This course introduces the fundamental concepts and practical applications of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. The topics cover the concept and application of control mass and control volume; thermodynamic properties; first and second laws of thermodynamics; introductory cycle analysis; entropy generation; fluid flow kinematics and dynamics; continuity, momentum, and energy equations; dimensional analysis; and differential and integral flow analysis.
Pre-Requisites: MATH102 And PHYS102
Introduction to overview of aerospace engineering, airplane, and the atmosphere. Basic aerodynamics and gas dynamics of incompressible flows, airfoils and wings, lift, drag, moments, circulation, boundary layers, and skin friction. Performance of aircraft, level flight, climb, range, endurance, and take-off and landing. Introduction to stability and control; structures and materials; propulsion of flight vehicles; and space flight (astronautics).
Pre-Requisites: PHYS102
Introduction to overview of aerospace engineering, airplane, and the atmosphere. Basic aerodynamics and gas dynamics of incompressible flows, airfoils and wings, lift, drag, moments, circulation, boundary layers, and skin friction. Performance of aircraft, level flight, climb, range, endurance, and take-off and landing. Introduction to stability and control; structures and materials; propulsion of flight vehicles; and space flight (astronautics). This course will be supported by lab sessions on basic fluid dynamics and aerodynamics.
Pre-Requisites: PHYS102
Introduction to overview of aerospace engineering, airplane, and the atmosphere. Basic aerodynamics and gas dynamics of incompressible flows, airfoils and wings, lift, drag, moments, circulation, boundary layers, and skin friction. Performance of aircraft, level flight, climb, range, endurance, and take-off and landing. Introduction to stability and control; structures and materials; propulsion of flight vehicles; and space flight (astronautics).
Pre-Requisites: PHYS102
Laboratory experiments related to aerospace fields including wind tunnel and other equipment testing to demonstrate various phenomena, such as lift and drag measurement on different bodies. The course will include two parts, i.e., Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics.
Pre-Requisites: AE211
Introduces students to the fundamentals of Aerospace structures and materials. Topics include: types of load and support; inertia loads in aerospace structures; statistically determinate and indeterminate structures; beam shear and bending moment diagrams; concept of stress and strain; stress-strain relationships; bending and shear analysis of beams; torsion of thin-walled beams; combined stresses; metallic and non-metallic materials and their properties; failure of materials; fatigue and creep; aluminium alloys classes, properties, and uses in web-stiffener aerospace structures; composite materials classes, properties, and uses in aerospace structures.
Pre-Requisites: PHYS101
Introduces basic elements of airplane performance calculation and optimization including take-off, cruise, landing, thrust and power required, range, endurance, stability and control. The students are required to work in teams to accomplish the final project.
Pre-Requisites: MATH102 And PHYS102
This course is a sophomore level design course that introduces the basic elements of engineering design with emphasis on teamwork and communication skills. The theme of the course includes design, build and test components associated with a specific aerospace related design project. The students are taught the theory and design techniques related to the project. The students are required to accomplish the design project in teams and communicate their preliminary results in verbal (presentation) and written form (report) by mid semester. The remaining half of the semester is devoted to building, testing and evaluating the design. The course culminates with a final design presentation and a final design report. Prerequisite: MATH 102 and PHYS 102
Introduction to engineering design. Literature survey. Formulation and analysis of aerospace engineering problems. Process of Engineering design. Development of design concepts and products. Feedback of design concepts. Implementation into hardware and software components. Design verification against requirements. Release of the design through report, presentation, and prototype.
Introduction to automatic flight control systems, Modeling and analysis of linear dynamic systems; Feedback control system design using root-locus and frequency response techniques; Introduction to modern control theory and pole placement technique; Aerospace control applications.
Pre-Requisites: ME201 And (MATH208 Or MATH202)
Introduction to automatic flight control systems, Modeling and analysis of linear dynamic systems; Feedback control system design using root-locus and frequency response techniques; Introduction to modern control theory and pole placement technique; Aerospace control applications. Laboratory sessions include the use of MATLAB and Simulink for simulation and control of different dynamic systems with an emphasis on aerospace systems.
Pre-Requisites: ME201 And (MATH208 Or MATH202) And AE315*
Co-Requisites: AE 315
Experimental aspects of aerospace systems and control, introduction to sensors and actuators, experimental modeling using step response and system time constant, transfer function analysis, positive and negative feedback, gain and stability, velocity feedback, closed loop position and speed control and comprehensive experimental analysis of PID controllers. Laboratory experiments related to flight dynamics, demonstration and familiarization with basic components of flight demonstration wind tunnel for performance stability (neutral point location and trim curves).
Pre-Requisites: AE314*
Co-Requisites: AE 314
Laboratory experiments related to two fields of Aerospace Engineering: Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics; including wind tunnel and other equipment to demonstrate various phenomena, such as pressure distribution, lift, and drag measurement on different bodies and flow measurements. The course will utilize statistics and reliability basics with the fundamental principles of instrumentation.
Laboratory experiments related to aerospace structures and materials; Symmetric bending, Beam torsion; Wing bending; Component CAD modeling and3D printing; Numerical structural analysis lab using FEM software e.g, Comsol and Ansys; Compression molding of structural components. Structural testing.
Pre-Requisites: AE228
Fundamentals of compressible fluid flow in nozzles and diffusers, friction and heat interaction. Fanno, Rayleigh line, and isothermal flow, combustion waves (deflagration, explosion, and detonation waves), normal and oblique shock waves, Extended diffusers and supersonic airfoils. Applications to flow through pipelines, Subsonic, sonic, and supersonic flights, turbo machinery and combustion.
