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MAE 1200 - Engineering Graphics
2 credits
Introduction to technical sketching, solid modeling, and engineering graphics. Concurrent engineering design process applied to a project. Students start with hand sketches, then move through variational geometry solid models, with tolerance analysis and control, until they have produced a complete set of manufacturing drawings conforming to the ASME standard.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 1060 or Math ACT score of 27 or higher or AP Calculus score of 3 or higher.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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MAE 2160 - Material Science
3 credits
Study of atomic and microscopic structures of metals, polymers, ceramics, and composite materials, and how these structures affect material properties.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1210 and ENGR 2140 (both may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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MAE 2165 - Material Science Laboratory
1 credit
Laboratory sessions held weekly where the mechanical and thermal properties of metals, polymers, ceramics, and composite materials are studied.
Prerequisite/Restriction: (prerequisite or corequisite)
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 2300 - Thermodynamics I
3 credits
First and second laws of thermodynamics; analysis of open and closed systems; equations of state; power and refrigeration cycles; and problem solving methodology.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 1220 ; MATH 2210 (may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Summer
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MAE 2650 - Manufacturing Processes
3 credits
Introduction to manufacturing processes and CAD/CAM. Material forming, machining, finishing, and joining. Integration of manufacturing and CAD, plus the fundamentals and application of statistical process control.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 3040 - Mechanics of Solids
3 credits
Stress, strain, and deflection due to flexure and shear. Combined stresses, instability, nonsymmetric bending, torsion, and energy methods.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ENGR 2140 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 3200 - Engineering Numerical Methods I
3 credits
Introduction to computational methods, emphasizing software development using FORTRAN 95 (2 credits) and MATLAB (1 credit).
Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 1220
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 3210 - Engineering Numerical Methods II
3 credits
Explores basic tools of numerical analysis, solution to ordinary and partial differential equations, software development using FORTRAN 95, and applications using computer algebra packages.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3200 ; MATH 2210 , MATH 2250 (may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 3320 - Advanced Dynamics
3 credits
Particle and rigid body dynamics. Work and kinetic energy, conservation of energy, impulse-momentum, conservation of linear and angular momentum. Kinematics and kinetics in 2-D and 3-D. Newtonian and Lagrangian Mechanics.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ENGR 2030 ; MAE 3200 (may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 3340 - Instrumentation and Measurements
3 credits
Principles and application of mechanical instrumentation and experimentation. Sensing elements, signal conditioning, data acquisition, statistical analysis of data, and instrumentation system design.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ENGR 2140 , ENGR 2210 , MAE 3420 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 3400 - Thermodynamics II
3 credits
Second law analysis, power and refrigeration cycles, property relations, gas mixtures, psychrometrics, chemical reactions, introduction to heat transfer, steady state and transient conduction.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 2300 ; MAE 3200 (may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 3420 - Fluid Mechanics
3 credits
Application of fluid dynamic theory to inviscid and viscous, incompressible and compressible, and external and internal fluid flows, with emphasis on laminar and turbulent boundary layers.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ENGR 2030 , MAE 3200 , MAE 2300 (MAE 3200 may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 3440 - Heat and Mass Transfer (QI)
QI Quantitative Intensive
3 credits
Introduction to convection, external flow, internal flow, free convection, boiling and condensation, heat exchangers, radiation and diffusion mass transfer. Includes design project.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3400 , MAE 3420 ; MAE 3210 (may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 3600 - Engineering Professionalism and Ethics
1 credit
Seminar course introducing engineering students to the professional skills required in engineering practice. Topics address professional issues in ethics, legal responsibilities, economics, business, management, safety, environmental and societal impacts, contemporary issues, and lifelong learning.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Admitted into the MEEN Professional Program
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 4300 - Machine Design
3 credits
Computer-aided design and synthesis of mechanisms, mechanical linkages, cams, fasteners, welds, gears, bearings, power transmission components, and lubrication. Component failure analysis based on metal fatigue related to dynamic loading.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3040 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 4400 - Fluids/Thermal Laboratory (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
2 credits
Laboratory experiences in observation and measurement of fundamental fluid and thermal phenomena.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3340 , MAE 3440 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 4800 - Capstone Design I (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
First course in the senior design sequence. Includes design process, teaming skills, engineering economics, project selection and management, proposal writing, technical writing, and technical presentations.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3440 , MAE 4300 (both of which may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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MAE 4810 - Capstone Design II
3 credits
Second course in the senior design sequence. Includes design reviews, technical reporting, and design realization.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 4800 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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MAE 5020 - Finite Element Methods in Solid Mechanics I
3 credits
