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Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
MAE 5963 Unmanned Aerial Systems Design and Analysis Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
MAE 6000 Doctoral Dissertation Prerequisites: Admission to MAE PhD program and consent of the student's dissertation adviser. Description: Independent research under the direct supervision of the student's doctoral dissertation adviser. Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 30 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-15 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 6010 Advanced Study Prerequisites: Approval of the student's advisory committee. Description: Study and investigation under the supervision of a member of the faculty along lines of interest well advanced of and supported by the 5000-series courses. Offered for variable credit, 1-12 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-12 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 6123 Advanced Processing of Materials Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Description: Rationale for non-traditional machining; various non- traditional machining processes, including electro-discharge machining, electro-chemical machining, plasma arc-, microwave-, and laser assisted processing, waterjet (abrasive) cutting, ultrasonic machining, chemical machining, thermal assisted processing and electron beam machining. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 6133 Surface Mechanics Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description: Models and solutions basic to surface studies. Equations of continuum mechanics, thermal field solutions at sliding interfaces, elasticity, plasticity. Applications of solution techniques to surface, surface layer and interface phenomena. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 6143 Thermal Analysis of Manufacturing Processes Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Description: Thermal analysis of various moving heat source problems encountered in a variety of manufacturing processes, including machining, grinding, polishing, casting, welding, energy beam cutting and other tribological applications such as meshing of gears, cams, bearings. Analysis of both transient and steady state conditions. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr
Description: This course covers concepts related to design and operation of unmanned systems focusing on unmanned aircraft, including remotely piloted and autonomous vehicles. History of unmanned systems. Design of unmanned air systems including concepts of operations, communications, payloads, control and navigation, multiple air vehicle architectures, cooperative control and ISR. Design requirements for unmanned versus manned vehicles. Operation in conflicted airspace. Aspects of other unmanned systems, including ground, surface, underwater and space vehicles. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5973 Unmanned Aerial Systems Propulsion Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Description: This course will cover propulsion topics used on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). These will include: Historical perspective on UAS propulsion systems; Classification of propulsion types; Propulsion requirements for UAV; Propeller performance and design; Internal combustion engine; Heavy-Fuel ICE; ICE Muffler design; Electric motor; Hybrid-Electric engine; Fuel Cell engine; Flapping Wing propulsion; Jet engine; Propulsion system integration and installation effects. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5983 Aircraft Certification and Test Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Description: Exploration of the major engineering processes for airworthiness certification of manned and unmanned aircraft. Assessment of civil and military airworthiness regulations and their impact on certification program management and testing. Development of foundational concepts and processes for laboratory, ground and flight testing for airworthiness. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5993 Microstructural Mechanics Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Description: Build a framework to understand the various microstructures of materials with their respective roles in controlling mechanical properties. Grain size, orientation, surface facets, compositional gradients, and second or multiple phases, in combination with the three- dimensional arrangement of the various types of imperfections, together constitute the microstructure of a material. An emphasis will be placed on new research areas and exposure to methods for controlling and probing microstructures. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr
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