• MAE 2040

    Computer Aided Design
     Rating

    3.00

     Difficulty

    3.33

     GPA

    3.66

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    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

    3.07

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    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 2300

    Statics
     Rating

    3.55

     Difficulty

    2.94

     GPA

    3.16

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Basic concepts of mechanics, systems of forces and couples: equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies; analysis of structures: trusses, frames, machines; internal forces, shear and bending moment diagrams; distributed forces; friction, centroids and moments of inertia; introduction to stress and strain; computer applications. Cross-listed as CE 2300. Prerequisite: PHYS 1425 or PHYS 1420 or PHYS 1710

  • MAE 2310

    Strength of Materials
     Rating

    4.38

     Difficulty

    3.15

     GPA

    3.18

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    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 2320

    Dynamics
     Rating

    1.79

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    2.97

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Kinematic and kinetic aspects of motion modeling applied to rigid bodies and mechanisms. Focus on free-body-analysis. Use of work-energy and impulse-momentum motion prediction methods. Use of Cartesian and simple non-Cartesian coordinate systems. Rotational motion, angular momentum, and rotational kinetic-energy modeling; body mass rotational moment of inertia. Relative-velocity and acceleration. Prerequisite: MAE 2300 or CE 2300

  • MAE 2330

    Mechanics Laboratory
     Rating

    4.22

     Difficulty

    2.33

     GPA

    3.85

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Application of experimental methods for the mechanical behavior of components and materials. Topics include mechanical measurement systems (load cells, accelerometers, extensometers, rotary sensors, etc.), truss design, destructive material testing methods (e.g. tensil test), connections, data analysis, experiment design and technical writing. Co-requisites: MAE 2320 Dynamics and MAE 2310 Strength of Materials.

  • MAE 3010

    Astronautics
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.11

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Discussion of the Keplerian two-body problem; elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic orbits; solution of Kepler's equation and analogs; the classical orbital elements; orbit determination; prediction of future position and velocity; orbital perturbations; Lambert's problem. Prerequisites: MAE 2320.

  • MAE 3140

    Elements of Heat and Mass Transfer
     Rating

    2.43

     Difficulty

    3.54

     GPA

    3.08

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    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.

  • MAE 3210

    Fluid Mechanics
     Rating

    4.80

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.31

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Introduction to fluid flow concepts and equations; integral and differential forms of mass, momentum, and energy conservation with emphasis on one-dimensional flow; fluid statics; Bernoulli's equation; viscous effects; Courette flow, Poiseuille flow, and pipe flow; boundary layers; one-dimensional compressible flow; normal shock waves; flow with friction or heat addition; isothermal flow; and applications. Prerequisite: APMA 2130 or MATH 3250 or APMA 2501 - Differential Equations & Linear Algebra.

  • MAE 3220

    Aerodynamics
     Rating

    3.25

     Difficulty

    3.38

     GPA

    3.23

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    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 3310

    Aerospace Structures
     Rating

    2.39

     Difficulty

    3.83

     GPA

    3.07

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Analyzes the design of elements under combined stresses; bending and torsional stresses in thin-walled beams; energy and other methods applied to statically determinate and indeterminate aerospace structural elements; buckling of simple structural members; and matrix and finite element analysis. Prerequisite: MAE 2310 or CE 2310.

  • MAE 3420

    Computational Methods in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
     Rating

    2.67

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.63

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Introduces numerical modeling concepts used in engineering simulation tools like computational fluid dynamics and structural mechanics analysis software. Topics covered include discretization methods of partial differential equations, numerical solutions of linear matrix equations, and relaxation techniques for solving stiff equation sets. As part of the course, students will use Matlab, CFD, and mechanical analysis tools.

  • MAE 3503

    Special Topics in Aerospace Engineering
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Special topics in aerospace engineering

  • MAE 3620

    Machine Elements and Fatigue in Design
     Rating

    1.97

     Difficulty

    3.76

     GPA

    3.31

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Applies mechanical analysis to the basic design of machine elements; basic concepts in statistics and reliability analysis, advanced strength of materials, and fatigue analysis; and the practical design and applications of materials to fastening systems, weldments, power screws, springs, journal and anti-friction bearings, gears, brake clutches and flexible power transmission elements. Prerequisites: MAE 3310.

  • MAE 3730

    Flight Vehicle Dynamics
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.46

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    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 2025

    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. Must have completed MAE 2330 or MAE 3230.

