• MAE 3730

    Flight Vehicle Dynamics
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.46

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Introduces definitions and concepts and includes a review of longitudinal static stability; rigid body dynamics: general equations of motion, rotating coordinate systems; small disturbance theory; atmospheric flight mechanics, stability derivatives; motion analysis of aircraft; static and dynamic stability; aircraft handling qualities; and an introduction to flight control systems and automatic stabilization. Prerequisite: MAE 2320.

  • MAE 3820

    Aerodynamics Laboratory
     Rating

    1.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Application of experimental methods to the design of experiments. Topics include data acquisition, hypothesis testing, and uncertainty assessment. Includes two experiments to investigate wing aerodynamic behaviors in a low speed wind tunnel and supersonic flow over a model or through a nozzle. Additional activities and experiments may vary to meet student interest. Prerequisite: MAE 2330 or MAE 3230.

  • MAE 6020

    Continuum Mechanics with Applications
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.60

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Introduces continuum mechanics and mechanics of deformable solids. Vectors and cartesian tensors, stress, strain, deformation, equations of motion, constitutive laws, introduction to elasticity, thermal elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fluids. Cross-listed as APMA 6020, AM 6020. Taught concurrently w/ CE 6720. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • MAE 2310

    Strength of Materials
     Rating

    4.35

     Difficulty

    3.11

     GPA

    3.18

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Normal stress and strain, thermal strain, shear stress, shear strain; stress and strain transformations; Mohr's circle for plane stress and strain; stresses due to combined loading; axially loaded members; torsion of circular and thin-walled closed sections; statically indeterminate systems; deformation, strains and stresses in beams; beam deflections; column stability. Prerequisites: MAE 2300 or CE 2300

  • MAE 2040

    Computer Aided Design
     Rating

    3.00

     Difficulty

    3.33

     GPA

    3.69

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Communication through engineering graphics; engineering drawing interpretation, sectioning, auxiliary views; and analysis and design of mechanical devices. Workshop includes CAD and solid modeling.

  • MAE 2100

    Thermodynamics
     Rating

    3.50

     Difficulty

    3.36

     GPA

    3.06

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Includes the formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics; energy conservation; concepts of equilibrium, temperature, energy, and entropy; equations of state; processes involving energy transfer as work and heat; reversibility and irreversibility; closed and open systems; and cyclic processes. Prerequisite: APMA 1110 or MATH 1320

  • MAE 3220

    Compressible Aerodynamics
     Rating

    3.25

     Difficulty

    3.38

     GPA

    3.23

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Boundary layers: similarity, Blasius and momentum integral methods. Ideal Flows: Kelvin's circulation theorem; complex potential; superposition; Kutta-Joukowski; thin airfoils; finite wings; lifting lines. Gas dynamics: sound waves; normal and oblique shocks; Prandtl-Meyer expansion; quasi 1D flows; converging-diverging nozzles; choked flows; diffusers; Rayleigh line and Fanno line flows. Prerequisites: MAE 2100 and MAE 3210

  • MAE 3210

    Fluid Mechanics
     Rating

    4.80

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.31

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Introduction to fluid flow concepts and equations; characteristics of a fluid; mass and momentum conservation equations; fluid statics including buoyancy; Reynolds¿ Transport Theorem; Bernoulli's equation; viscous effects; Couette and Poiseuille flow; pipe and internal flow systems; fluid power systems; external boundary layers; flow over objects and associated lift and drag forces.  Corequisite: APMA 3140 or equivalent. 

  • MAE 4260

    Robotic Autonomy
     Rating

    1.33

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Principles of robotic autonomy for navigating unstructured environments using mathematical principles. Basic probability theory, numerical techniques for recursive Bayesian estimation and multi-sensor data fusion, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, quantification of belief, and autonomous control. Prerequisites: MAE 2320 Dynamics and CS 1110 or CS 1111 or CS 1112 Introduction to Programming, or instructor's permission.

  • MAE 3140

    Elements of Heat and Mass Transfer
     Rating

    2.43

     Difficulty

    3.54

     GPA

    3.08

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Analysis of steady state and transient heat conduction in solids with elementary analytical and numerical solution techniques; fundamentals of radiation heat transfer, including exchange among black and diffuse gray surfaces; free and forced convective heat transfer with applications of boundary layer theory and an introduction to mass transfer by diffusion using the heat-mass transfer analogy. Prerequisite: MAE 2100 and MAE 3210.