Introduction to finite element methods and their application to the analysis and design of mechanical engineering systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3040
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5060 - Mechanics of Composite Materials I
3 credits
Stress-strain relations for nonisotropic composites, such as fiber-reinforced plastic laminates, properties and their uses, strength and life determination, and methods for design using composite materials.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3040 or CEE 3010
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 5210 - High Performance Computing for Engineers
3 credits
An introduction to high performance computing including: Development of advanced algorithms for solving systems of linear equations encountered in engineering simulations including Stone’s method and multigrid methods. Scalar optimization. OpenMP and MPI programming. This is a project-oriented class.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3210
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5300 - Vibrations
3 credits
Vibration of single and multiple degree of freedom, and discrete mass systems. Natural frequencies and mode shapes for free, damped, and undamped systems. Forcing functions and transient responses. Matrix methods, numerical solution, and random vibrations. Applications and design.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ENGR 2030 , ENGR 2140 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5310 - Dynamic Systems and Controls
3 credits
Study of continuous-time systems, classical and modern systems design methods, transfer function models, state space, dynamics of linear systems, and frequency domain analysis and design techniques. Introduction to controllability and observability, and full-state pole placement controller design. Laboratory work required.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3340 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5350 - Kinematics
3 credits
The study of the motion of rigid bodies and systems of rigid bodies. This includes the kinematic analysis of linkages, cams and gear trains.
Prerequisite/Restriction:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 5410 - Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems
3 credits
Discussion of the basic considerations that occur in the design of thermal systems, including problem formulation, appropriate modeling and solution methodologies, optimization techniques, and economic analysis.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3440 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5420 - Compressible Fluid Flow
3 credits
Application of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy to the design and analysis of compressible fluid systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3400 , MAE 3420 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5440 - Computational Fluid Dynamics
3 credits
Introduction to computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer using the finite-volume method. Extensive code development. Application of a commercial CFD solver to a problem of interest.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3420 and MAE 3440 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 5450 - Renewable Energy
3 credits
Fundamentals of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and systems analysis applied to alternative energy systems; analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance, and environmental impact.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3440
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5500 - Aerodynamics
3 credits
Fundamentals of incompressible, inviscid flow; aerodynamic forces and moments; airfoil characteristics; incompressible flow around two-dimensional airfoils and finite wings; three-dimensional incompressible flow; and introduction to aircraft performance.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3420 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5510 - Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight
3 credits
Aircraft equations of motion; aerodynamic forces and moments; aircraft stability and control in roll, pitch, and yaw; aircraft motion with six degrees of freedom; aircraft performance and design; and design project.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 5520 - Elements of Space Flight
3 credits
Introduction to astrodynamics and orbital design. Spacecraft systems engineering including spacecraft subsystems (e.g., attitude control, communications, power, structures). Introduction to propulsion and launch vehicles.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3320 or PHYS 3550 ; or both ECE 2290 and ECE 2700 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5530 - Space System Design
3 credits
Students in teams perform a space system design involving all aspects, including technical, cost, and schedule. Class is linked to national design competitions and/or current USU spacecraft design projects.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5230 or MAE 5520 .
Cross-listed as: ECE 5240 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 5540 - Propulsion Systems
3 credits
Fundamentals of rocket and air breathing propulsion, including space flight dynamics, nozzle theory, combustion processes, and flight performance. Rocket propulsion systems, including solid, liquid, hybrid, and combined cycles. Air breathing propulsion systems, including ramjet, scramjet, turbojet, and turbofan engine concepts.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5420 or consent of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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MAE 5560 - Dynamics of Space Flight
3 credits
Fundamentals of spacecraft dynamics, including Keplerian orbits, orbital position as a function of time, three-dimensional orbits, orbital determination, orbital maneuvers, satellite attitude dynamics, and rocket vehicle dynamics.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3320 or permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5580 - Aircraft Design
3 credits
Design and optimization of aircraft systems. Students work in teams to design and optimize an aircraft to satisfy a specific set of mission requirements, including mission effectiveness, cost, and scheduling. Class is linked to national design competitions and/or current USU aircraft design projects.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5500 and MAE 5510
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MAE 5600 - Reliability and Quality of Engineering Systems
3 credits
Develops and refines students’ knowledge of engineering systems, statistical process control (SPC), and reliability of systems. Introduces principles of quality and reliability. Presents different types of probability and application of the distributions. Discusses applications of reliability and quality data. Introduces different types of testing and screening techniques for qualification and quality assurance. Students learn how to plot reliability distributions.
