Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics and Engineering Science
College of Engineering
INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF
Shyy, W., Chair; Carroll, B.F.; Cattafesta, L.N.; Cristescu, N.D.; Eisenberg, M.A.; Fearn, R. L.; Fitz-Coy, N.G.; Fregly, B.J.; Haftka, R.T.; Hemp, G.W.; Hsu, C.C.; Ifju, P.G.; Jenkins, D.A. (Undergraduate Coordinator); Kurdila, A.J.; Kurzweg, U.H.; Lind, R.C., Jr.; Saxon, J.P.; Mei, R.; Mikolaitis, D.W.; Nevill, G.E., Jr.; Rapoff, A.J.; Sankar, B.V.; Segal, C.; Sheplak, M.; Thakur, S.; Tran-Son-Tay, R.; Vu-Quoc, L.; Walsh, E.K.
Although not separately stated, the prerequisites for all courses offered by the Department of Aerospace Engineering Mechanics and Engineering Science may include classification as a student in good standing in aerospace engineering, engineering science and/or another engineering program for which the particular course is required.
EAS 1012 Introduction to Space.
Credits: 3.
Non-technical presentation of the manner in which space is exploited for human good. History of spaceflight, spacecrafts, the space program, the uses of space, the space shuttle and space station, space in society, space colonies, astrology, UFO’s, life on other worlds and space in literature and film will be covered.
EAS 2001 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering.
Credits: 3; Prereq: PHY 2048.
Fundamentals of atmospheric and space flight; aerodynamic principles relating to lift and drag for two-dimensional and three-dimensional airfoils at both subsonic and supersonic speeds; aircraft performance including take-off distance, climb rates, range and landing distances; rocket trajectories and orbits; remotely-controlled aircraft design.
EAS 3805C Experimental Methods 1.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3003 or EEL 3111C, EGM 3401, EGN 3353C.
A course to develop a working understanding of experimental methods common to fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, dynamics and controls. Emphasis is placed on the characterization of various instrumentation systems and the operation of devices for motion, dimensional, force, torque, pressure, flow and temperature measurements. Techniques and hardware for data acquisition, data reduction and signal processing are presented. Programming is performed in LabView and Matlab.
EAS 3806C Experimental Methods 2.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 3805C.
A course on experimental planning and execution. Emphasis is placed on uncertainty analysis and statistical considerations in the planning, design, construction, debugging, execution, data analysis and reporting of experimental programs in accordance with the ANSI/ASME standards on measurement uncertainty (ANSI/ASME PTC 19.1-1985). Students are required to perform a major experimental project in one of the subject areas: biomechanics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics or dynamics and controls. Programming is performed in LabView and Matlab. Examples of advanced experimental methods and instrumentation are presented from current departmental research.
EAS 4101 Aerodynamics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGN 3353C or other introductory fluid mechanics course, EML 3100.
Topics from compressible and incompressible fluid mechanics related to aircraft and rocket flight. Incompressible aerodynamics: airfoils and finite wings. Design project using vortex-lattice computer code. Compressible aerodynamics, normal and oblique shocks, Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves and supersonic airfoils.
EAS 4103 Aero-Thermal Processes.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4101 or other introductory gas dynamics course.
Topics from compressible flow related to high speed flights, reacting flows and propulsion. Isentropic flow with area change, Rayleigh flow, Fanno flow, diffusers and nozzles, aerodynamic heating, mass diffusion and conduction, convective heat transfer.
EAS 4200C Aerospace Structures 1.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520.
Review of plane states of stress and strain. Analysis of thin-walled beams with open and closed section. Unsymmetrical bending of wing sections. Torsion of skin-stringer and multi-cell sections. Flexural shear in open and closed sections. Shear Center. Failure criteria. Introduction to composite materials. Demonstration of behavior of some simple structural elements.
EAS 4210C Aerospace Structures 2.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4200C.
Introduction to plate theory. Stability of structural elements. Columns and beams. Plates. Energy principles in finite element method. Stiffness, incremental stiffness and mass matrices of aerospace structural elements. Computer programming for finite element analysis. Introduction to vibration & structural dynamics. Design and testing of typical structural element.
EAS 4240 Aerospace Structural Composites 1.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520.
Various types and applications of structural composites used in flight structures. Introduction to analysis of structural composites.
EAS 4300 Aerospace Propulsion.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4101 or EML 4702.
Basics of air-breathing and rocket engines used in flight systems.
EAS 4313 Elements of Reacting Flow.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4101 or EML 4702.
Chemical equilibrium, explosions, premixed and diffusion flame theory, denotation and turbulent reacting flow.
EAS 4400 Stability and Control of Aircraft.
Credits: 4; Prereq: EAS 4101.
Static stability and control, equations of motion, stability derivatives, stability of longitudinal and lateral motion of aircraft.
EAS 4412 Dynamics and Control of Space Vehicles.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM4313 or consent of instructor.
