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Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
MAE 4273 Experimental Fluid Dynamics Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or higher in MAE 3113 and ENSC 3233; admission to MAE professional school. Description: Experimental study of basic and applied fluid dynamics systems with comparisons to analytical predictions. Fluid dynamics instrumentation, digital data acquisition and processing, design of facilities and experiments, technical report writing and design project with experimental verification. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 4283 Aerospace Vehicle Stability and Control Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or higher in MAE 3253, MAE 3723 and ENSC 2123; admission to MAE professional school. Description: Motion and control of aerospace vehicles. Derivation of equations of motion for aircraft and spacecraft. Aerodynamic stability derivatives. Static and dynamic aircraft stability and control. Handling qualities. Satellite orbital and attitude dynamics. Satellite attitude control. Design experience for stability and control in aeronautical and astronautical vehicles. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 4313 Advanced Processing of Engineered Materials Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or higher in ENSC 3313 and admission to MAE professional school. Description: Introduction of novel processing methods for a range of engineered materials, such as electro-slag remelting, vacuum melting, melting to remove tramp elements, precision casting, sintering, hot- pressing, directional solidification, mechanical alloying, liquid infiltration, net-shaped finishing, superplastic forming, sol-gel processing, float glass process, tape laying, microwave processing, laser processing, CVD and PVD, sputtering, ion plating, ultraprecision machining and grinding, polishing and lapping, multilayer coatings, Czhochralski single crystal growth, processing of nanocrystalline materials, engineered surfaces and surface modification, and layer processing for electronic materials. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 4333 Mechanical Metallurgy Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or higher in ENSC 3313 and admission to MAE professional school. Description: Mechanical deformation processes and strengthening mechanisms in engineering materials. Material failure modes including creep, fatigue, stress corrosion, ductile and brittle fractures. Credit hours: 3
MAE 4342 Design Projects I Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or higher in MAE 3113 and MAE 3233 and MAE 3323; admission to MAE professional school. Description: Two-semester design project with team format. Projects are sponsored by a company, agency, or individual. Team members work with sponsors and faculty who serve as mentors in fields related to their topics. Students complete oral presentations, progress reports, and create a professional log book to document their activities and contributions. Topics include safety, patent law, product liability, report writing, and scheduling. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 4344 Design Projects
Prerequisites: Admission to MAE professional school; a grade of "C" or higher in MAE 3113, MAE 3233 or MAE 3524, MAE 3323 or MAE 3324 and MAE 3723 or MAE 3724. Description: Students work in small teams on a semester-long design project sponsored by a company, agency, or individual. Team members work with mentors from sponsors and with faculty members in fields related to their topics. Presentations on safety, patent law, product liability, report writing, oral presentations, scheduling and ideation. Oral presentations, progress reports, and a professional log book documenting personal activity and contributions. Credit hours: 4 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Other: 2 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study, Lecture, Combined lecture & IS Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 4352 Design Projects II Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or higher in MAE 4342; admission to MAE professional school. Description: Second of two-semester sequence of senior design courses. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 4353 Mechanical Design II Prerequisites: Admission to MAE professional school; a grade of "C" or higher in MAE 3323 or MAE 3324. Description: Design of power transmission systems, including belts, chains and gears. Selection and application of hydraulic and pneumatic components in machine design applications. Selection of electric motors, actuators, encoders, and related electromechanical components. Design practice in the form of short projects integrating segments of the course. Same course as BAE 4353. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr
Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr
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