Prerequisite/Restriction: STAT 3000 and minimum grade of C- in MAE 2650 .
Cross-listed as: MAE 6600 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5640 - Design for Manufacturability
3 credits
Product design for economic production. Manufacturing processes (especially primary processes), associated tooling cost and design, and resultant product design requirements.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 2160 and MAE 4300
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5660 - Manufacturing Processes
3 credits
Manufacturing processes and engineering analysis of materials, forming, machining, casting, joining and finishing operations.
Prerequisite/Restriction: , and (may be taken concurrently)
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 5670 - Fracture Mechanics
3 credits
Covers linear elastic and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics; micro-mechanisms of fracture in metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and concrete; and failure analysis of engineering. Enrollment limited to students accepted into College of Engineering.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Grade of C- or better in MAE 2160 and grade of D or better in MAE 3040 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 5900 - Cooperative Practice
3 credits
Planned work experience in industry. Detailed program must have prior approval. Written report required.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Must be in a professional program.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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MAE 5930 - Special Problems
1-3 credits
Formulation and solution of practical or theoretical problems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of department head.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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MAE 6010 - Finite Element Methods in Solid Mechanics II
3 credits
Advanced theory and applications of finite element methods to both static and dynamic solid mechanics problems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5020 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6040 - Continuum Mechanics and Elasticity
3 credits
Mechanics of continuous media; tensors, stress, strain, deformation, rate equations, and constitutive equations. Plane stress, plane strain, torsion, and bending theories, as well as problem solutions, investigated for linear elastic materials.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3040 or CEE 3010 ; MATH 2210 , MATH 2250 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 6070 - Mechanics of Composite Materials II
3 credits
Second course in composite materials. Stress-strain states of laminated composite structures, including interlaminar stresses, failure criteria, and hygrothermal stresses.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5060
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 6080 - Boundary Element Method
3 credits
Presents introduction to boundary element method to solve fluid and solid mechanics problems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FORTRAN programming skills, MAE 3040 , MAE 5020 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6090 - Theory of Plates and Shells
3 credits
Introduction to plate and shell theories. Development of bending and buckling of plates and shells through classical theory.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3040 or CEE 3010 .
Cross-listed as: CEE 6090 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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MAE 6130 - Structural Dynamics and Seismic Design
3 credits
Development and solutions for equations of motion for single- and multi-degree of freedom systems. Dynamic analysis by Modal Superposition and Response Spectra. Design of structures for seismically active areas.
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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MAE 6180 - Dynamics and Vibrations
3 credits
Fundamentals of two-dimensional and three-dimensional rigid body dynamics, including Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Leavit Energy Methods. Equations of motion, mode shapes, and natural frequencies for continuous media and multi degree-of-freedom systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5300 or CEE 6130 /MAE 6130 .
Cross-listed as: CEE 6180 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6320 - Linear Multivariable Control
3 credits
Modeling, analysis, and design of multi-input, multi-output control systems, including both state space and transfer matrix approaches, with an emphasis on stability.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5310 or MAE 5310 .
Cross-listed as: ECE 6320 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 6340 - Spacecraft Attitude Control
3 credits
Spacecraft attitude dynamics and controls. Spin stabilized, three axis, and dual spin modes. Attitude determination techniques.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5310 or MAE 5310 .
