Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

AERO 4320. Aerospace Propulsion. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

This course is designed to teach the principles and practice of aircraft propulsion. Overall performance characteristics of propellers, ramjets, turbojets, turbofans, rockets. The aerospace propulsion course is focused on each type of propulsion system commonly used in aerospace vehicles: rockets, piston aero engines, gas turbine engines, ramjets and scramjets. Prerequisite: MEEN 3325.

AERO 4330. Design of Aerospace Systems. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

This course describes the fundamental concepts of airplanes and space vehicles as aerospace systems. Elements of aerodynamics, airfoils and wings. Airplane performance, stability and control. Aircraft and rocket propulsion. Fundamentals of orbital motion. Aspects of vehicle conceptual design. Prerequisite: CVEN 3323.

AERO 4340. Mechanics of Composite Materials. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

This course is designed to teach the principles and practice of aircraft composite materials and applications, including micro- and macro-mechanics, thermo-mechanical analysis, and failure theories for composite materials. It also covers the design and analysis of composite structural elements. The major goal of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the theory, design and applications of advanced fiber-reinforced composite materials understanding bending, buckling and vibration of laminated plates. Prerequisite: CVEN 3323, MEEN 3310.