This degree is designed to provide students with preparation to meet doctoral standards in an applied science or engineering practice. Applied science as a focus for the doctoral degree refers to the study of advanced theory and its application to a practical problem in order to test and verify performance limitations. The degree requires a high level of expertise in the theoretical aspects of relevant scientific principles and experience with details of the implementation of theory on realistic problems. Engineering practice as a focus for the degree is the study of different aspects that play a role in the transfer of technology, from its inception in research to the intended engineering environment, as well as relevant economic issues.
A D.E. degree is distinguished from a Ph.D. degree in that a Ph.D. is expected to make a significant advance to scientific knowledge, whereas a D.E. is expected to make a contribution to science by studying its implementation and participating in the transformation of knowledge into technology.
Degree Requirements
In addition to meeting the Lyle School of Engineering requirements for the D.Engr. degree, candidates are required to satisfy the following:

Twenty-four credit hours of engineering management. These credit hours must come from graduate-level courses in quantitative and qualitative aspects of managing in a modern technical environment. Courses in the areas of engineering management, management science, operations research, operations management, production management and other related fields may qualify.
Eighteen credit hours in a technical specialty. These credit hours must be taken in an engineering or other technical area consistent with anticipated doctoral work demands.
Nine credit hours of business/economics. These credit hours must come from courses in a graduate program. They should expand the student’s understanding of the economic issues and problems relating to the transfer and management of technology.
Fifteen credit hours of electives. All elective credit hours must come from graduate-level courses and must be approved by the advisory committee. These courses should, in some way, complement and strengthen the student’s degree plan.
Twelve credit hours of praxis. These credit hours must be taken in residence. The student enrolls for these credit hours in the course of preparing the praxis project.
Satisfactory completion of the preliminary counseling examination.
Satisfactory completion of the doctoral qualifying examination.
Satisfactory completion and defense of the doctoral praxis.