Cross-listed as: ECE 6340 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6350 - Robotics
3 credits
Fundamentals of robotic systems, including kinetics, kinematics, sensors, actuators, control algorithms, motion planning, and computer systems. Integration of critical design components to develop complete systems. Robotic manipulator analysis and design. Applications in manufacturing. Mobile rockets, including wheeled, legged, and alternative locomotion robots.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6320 /MAE 6320 or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: ECE 6350 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6410 - Fluid Dynamics
3 credits
Basic laws of fluid motion, Navier Stokes equations, kinematics of the flow field, fundamental exact solutions of viscous flow, and elements of turbulence.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3420 or CEE 3500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 6420 - Mechanical Engineering Experiments
3 credits
Topics include experimental design, digital data acquisition, Fourier transforms, uncertainty analysis, writing and presentation, and some specific measurement techniques of interest to mechanical engineers.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3340 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6430 - Boundary Layer Theory and Convection Heat Transfer
3 credits
Derivation of the boundary layer equations. Exact, approximate, and numerical solution techniques. Boundary layers in compressible flow. Separation. Unsteady boundary layers. Stability and transition. Turbulent boundary layers. Integral, differential, and numerical methods for solving problems associated with transfer of heat in a viscous fluid.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3440 , MAE 6410 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6440 - Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics
3 credits
Advanced topics in computational fluid dynamics using the finite-volume method, compressible flow algorithms including body-fitted nonorthogonal grids, linear solvers, turbulence modeling, and parallel computing. Includes extensive code development.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5440 and MAE 6410
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6450 - Thermodynamics
3 credits
Topics in classical and statistical thermodynamics, including distribution functions, free molecular flow, electron and photon gas modeling, derived properties of solids, and thermodynamic applications in areas of current research interest.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3400 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 6460 - Conduction Heat Transfer
3 credits
Integral, differential, and numerical methods for solving engineering problems associated with the diffusion of heat in a rigid solid.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3440 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6480 - Radiation Heat Transfer
3 credits
Radiation theory and applications. Includes utilization of computer software.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3440 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 6490 - Turbulence
3 credits
Fundamentals of turbulent fluid flow, with emphasis on providing student with sufficient physical and mathematical background to critically evaluate current literature and make original research contributions. Topics include stochastic tools, the governing equations, transition to turbulence, isotropic turbulence, measurement techniques, and free and wall bounded turbulent shear flows.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 6410 or permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6500 - Potential Flow
3 credits
Inviscid, irrotational fluid flow with emphasis on aircraft analysis and design. Exact solutions with complex variables and conformal mapping; perturbation methods; singularity elements and influence coefficients; lifting-line method; numerical vortex lattice method; numerical panel methods; and software design and development.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 6510 - Aircraft Dynamics and Flight Simulation
3 credits
Aircraft control and maneuverability, control response and transfer functions, nonlinear dynamics with gyroscopic and aerodynamic coupling, Euler angle formulations, direction cosine formulation, quaternion formulation, numerical integration methods, software design and development.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5510 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 6530 - Propulsion Systems
3 credits
Fundamentals of turbine and rocket propulsion, including nozzle theory and thermodynamic relations, combustion processes, and flight performance. Rocket propulsion topics, including solid, liquid, and hybrid rocket engines; and advanced engine concepts. Turbine engine propulsion systems, including turbojets, turbofans, afterburners, and advanced unducted fan concepts.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5420 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6540 - Advanced Astrodynamics
3 credits
Advanced topics in astrodynamics to include: general and special perturbations, universal variables, methods of orbit determination, Lambert’s theorem, the restricted three-body problem, and space mission planning.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5560 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 6550 - Advanced Structural Analysis
3 credits
Explores advanced structures in modern civil, mechanical, and aerospace systems. Emphasizes concepts through problem solving, and fosters an in-depth understanding of the subject. Provides understanding of the fundamental principles to analyze and design advanced structures.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 6040 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6560 - Spacecraft Navigation
3 credits
Fundamentals of aircraft and spacecraft navigation systems. Techniques in celestial and inertial navigation. Global Positioning System (GPS) principles. Least squares estimation and Kalman filtering for optimal estimation of stochastic systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5310 or ECE 5310 or equivalent.
Cross-listed as: ECE 6560 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 6570 - Optimal Spacecraft Guidance
3 credits
N-dimensional constrained and unconstrained nonlinear parameter optimization and nonlinear dynamic system optimization. Emphasizes solutions to optimal spacecraft trajectories problems and the development of associated optimal guidance algorithms. Covers in detail the Space Shuttle Powered-Explicit-Guidance (PEG).
Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 2210 and MATH 2250 or equivalents.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer
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MAE 6600 - Reliability and Quality of Engineering Systems
3 credits
Develops and refines students’ knowledge of engineering systems, statistical process control (SPC), and reliability of systems. Introduces principles of quality and reliability. Presents different types of probability and application of the distributions. Discusses applications of reliability and quality data. Introduces different types of testing and screening techniques for qualification and quality assurance. Students learn how to plot reliability distributions.
Prerequisite/Restriction: STAT 3000 and minimum grade of C- in MAE 2650 .
Cross-listed as: MAE 5600 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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MAE 6630 - Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing
3 credits
Analysis of various engineering processes through the development of physically-based mathematical models and associated experimental descriptions. Diffusion mass transfer, heat transfer, and fluid flow. Quantitative analysis and simulation of materials processing.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3420 , MAE 3440 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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MAE 6930 - Special Problems
1-3 credits
Independent or group study of engineering problems not covered in regular course offerings.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-3 |
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MAE 6950 - Design Project
3 credits
Individual projects involving the design, development, and/or testing of components, devices, or systems. Formal report required.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 |
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MAE 6970 - Thesis Research
1-9 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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MAE 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-12 credits
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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MAE 7040 - Elasticity
3 credits
Energy theorems, variational techniques, complex variable solutions, and three-dimensional solutions for linear elastic materials.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 6040 or permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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MAE 7050 - Plasticity
3 credits
Analysis of stresses, deformation, and collapse in devices constructed of plastic material.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 6040 or CEE 6080 /CEE 5080 or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: CEE 7050 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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MAE 7080 - Advanced Plate and Shell Theory
3 credits
Analysis of plate and shell structures by classical and numerical methods. Emphasis on numerical solutions.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: CEE 7080 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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MAE 7330 - Nonlinear and Adaptive Control
3 credits
Methods of nonlinear and adaptive control system design and analysis. Includes qualitative and quantitative theories, graphical methods, frequency domain methods, sliding surface design, linear parameter estimation methods, and direct and indirect adaptive control techniques.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6320 /MAE 6320 .
Cross-listed as: ECE 7330 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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MAE 7350 - Intelligent Control Systems
3 credits
Intelligent control strategies, including neural network, fuzzy logic, associated memory networks, and rule-based control systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6320 /MAE 6320 or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: ECE 7350 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 7360 - Optimal and Robust Control
3 credits
Advanced methods of control system analysis and design. Operator approaches to optimal control, including LQR, LQG, and L1 optimization techniques. Robust control theory, including QRT, H-infinity, and interval polynomial approaches.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6320 /MAE 6320 or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: ECE 7360 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 7380 - Advanced Dynamics and Vibrations
3 credits
Advanced techniques in dynamics and vibrations.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6180 /MAE 6180 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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MAE 7540 - Advanced Astodynamics Techniques and Applications
3 credits
Classical perturbation techniques, special perturbation techniques (regularization), and numerical techniques with applications to nonuniformily distributed mass models, third-body problems, cis-lunar trajectories, and orbit maneuver targeting. Other topics include Encke’s method and state-transition/sensitivity matrices. Advanced numerical integration and optimization techniques.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5560 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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MAE 7560 - Optimal Estimation for Aerospace Systems
3 credits
Probability theory, stochastic system models, optimal estimation for linear systems, optimal smoothing, and optimal estimation for nonlinear systems. Applications include orbit determination, real-time position, velocity, and attitude determination for rockets, aircraft, and spacecraft.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5310 or MAE 6320
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer
3 |
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MAE 7580 - Advanced Finite Element Analysis in Fluid Mechanics
3 credits
Application of the finite element method of analysis to problems in fluid mechanics. Use of higher order element to two- and three-dimensional flows.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3510 or MAE 3420 , CEE 5020 /MAE 5020 .
Cross-listed as: CEE 7580 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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MAE 7750 - Distributed Control Systems
3 credits
Design and implementation issues concerning distributed control systems. Real-time processing, distributed stability methods, network techniques and standards, system development and management, smart sensors, and control actuators. Survey of current literature.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6320 /MAE 6320 .
Cross-listed as: ECE 7750 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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MAE 7930 - Special Problems
1-3 credits
Independent or group study of engineering problems not covered in regular course offerings.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-3 |
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MAE 7970 - Dissertation Research
1-12 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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MAE 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-12 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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