Aerospace Course List

Core Course Requirements (must be on UG or GR transcript)

Fall Semester

MAE 5500MAE 5500 Aerodynamics
MAE 5560MAE 5560 Dynamics of Space Flight

Technical Elective Course List by Area

Aeronautics

Fall Semester

MAE 5420MAE 5420 Compressible Fluid Flow
MAE 6410MAE 6410 Fluid Dynamics
MAE 6500MAE 6500 Potential Flow
MAE 6510MAE 6510 Aircraft Dynamics and Flight Simulation
MAE 6530MAE 6530 Advanced Propulsion Systems

Spring Semester

MAE 5330MAE 5330 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
MAE 5440MAE 5440 Computational Fluid Dynamics
MAE 5510MAE 5510 Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight
MAE 5540MAE 5540 Propulsion Systems
MAE 6440MAE 6440 Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics
MAE 6490MAE 6490 Turbulence

Astronautics

Fall Semester

ECE 5230ECE 5230 Spacecraft Systems Engineering
ECE 6240ECE 6240 Space Environment and Engineering
MAE 6340MAE 6340 Spacecraft Attitude Control Theory
MAE 6540MAE 6540 Advance Astrodynamics
MAE 7540MAE 7540 Advanced Applied Astrodynamics

Spring Semester

MAE 6345MAE 6345 Spacecraft Attitude Control Theory
MAE 6560MAE 6560 Spacecraft Navigation
MAE 6570MAE 6570 Optimal Spacecraft Guidance

Controls

Fall Semester

MAE 5310MAE 5310 Dynamics Systems and Controls
MAE 6320MAE 6320 Linear Multivariable Control
MAE 6340MAE 6340 Spacecraft Attitude Control Theory
MAE 7360MAE 7360 Optimal/Robust Control

Spring Semester

MAE 5320MAE 5320 Mechatronics
MAE 6345MAE 6345 Spacecraft Attitude Control Theory
MAE 7330MAE 7330 Nonlinear and Adaptive Control

Dynamics

Fall Semester

MAE 5360MAE 5360 Advanced Dynamics
MAE 6180MAE 6180 Dynamics and Vibrations
MAE 6510MAE 6510 Aircraft Dynamics and Flight Simulation
MAE 6540MAE 6540 Advanced Astrodynamics
MAE 7540MAE 7540 Optimal Estimation for Aerospace Systems

Spring Semester

MAE 5510MAE 5510 Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight

Optimization

Fall Semester

MAE 5370MAE 5370 Optimization for Engineers

Spring Semester

MAE 6570MAE 6570 Optimal Spacecraft Guidance

Propulsion

Fall Semester

MAE 5420MAE 5420 Compressible Fluid Flow
MAE 6530MAE 6530 Advanced Propulsion Systems

Spring Semester

MAE 5510MAE 5510 Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight
MAE 5540MAE 5540 Propulsion Systems
MAE 6430MAE 6430 Boundary Layer Theory and Convection Heat Transfer

Stochastic Processes

Fall Semester

MAE 7560/ECE 7560MAE 7560/ECE 7560 Optimal Estimation for Aerospace Systems
MAE 7570MAE 7570 Monte Carlo/Linear Covariance

Spring Semester

MAE 6560MAE 6560 Spacecraft Navigation

Structures

Fall Semester

MAE 5020MAE 5020 Finite Elements Methods in Solid Mechanics I
MAE 5040MAE 5040 Experimental Solid Mechanics
MAE 6010MAE 6010 Finite Element Methods in Solid Mechanics II
MAE 6040MAE 6040 Continuum Mechanics and Elasticity

Spring Semester

MAE 5060MAE 5060 Mechanics of Composite Materials I
MAE 5670MAE 5670 Fracture Mechanics
MAE 6060MAE 6060 Micro-Mechanisms of Deformation
MAE 6061MAE 6061 Micro-Mechanisms of Failure
MAE 6070MAE 6070 Mechanics of Composite Materials II