  • MAE 3840

    Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
     Rating

    2.33

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.65

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Application of experimental methods to the design of experiments. Topics include data acquisition, hypothesis testing, and uncertainty assessment. Students will complete an array of experiments requiring the examination of test equipment and procedures for heat transfer, mechanical and fluid systems. Pre-requisites: MAE 2330 or MAE 3230.

  • MAE 4260

    Robotic Autonomy
     Rating

    1.33

     Difficulty

    3.00

     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 4300

    Wind Energy
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Fundamentals of modern wind turbines with emphasis on mechanical and aerospace engineering aspects as well as design and economic considerations. Topics include wind resources, aerodynamics and performance, control of turbine dynamics for power and safety, structural loads and response, blade materials and design, siting and installation, and economic drivers of wind systems. Prerequisite: MAE/CE 3210 Fluid Mechanics or equivalent

  • MAE 4501

    Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.71

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Applies basic engineering science, design methods, and systems analysis to developing areas and current problems in mechanical engineering. Topics vary based on student and faculty interest. Prerequisite: 3rd or 4th year standing.

  • MAE 4502

    Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.82

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Applies basic engineering science, design methods, and systems analysis to developing areas and current problems in mechanical engineering. Topics vary based on student and faculty interest. Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing.

  • MAE 4514

    Aerospace Engineering Special Projects
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.99

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Applied research in areas pertinent to aerospace engineering; conducted in close consultation with a departmental faculty advisor. Includes the design and construction of experiments, analysis, or the investigation of physical phenomena. The research may be related to ongoing faculty research and may be the topic of the senior thesis, but its scope must be significantly beyond that required for the thesis. Prerequisite Fourth yr. standing

  • MAE 4605

    Manufacturing and Process Technology
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.56

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Includes familiarization with concepts of mass production tooling and automation; metallurgical and mechanical aspects of machining and metal forming; and experiments with machine tools. Prerequisite: MAE 2000, MAE 3620.

  • MAE 4620

    Mechanical Engineering Design II
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.84

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A continuation of MAE 4610 that applies the design process to projects. Organization of design teams to work on specific semester-long design projects, including oral presentations and written reports. Pre- or Co-Requisite MAE 4610

  • MAE 4710

    Mechatronics
     Rating

    4.56

     Difficulty

    3.67

     GPA

    3.36

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Presents the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering with electronics and computer control in the design of industrial products and processes. Surveys basic electronics, electromechanical actuators, analog and digital signals, sensors, basic control algorithms, and microcontrol programming. Weekly laboratory exercises and a final design project. Prerequisite: Third year standing in ME or AE or instructor permission.

  • MAE 4720

    Advanced Mechatronics
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    4.00

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Mechatronics studies synergistic integration of mechanical engineering, electronics, and intelligent control in the design and manufacture of devices. Advanced Mechatronics follows MAE 4710 Mechatronics and dives deeper into circuits, electromechanical actuators, analog and digital signals, sensors, control algorithms, and microcontroller programming. An emphasis is placed on synergistically combining components to design and invent new products.

  • MAE 4800

    Aerospace Engineering Design II
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A continuation of MAE 4790. Completion of the design topics. Includes the option to advance the design to the critical design stage and build prototypes. Final report and oral presentations. Pre-requisite: MAE 4790

  • MAE 6070

    Theory of Elasticity
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.73

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Concepts of stress, strain, equilibrium, compatibility; Hooke's law (isotropic materials); displacement and stress formulations of elasticity problems; plane stress and strain problems in rectangular coordinates (Airy's stress function approach); plane stress and strain problems in polar coordinates, axisymmetric problems; thermal stress; and energy methods.

  • MAE 6100

    Thermomechanics
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.50

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Review of classical thermodynamics; introduction to kinetic theory; quantum mechanical analysis of atomic and molecular structure; statistical mechanical evaluation of thermodynamic properties; chemical thermodynamics and equilibria. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

  • MAE 6110

    Heat and Mass Transport Phenomena
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.83

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Fundamentals of conduction and convection heat and mass transfer. Derivation and application of conservation equations for heat and mass transfer in laminar and turbulent flows. Steady, unsteady and multidimensional transport. Applications to free and confined flows in forced, natural and mixed convection regimes. Phase change problems with moving boundaries, condensation and evaporation. High speed flows. Prerequisite: Undergraduate fluid mechanics or instructor permission.

  • MAE 6210

    Analytical Dynamics
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.75

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Classical analytical dynamics from a modern mathematical viewpoint: Newton's laws, dynamical variables, many particle systems; the Lagrangian formulation, constraints and configuration manifolds, tangent bundles, differential manifolds; variational principles, least action; non-potential forces; constrained problems; linear oscillations; Hamiltonian formulation: canonical equations, Rigid body motion. Prerequisite: Undergraduate physics, ordinary differential equations.

