisor
   Each candidate, in her/his first semester, will be assigned an advisor by the Ph.D. program coordinator. The advisor will develop a program of study for the student and monitor her/his progress until a dissertation committee is formed for the student. The dissertation advisor will perform all subsequent advising. A student is required to form a dissertation committee in conjunction with the Ph.D. program coordinator after finishing the core Ph.D. courses, so that a better understanding of the various topics and research interests in the department will, by then, have been achieved.


Dissertation Advisor and Dissertation Committee
   After completing the course requirements, a Ph.D. student requests a faculty member to supervise her/his dissertation. After a dissertation topic is selected and a problem is defined, the dissertation advisor recommends the formation of a Dissertation committee for the student. It is the Ph.D. Program Coordinator who authorizes and recommends the formation of the dissertation committee. A Dissertation committee consists of at least four graduate engineering faculty members. Other industry prominent figures can serve as committee members. The committee monitors the progress of the student in her/his dissertation work, as well as conducts the final dissertation defense.

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