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Undergraduate Coursesback to top

Subject Course Title Course Description
ASE 1010 Intro to Aerospace Engineering (Prerequisite: credit or co-registration in MA 1713). Three hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Historical per- spectives of aerospace engineering and fundamentals of aerodynamcis, the standard atmosphere, computer modeling and manufacturing, informat
ASE 1013 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering (Prerequisite: credit or co-registration in MA 1713). Three hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Historical perspectives of aerospace engineering and fundamentals of aerodynamics, the standard atmosphere, computer modeling and manufacturing, information technology, programming environments, computational tools.
ASE 1023 Introduction to Flight Mechanics (Prerequisite: ASE 1013,grade of C or better in MA 1713, and current enrollment or grade of C or better in MA 1723 and PH 2213) Three hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Introduction to airfoils, wings, and other aero- dynamic shapes, elements of airp
ASE 1501 Design Competition One hour practicum. Students participate in a department-sponsored design competition, contributing to design and fabrication tasks, writing weekly progress reports, contributing to competitive report and giving presentations.
ASE 2013 Astronautics, Propulsion, and Structures (Prerequisite: ASE 1023 and a grade of C or better in MA 1723 and PH 2213. Three hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Introduction to space flight (astronautics), pro pulsion, flight vehicle structures and materials, and hyper- sonic vehicles, applicat
ASE 2113 Aircraft and Spacecraft Performance (Prerequisite: ASE 2013 and grade of C or better in MA 1723 and PH 2213).Three hours lecture. Introduction to general aerodynamics, propulsive and structural considerations of flight mechanics, quasi-steady flight; accelerated and maneuvering flight;launch vehicle performance
ASE 2990 Special Topic In ASE Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years).
ASE 3123 Aircraft Attitude Dynamics (Prerequisites: ASE 2013, EM 2433,credit or registration in EM 3413 ).Three hours lecture. Longitudinal, directional, and lateral static stability and control; related aerodynamics; maneuvering flight; introduction to dynamic stability and control analysis methods; general equation of unsteady motion.
ASE 3213 Mech of Deformable Structures (Prerequisite: EM 3213). Three hours lecture. Introduction to structural materials and loads. Deflection analysis using energy methods, flexibility-based matrix method, and the finite element method. Influence of design on deflection and vice versa.
ASE 3223 Aerospace Structural Analysis (Prerequisite: EM 3213). Three hours lecture. Stress analy- sis of elastic and inelastic structures under different loading conditions. Shear flow distribution in thin-wall structures. Influence of design on stress and shear flow distributions.
ASE 3313 Incompress Aerodynam (Prerequisite: EM 3313). Three hours lecture. Potential theory of bodies; airfoil theory and applications; finite wing theory and applications; introduction to Navier-Stokes equations; laminar boundary layers; turbulent boundary layers.
ASE 3333 Aerothermodynamics (Prerequisites: MA 2733, PH 2213). Three hours lecture. Energy; First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics; Entropy; Properties of Ideal Gases; Mixtures; Gas Power Cycles; One Dimensional Compressible Flow; Introduction to Heat Transfer.
ASE 3813 Introduction Orbital Mechanics (Prerequisities:EM 2433 and MA 3253). Three hours lecture. Two-body orbital mechanics;geometry of spatial orbits; fundamental orbits determinnation;orbital maneuvers; introduction to rendezvous and interplanetary trajectories.
ASE 3823 Space Attitude Dynamics (Prerequisite:ASE 3813).Three hours lecture. Motion of spacecraft about center of gravity. Rigid body dynamics and rotational kinematics. MIssion pointing requirements and design of the attitude determination and control system.
ASE 4000 Directed Individual Study Hours and credits to be arranged.
ASE 4113 Aerospace Eng Lab I (Prerequisites: Credit or registration in EM 3413 and GE 3513.) Six hours laboratory. Experimental techniques used in aerospace engineering.
ASE 4123 Aerospace Controls (Prerequisite: ASE 3123 or ASE 3823). Three hours lecture. Methods of dynamic analysis; stability of steady flight; response to actuation of the controls (open loop); closed-loop control ;human crew/vehicle interactions.
ASE 4143 Astrodynamics I (Prerequisites: EM 2433, MA 3253). Three hours lecture. Particle mechanics; Keplerian mechanics; geometry of spatial orbits; orbit determination; orbits determined from relative velocity; elements of analytical dynamics.
ASE 4343 Compressible Aerody (Prerequisites: ASE 3333, EM 3313). Three hours lecture. Equations of motion for multidimensional flow; oblique shock waves; Prandtl Meyer flow; internal flow; method of characteristics; linearized flows; compressible wing theory; compressible boundary layers.
ASE 4413 Aircraft Propulsion (Prerequisites: ASE 3333 and ASE 4343). Three hours lecture. Aerothermodynamics of aircraft jet engines and gas turbine engines components;nozzles;turbines; compressors;diffusers;introduction to piston engines; propellers and propeller performance estimation.
ASE 4443 Spacecraft Propulsion (Prerequisites:ASE 3333 and ASE 4343) Three hours lecture. Nozzles and thermochemistry.Componets, design and performance of liquid propellant, solid propellant,hybrid and electric rocket propulsion systems.
ASE 4513 Aircraft Design I (Prerequisities: ASE 3123, ASE 3313,ASE 3223). Two hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Introduction to the principles and techniques of aircraft design. Introduction to systems engineering and requirements analysis; design optimization; layout; weight; performance.
ASE 4523 Aircraft Design II (Prerequisite: ASE 4513 ). One hour lecture. Five hours laboratory. Continuation of ASE 4513. Students make use of principles and techniques covered in ASE 4513 to create a design of an aircraft.
ASE 4533 Spacecraft Design I (Prerequisites: ASE 3223 , ASE 3823, ASE 3813) Two hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Introduction to the principles and techniques of spacecraft and mission design. Systems engineering and requirement analysis, spacecraft system characteristics and mission phases.
ASE 4543 Spacecraft Design II (Prerequisite:ASE 4533) One hour lecture. Five hours laboratory. Continuation of ASE 4533, Spacecraft Design I. Application of design concepts and principles. Concentration on systems engineering, detail design, life cycle cost, manufacturing and operations.
ASE 4623 Aerospace Structural Design (Prerequisite: ASE 3223). Three hours lecture. Principles of design and manufacture of aerospace structures. General theories of stability and failure with applications. Design optimization, fabrication, and testing of structural members.
ASE 4713 Engineering Acoustic (Prerequisite: EM 3413 or EE 2123 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Sonics, ultrasonics, wave equation, plane and spherical waves, wave propagation in air, liquids, elastic solids, reflection phenomena, absorption, scattering, acoustic sources and sensors, engineering applications.
ASE 4721 Aerospace Engineering Lab II (Prerequisite: ASE 4113). Three hours laboratory. Experimental techniques used in aerospace engineering.