  • MAE 6250

    Multibody Mechanical Systems
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.55

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Analytical and computational treatment for modeling and simulation of 3-Dimensional multibody mechanical systems. Provide a systematic and consistent basis for analyzing the interactions between motion constraints, kinematics, static, dynamic, and control behavior of multibody mechanical systems. Applications to machinery, robotic devices and mobile robots, biomechanical models for gait analysis and human motions, and motion control. Matrix modeling procedures with symbolic and numerical computational tools will be utilized for demonstrating the methods developed in this course. Focus on the current research and computational tools and examine a broad spectrum of physical systems where multibody behavior is fundamental to their design and control. Prerequisite: Engineering degree and familiarity with a programming language.

  • MAE 6260

    Robotic Autonomy
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.88

    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: undergraduate dynamics, a programming course in Python, C++, or Matlab; or instructor's permission.

  • MAE 6300

    Wind Energy
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Fundamentals of modern wind turbines with emphasis on mechanical and aerospace engineering aspects as well as design and economic considerations.  Topics include wind resources, aerodynamics and performance, control of turbine dynamics for power and safety, structural loads and response, blade materials and design, siting and installation, and economic drivers of wind systems. Prerequisite: MAE/CE 3210 Fluid Mechanics or equivalent

  • MAE 6310

    Fluid Mechanics I
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.46

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The topics covered are: dimensional analysis; physical properties of fluids; kinematic descriptions of flow; streamlines, path lines and streak lines; stream functions and vorticity; hydrostatics and thermodynamics; Euler and Bernoulli equations; irrotational potential flow; exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes equation; effects of viscosity - high and low Reynolds numbers; waves in incompressible flow; hydrodynamic stability. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing

  • MAE 6430

    Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.81

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Role of statistics in science, hypothesis tests of significance, confidence intervals, design of experiments, regression, correlation analysis, analysis of variance, and introduction to statistical computing with statistical software libraries. Cross-listed as APMA 6430. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate studies or instructor permission.

  • MAE 6592

    Special Topics in Mechanical and Aerospace Science: Intermediate Level
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.76

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Study of a specialized, advanced, or exploratory topic relating to mechanical or aerospace engineering science, at the first-graduate-course level. May be offered on a seminar or a team-taught basis. Subjects selected according to faculty interest. New graduate courses are usually introduced in this form. Specific topics and prerequisites are listed in the Course Offering Directory.

  • MAE 6710

    Finite Element Analysis
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.80

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The topics covered are: review of vectors, matrices, and numerical solution techniques; discrete systems; variational formulation and approximation for continuous systems; linear finite element method in solid mechanics; formulation of isoparametric finite elements; finite element method for field problems, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics. Prerequisite: MAE 6020 or equivalent

  • MAE 6993

    Independent Study in Mechanical or Aerospace Science: Intermediate Level
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    4.00

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Independent study of first-year graduate level material under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Students must petition the department Graduate Studies Committee before enrolling.

  • MAE 7510

    Research Seminar, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Master's Students
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Required one-hour weekly seminar for master's students in mechanical and aerospace and nuclear engineering. Students enrolled in MAE 8999 or 6594/7540 make formal presentations of their work.

  • MAE 7530

    Independent Study in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering Science: Advanced
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Independent study of advanced graduate material under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Students must petition the department Graduate Studies Committee before enrolling.

  • MAE 8591

    Research Seminar, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Doctoral Students
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Required one-hour weekly seminar for doctoral students in mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering. Students enrolled in MAE 9999 may make formal presentations of their work.

  • MAE 8897

    Graduate Teaching Instruction
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    For master's students.

  • MAE 8999

    Master's Thesis Research, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Formal documentation of faculty supervision of thesis research. Each full-time, resident Master of Science student in mechanical and aerospace engineering is required to register for this course for the number of credits equal to the difference between his or her regular course load (not counting the one-credit MAE 7510 seminar) and 12.

  • MAE 9897

    Graduate Teaching Instruction
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     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    For doctoral students.

  • MAE 9999

    Dissertation Research, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Formal documentation of faculty supervision of dissertation research. Each full-time resident doctoral student in mechanical and aerospace engineering is required to register for this course for the number of credits equal to the difference between his or her regular course load (not counting the one-credit MAE 8591 seminar) and 12.