Review of current guidance and control systems. Synthesis of open and closed loop guidance and control systems using classical and modern control theory. Aerospace applications.
EAS 4510 Astrodynamics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3401 and EGM 4313.
Introduction to the solar system. Study of two-body motion, Hohmann transfer, patched conics for interplanetary & lunar trajectories, the restricted three-body problem. Introduction to powered flights and artificial satellite orbits.
EAS 4530 Space Systems Design.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 2001, EGM 3401 or consent of instructor.
A discussion of the component systems of a spacecraft and typical missions requirements. The operation and character of different spacecraft hardware will be presented, as well as typical mission time lines from early conception to final operations. Topics include: the space environment, guidance/control/navigation systems, spacecraft sensors and actuators, propulsion systems, thermal systems, power systems, launch systems, communication systems, structural systems and mission operations. This course will be useful to engineers, scientists, computer scientists and any profession that uses data.
EAS 4700 Aerospace Design 1.
Credits: 3; Prereq: Senior standing (4EG and above), EAS 4101, EGM 3520.
Applications of the principles of analysis and design to aerospace vehicles.
EAS 4710 Aerospace Design 2.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4700.
Second part of EAS 4700-4710 sequence.
EAS 4850 Flight Test Engineering.
Credits: 3; Prereq: Consent of instructor.
Students work in teams under the supervision of a group of faculty members to design and implement a flight test program using a Cessna 172 aircraft. Tests are conducted to investigate aerodynamic behavior, airplane performance, static and dynamic stability. Instrumentation includes a flow-visualization system, pressure measurement system, angular position and rate gyroscopes, a global positioning system and associated hardware and software for data acquisition and analysis.
EAS 4905 Individual Study in Aerospace Engineering.
Credits: 1 to 4. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 credits. Prereq: Recommendation of department chairperson.
Selected problems or projects in the student’s major field of engineering study.
EAS 4912 Integrated Product and Process Design 1.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520, EAS 4101.
The first of a two-course sequence in which multidisciplinary teams of engineering and business students partner with industry sponsors to design and build authentic products and processes—on time and within budget. Working closely with industry liaison engineers and a faculty coach, students gain practical experience in teamwork and communication, problem solving and engineering design, and develop leadership, management and people skills.
EAS 4913 Integrated Product and Process Design 2.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4912.
The second part of a two-course sequence in which multidisciplinary teams of engineering and business students partner with industry sponsors to design and build authentic products and processes—on time and within budget. Working closely with industry liaison engineers and a faculty coach, students gain practical experience in teamwork and communication, problem solving and engineering design, and develop leadership, management and people skills.
EAS 4939 Special Topics in Aerospace Engineering.
Credits: 1 to 4; Prereq: Permission of instructor. May be repeated with change in content to a maximum of 12 credits.
EAS 4949 Co-op Work Experience.
Credits: 1; Prereq: 2EG classification.
Practical engineering work under industrial supervision, as set forth in the College Regulations.
EGM 2500 Elements of Statics.
Credits: 2; Prereq: PHY 2048; Coreq: MAC 2313.
The minimum subset of material covered in EGM 3511 essential for further study of EGM 3400 or EGM 3401. This course is not an acceptable prerequisite for EGM 3520.
EGM 2511 Engineering Mechanics-Statics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: PHY 2048; Coreq: MAC 2313.
Reduction of force systems. Equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies. Vector methods. Application to structures and mechanisms.
EGM 3311 Introduction to Engineering Analysis.
Credits: 3; Prereq: MAC 2313.
Solution methods for first and second order ordinary differential equations. Applications to radioactive decay, mass spring systems and electric circuits. Treatment of the Bessel and Legendre equations. Laplace transform methods applied to constant coefficient equations. Solution of simultaneous first order equations. (M)
EGM 3400 Elements of Dynamics.
Credits: 2; Prereq: EGM2511 (or EGM2500), MAC2313.
Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies for rectilinear translation, curvilinear motion, rotation and plane motion. Principles of work and energy, also impulse and momentum.
EGM 3401 Engineering Mechanics-Dynamics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM2511 (or EGM2500), MAC2313.
Covers material of EGM 3400 plus extended coverage of three-dimensional rigid-body dynamics and of orbital motion.
EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM2511 (not EGM2500), MAC2313.
Stress and strain at a point, stress-strain-temperature relations and mechanical properties of materials. Systems subject to axial load, torsion and bending. Design concepts, indeterminate structures, applications.
EGM 4000 Engineering Design 1.
Credits: 3; Prereq: Senior standing in Engineering Science or permission of instructor.
Emphasis on overall design and analysis of complex engineering systems. Materials, structural, chemical, control, nuclear, mechanical, electrical and operational problems; cost analysis.
EGM 4001 Engineering Design 2.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 4000.
Continuation of EGM 4000.
EGM 4008 Introduction to Engineering Optics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: PHY 2049.
