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AE Alums Play Role in Phoenix Lander Mission

Three AE alumni participated in the successful landing of the Mars Phoenix Lander mission that touched down on the Martian northern arctic region on May 25, 2008

Voulgaris Awarded NCSA Fellowship

Aerospace Engineering Professor Petros Voulgaris has been awarded a National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Fellowship for his project, "Simulation-Based Performance and Robustness Analysis of Large Distributed Control Applications."

Events

September 08
AE 590 Seminar
From Red Cells to Skiing to a New Concept for an Airborne Jet Train that Flies on a Soft Porous Track at 700 km/hr

September 22
AE 590 Seminar
Methods for the Solution of Hybrid Optimal Control/Mission Planning Problems

 
Undergraduate Program

Technical Electives

The following is an incomplete list of approved Technical Electives. Note that this list is based on historical data only; courses other than those listed may qualify. A list of historically unacceptable courses can be found at the bottom of the page. Please contact Professor Eric Loth with any questions.

List effective February, 2008.

Accepted AE Technical Electives

  • AE 402 - Orbital Mechanics
  • AE 403 - Spacecraft Attitude Control
  • AE 410 - Computational Aerodynamics
  • AE 412 - Viscous Flow & Heat Transfer
  • AE 413 - Ideal Aerodynamics
  • AE 416 - Applied Aerodynamics
  • AE 419 - Aircraft Flight Mechanics
  • AE 420 - Finite Element Analysis
  • AE 427 - Mechanics of Polymers
  • AE 428 - Mechanics of Composites
  • AE 434 - Rocket Propulsion
  • AE 435 - Electric Propulsion
  • AE 451 - Aeroelasticity
  • AE 468 - Optical Remote Sensing
  • AE 481 - Wind Power Technology
  • AE 497 - Independent Study (4 hrs. maximum)
  • AE 498 - Special Topics
  • ENG 491 CU1 & CU2 - Interdisciplinary Design Proj (CubeSat)

Accepted Technical Electives

The following is an incomplete list of courses not accepted as Aerospace Technical Electives. Please contact Professor Eric Loth with any questions.

  • ASTR 210 - General Astronomy
  • ASTR 230 - Extraterrestrial Life
  • GE 400 - Engineering Law
  • IE 340 - Human Factors
  • ME 310 - Introductory Gas Dynamics
  • PHYCS 419 - Space, Time, And Matter
  • TAM 212 - Introductory Dynamics
  • TAM 251 - Introductory Solid Mechanics
  • TAM 335 - Introductory Fluid Mechanics