Graduate Coursesback to top

Subject Course Title Course Description
ASE 6013 Directed Project in ASE (Contact hours and title to be arranged). An individual professional project open only to candidates for the Master of Science degree (non-thesis option) Formal written and oral project reports are required.
ASE 6183 Advanced Orbital Mechanics (Prerequisite: ASE 3813). Three hours lecture. Orbital mechanics; perturbations and numerical integration. Global positioning system, launch performance and optimization.
ASE 7000 Directed Individual Study Hours and credits to be arranged.
ASE 8000 Research / Thesis Hours and credits to be arranged.
ASE 8313 Advanced Compressible Aerodynamics I (Prerequisite: ASE 4343 or equivalent). Three hours lecture. Derivation of complete equations for compressible fluid flow; unsteady one-dimensional flows; method of characteristics; flow about two-dimensional, and axis-symmetric shapes; integral methods.
ASE 8323 Advanced Compressible Aerodynamics II (Prerequisite: ASE 8313). Three hours lecture. Perturbation theory for wings and bodies; optimum wing and body shapes; wing-body interference; transonic flows, hypersonic flows.
ASE 8343 Incompressible Vis Laminar Flow (Prerequisite: Consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Incompressible Navier-Stokes equations; properties and exact solutions; laminar boundary layer equations; two- and three-dimensional solutions; time-dependent solutions; approximate solutions; boundary layer control.
ASE 8353 Turbulent Flow (Prerequisite: ASE 8343). Three hours lecture. Origins of turbulence; stability statistical theory of turbulence; isotropic and non-isotropic turbulence; equations of turbulent flow; turbulent boundary layer; free turbulent flow.
ASE 8363 Comp Heat Transfer (Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor). Three hours lecture. Application of numerical techniques to elliptic and parabolic problems in engineering heat transfer and fluid flow. Discretization techniques; linearization; stability analysis. (Same as ME 8363).
ASE 8413 Computational Fluid Dynamics I (Prerequisite: Consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Review of relevant numerical analysis; one dimensional methods; compressible inviscid methods, Euler Equation methods, inviscid-viscous interaction methods; current literature.
ASE 8423 Computational Fluid Dynamics II (Prerequisite: ASE 8413 or equivalent). Three hours lecture. Compressible Viscous Methods; Navier-Stokes equation methods; turbulence models; incompressible methods; panel methods; finite element methods, current literature.
ASE 8533 Advanced Num Grid Generation (Prerequisite: ASE 4433/6433 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Structured-unstructured hybrid composite grid configurations, truncation error analysis, direct-indirect grid generation methods, grid refinement, adaptive gridding.
ASE 8990 Special Topic In ASE Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years).
ASE 9000 Research/Dissertation Hours and credits to be arranged.
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