The Master of Science Program has two options. Option A requires a minimum of 30 hours of graduate work, including six hours in the satisfactory completion of a thesis. Option B requires a minimum of 33 hours of graduate work. Option B does not require a thesis but does include a project in which at least three hours of Special Problem have been satisfactorily completed. Both the thesis and project must be orally defended before the student's Masters Committee, the other department faculty, and invited guests.
Thesis or Project Committee
Plan of Study
Graduation Requirements
Approved Technical Graduate Courses
The candidate for a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering must form a Thesis or Project Committee with a minimum of three members from the Aerospace Engineering faculty. Additional Committee members can be drawn from other departments when appropriate. The chairman of this Committee will be the candidate's major advisor and must be an Aerospace Engineering faculty member.
During the end of the first semester in the program, the candidate must file a plan of study with the Department secretary, which must be approved by the Thesis or Project Committee and the Department's graduate advisor. This plan of study includes the graduate Committee members, the proposed courses and, if possible, the thesis or project topic. Once approved, this plan of study acts as a contract between the candidate and his/her thesis or project committee and the Department. The plan of study can be changed at any time during the candidate's program but must be approved by the thesis or project committee and the Department's graduate advisor.
A list of approved graduate courses is given below. A detailed description of the Aerospace Engineering graduate courses is also given. A detailed description of the non-Aerospace graduate courses can be found in the University's Graduate Catalog.
The student must complete the appropriate number of hours of approved graduate courses, 30 hours for Option A and 33 hours for Option B, taken from those listed in Appendix A. The student must maintain a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. The candidate must successfully complete either the thesis or project and pass an oral examination demonstrating a working knowledge of Aerospace Engineering.
The following courses are approved by the faculty for all Aerospace Department graduate programs. Other courses may be used with the approval of the candidate s Program Committee.
| AE 701 | Structural Design | 3 |
| AE 704 | Dynamics & Vibrations | 3 |
| AE 705 | Structural Vibrations and Modal Testing | 4 |
| AE 707 | Aerospace Structural Loads | 3 |
| AE 708 | Aerospace Structures III | 3 |
| AE 709 | Structural Composites | 3 |
| AE 721 | Aircraft Design Laboratory I | 4 |
| AE 722 | Aircraft Design Laboratory II | 4 |
| AE 724 | Propulsion System Design & Integration | 3 |
| AE 725 | Numerical Optimization & Structural Design | 3 |
| AE 730 | Advanced Experimental Fluid Dynamics | 3 |
| AE 731 | Supersonic Aerodynamics Laboratory | 1 |
| AE 732 | Flight Test Principles and Practices | 3 |
| AE 743 | Compressible Aerodynamics | 3 |
| AE 745 | Applied Wing & Airfoil Theory | 3 |
| AE 746 | Computational Fluid Dynamics | 3 |
| AE 748 | Helicopter Aerodynamics | 3 |
| AE 750 | Applied Optimal Control | 3 |
| AE 751 | Advanced Airplane Dynamics | 2 |
| AE 753 | Digital Flight Controls | 3 |
| AE 754 | Missile Dynamics | 3 |
| AE 761 | Modeling of Flexible Structures | 3 |
| AE 762 | Dynamics & Control of Flexible Space Structures | 3 |
| AE 765 | Orbital Mechanics | 3 |
| AE 766 | Spacecraft Attitude Control | 3 |
| AE 771 | Rocket Propulsion | 3 |
| AE 772 | Fluid Mechanics of Turbomachinery | 3 |
| AE 790 | Special Problems in Aerospace Engineering | 1-5 |
| AE 803 | Aeroelasticity | 3 |
| AE 812 | Techniques of Engineering Evaluation | 2-3 |
| AE 821 | Advanced Aircraft Design I | 3 |
| AE 822 | Advanced Aircraft Design II | 3 |
| AE 840 | Aerodynamics of Viscous Fluids | 3 |
| AE 845 | Advanced Computational Aerodynamics | 3 |
| AE 850 | Advanced Control Seminar | 2 |
| AE 890 | M.E. Internship | 1-6 |
| AE 892 | Special Problems in Aerospace Engineering | 1-8 |
| AE 895 | M.S. Thesis | 1-10 |
| AE 896 | M.E. Project | 3-6 |
| AE 941 | Hypersonic Aerodynamics I | 3 |
| AE 990 | D.E. Internship | 1-12 |
| AE 996 | Ph.D. Thesis | 1-15 |
| AE 997 | D.E. Project | 3-15 |
| MATH 542 | Vector Analysis | 2 |
| MATH 590 | Linear Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 627 | Probability | 3 |
| MATH 646 | Complex Variables and Applications | 3 |
| MATH 647 | Applied Partial Differential Equations | 3 |
| MATH 648 | Calculus of Variations | 3 |
| CE 710 | Structural Mechanics | 3 |
| CE 721 | Experimental Stress Analysis | 3 |
| CE 767 | Introduction to Fracture Mechanics | 3 |
| CE 800 | Theory of Elasticity | 3 |
| CE 861 | Finite Element Methods for Solid Mechanics | 3 |
| CE 869 | Plates and Shells | 3 |
| CE 902 | Advanced Vibrations II | 3 |
| CE 912 | Theory of Plasticity | 3 |
| CE 913 | Advanced Fracture Mechanics | 3 |
| EECS 543 | Simulation of Engineering Systems | 3 |
| EECS 562 | Introduction to Communication Systems | 4 |
| EECS 643 | Digital Computing in Engineering Analysis | 3 |
| EECS 744 | Digital Signal Processing I | 3 |
| EECS 965 | Estimation Theory | 3 |
| ME 608 | Introduction to Microcomputer Applications | 2-3 |
| ME 612 | Heat Transfer | 3 |
| ME 661 | The Finite Element Method for Stress Analysis | 3 |
| ME 731 | Convective Heat and Momentum Transfer | 3 |
| ME 761 | Theory of Finite Element Method | 3 |
| ME 770 | Conductive Heat Transfer | 3 |
| ME 774 | Radiative Heat Transfer | 3 |