Definition of the optical system. Calculation of radiometric quantities. Line and gray body sources. Atmospheric transmission. Selected topics in optics. Calculation of radiant flux through an optical system.
EGM 4200 Fundamental Vibration Analysis.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3401 (or EGM 3400) and EGM 3520.
Undamped free and forced vibrations of systems on one degree of freedom, damped vibrations. Vibrations of systems with more than one degree of freedom. Shock and vibration isolation. Instruments for vibration analysis.
EGM 4313 Intermediate Engineering Analysis.
Credits: 4; Prereq: EGM 3311 or MAP 2302.
Vector differential calculus, including the concepts of gradient, divergence and curl. Divergence and Stokes theorems. Introduction to partial differential equations and Fourier series. Equations of heat conduction, wave propagation and Laplace. Complex variables and the Cauchy-Riemann conditions. Cauchy theorem and conformal mapping.
EGM 4344 Introduction to Numerical Methods of Engineering Analysis.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 4313 or equivalent and CGS 2425 or FORTRAN knowledge.
Methods for numerical solution of mathematical problems, with emphasis on engineering applications and on computer implementation. Curve fitting and functional approximation. Nonlinear algebraic equations. Systems of linear algebraic equations. Numerical differentiation and quadrature. Ordinary differential equations and systems of ODEs. Eigenvalue problems. Finite difference calculus and solution of partial differential equations.
EGM 4350 Finite Elements for Engineering Mechanics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM3520, EGM4313 or equivalent.
To develop a basic understanding of the fundamentals of the finite element (FE) method as applied to structural, solid and biomechanics. Emphasis will be place don the derivation of the stiffness matrices for truss, beam and solid elements, static analysis of FE systems with a matrix linear algebra approach, internal structure of a FE code, coding and plotting, linear stability analysis of trusses and beams, and applications to aerospace structures and biomechanics. Introduction to advanced topics such as axi-symmetric solid elements, dynamic analysis, etc.
EGM 4473 Experimental Optimum Engineering Design.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3311 or MAP 3302.
Formulation of design objectives as optimization problems. Application of optimization techniques to design. Response surface techniques for analytical and experimental optimum engineering design. Experimental optimization applied to a design project.
EGM 4590 Fundamentals of Biomechanics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520 and EGN 3353C.
The objective of this course is to provide students with necessary background in biomechanics to understand the mechanics of living systems. This first undergraduate course covers the broad spectrum of solid biomechanics and biofluids.
EGM 4592 Bio-Solid Mechanics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520 and EGN 3353C.
Introduction to solid and fluid mechanics of biological systems. Rheological behavior of materials subjected to static and dynamic loading. Mechanics of cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal systems. Mathematical models and analytical techniques used in biosciences.
EGM 4853 Bio-Fluid Mechanics and Bio-Heat Transfer.
Credits: 3;, Prereq: EGN 3353C.
A study of biothermal fluid sciences. Emphasis on physiological processes occurring in human blood circulation and underlying mechanisms from an engineering prospective.
EGM 4901 Special Topics in Engineering Science and Mechanics.
Credits: 1 to 4; Prereq: Permission of instructor. May be repeated with change in content to a maximum of 8 credits.
EGM 4905 Individual Study in Engineering Science and Mechanics.
Credits: 1 to 4. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 credits. Prereq: Recommendation of department chairperson.
Selected problems or projects in the student’s major field of engineering study.
EGM 4912 Integrated Product and Process Design 1.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520, EGN 3353C.
A two-course sequence in which multidisciplinary teams of engineering and business students partner with industry sponsors to design and build authentic products and processes—on time and within budget. Working closely with industry liaison engineers and a faculty coach, students gain practical experience in teamwork and communication, problem solving and engineering design, and develop leadership, management and people skills.
EGM4913 Integrated Product and Process Design 2.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 4912.
A two-course sequence in which multidisciplinary teams of engineering and business students partner with industry sponsors to design and build authentic products and processes—on time and within budget. Working closely with industry liaison engineers and a faculty coach, students gain practical experience in teamwork and communication, problem solving and engineering design, and develop leadership, management and people skills.
EGM 4949 Co-op Work Experience.
Credits: 1; Prereq: 2EG classification.
One term of industrial employment, including extra work according to a pre-approved outline. Practical engineering work under industrial supervision, as set forth in the College of Engineering regulations.
EGN 3353C Fluid Mechanics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: MAC 2313, PHY 2048.
An introductory course in fluid mechanics. Statics and dynamics of application to viscous and inviscid flows. Dimensional analysis. Potential flow and airfoil theory.
EML 4580 Bioengineering Physiology.
Credits: 3; Prereq: BSC 2010, BSC 2010L, CHM 3200 or CHM 3210.
Comprehensive introduction to human physiology for biomedical engineering students. Applications of Engineering principles to physiology will be stressed where possible.