Pre-Requisites: AE221 Or AE220 Or AE222
Statistically determinate and indeterminate structures; aerodynamics and inertia loads, load factors, stresses in beams, shear flow in thin webs, closed section box beams; deflection analysis of structural systems; introduction to buckling; application to wing and fuselage stress analysis; Rayleight-Ritz and introduction to the finite element method; elasticity of structures stress-strain relationships; vehicle materials; fatigue; strength-weight comparisons of materials; and sandwich construction including composite materials
Pre-Requisites: (AE228 Or CE203) And MATH201
General fluid flow equation, potential parallel flow theory with some applications of aerodynamics, thin airfoil theory and finite wing in incompressible inviscid flow. Introduction to viscous flow and boundary layer
Pre-Requisites: AE221 Or AE220 Or AE222
Beginning of coop in summer. Description as given in AE 351.
A period of 28 weeks of industrial employment for Aerospace Engineering students to work in appropriate industries or firms. Students are evaluated on their performance on the job and are required to submit an extensive formal report on their experience. Prerequisite: ENGL 214, AE 220, and approval of the Department.
End of coop in summer. Description as given in AE 351.
Experimental data analysis using statistics formulae, probability, and reliability; Laboratory experiments by using the basic instruments for measuring displacement, area, pressure, flow, temperature, force, torque, and vibration; Usage of data acquisition and processing devices in the experiments; Solution of systems of algebraic equations; Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations; Computer aided aerospace design and analysis; Introduction to finite difference methods and computational fluid dynamics. Prerequisite: AE 220
Numerical and analytical simulation of physical problems in Aerospace engineering using applied methods. Developing numerical techniques for engineering problems described by nonlinear algebraic equations, ordinary and partial differential equations. Computer programming in MATLAB or a similar language is required.
Pre-Requisites: MATH371*
Co-Requisites: MATH 371
Numerical and analytical simulation of physical problems in Aerospace engineering using applied methods. Developing numerical techniques for engineering problems described by nonlinear algebraic equations, ordinary and partial differential equations. Computer programming in MATLAB or a similar language is required.
Pre-Requisites: MATH371*
Co-Requisites: MATH 371
A period of 16 weeks of industrial employment for Aerospace Engineering students to work in appropriate industries or firms. Students are evaluated on their performance on the job and are required to submit an extensive formal report on their experience. Prerequisite: ENGL 214, AE 221/222, and approval of the Department. * The course duration is 16 weeks (to be taken during regular semester).
Pre-Requisites: ENGL214 And (AE221 Or AE220 Or AE222)
A continuous period of 8 weeks of summer training spent in the industry working in any of the fields of Aerospace Engineering. The training should be carried out in an organization with an interest in one or more of these fields. On completion of the program, the student is required to submit a formal written report of his work. Prerequisite: ENGL 214 and approval of the Department.
Pre-Requisites: ENGL214
Aviation maintenance regulation, records, and documents; servicing procedures and ground operation, aviation material. Hydraulic, electrical avionic, ignition, environmental, and fuel systems, engine overhaul. Installation and repair; heat exchangers; inspection testing; weight and balance computation. Aerospace maintenance and its management with economical considerations; including visits to the field.
Theory of operation and utilization of various types of avionic equipment. Radio wave propagation, VHF communication, and VOR navigation system; instrument landing systems ILS; automatic direction finder; distance measuring equipment; transponders. Weather radars and area navigation systems. Integration of avionics system and flight control. Avionics equipment troubleshooting and repair; The course includes a field trip.
Structure of materials; Mechanical properties of materials; Diffusion and heat treatment; Solidification and strengthening; Aluminum alloys, titanium alloys, nickel alloys, super alloys and their applications in aircraft structure and engine; Composite and ceramic material; Environmental effects and corrosion; Material behavior and selection processes for aerospace engineering systems applications. Visit to the field.
Solar system; rocket propulsion and staging of power trajectories; dynamics and control of spacecraft; satellite altitude control; astrodynamics; lunar and interplanetary trajectories; re-entry and heating consideration; aerospace plane.
Pre-Requisites: PHYS102 And (MATH208 Or MATH202)
This is the first of two courses for the multidisciplinary, capstone project. Multidisciplinary teams will be formed, projects will be defined, and project management discussed.
This is the second of two courses for the multidisciplinary, capstone project. Multidisciplinary teams undertake product definition, generation of conceptual designs, product development, and presentation of final products. Students integrate knowledge acquired from prior courses into multidisciplinary projects with multiple constraints and use engineering standards while further developing their communication skills and life-long learning techniques.
Pre-Requisites: AE411
Introduction to air traffic control system; Navigation, communication and surveillance systems; Air traffic control procedures and organizations; Air traffic control at airport operation area; Aircraft separation techniques (non-radar and radar); Human factors in air traffic control operations; Air traffic safety and management; Term project.
Regulatory organizations and their responsibilities; Basics of safety; Review of aviation safety statistics; Human factors in flight and ground safety; Aircraft safety systems; Principles of aircraft accident investigation; Aviation safety management system; Aircraft accident prevention; Risk management; Aviation and airport security.
Air transportation regulations; Economic characteristics of airlines; Airline organization and management. Functional departments of airlines; Flight scheduling and fleet planning. Airline pricing strategies and airline marketing; Freight and cargo operations; Airline financing; Airport design and operations; Airport planning and administration; Field project.
Legal environment of aviation; Federal Aviation Regulations; Basic principles of liability; Aircraft accident investigation law; Airline liability; Aircraft transactions; Airport and airspace law; Aviation security laws; International laws and treaties affecting aviation; Case studies.
The aviation industry; International regulatory framework; Airline cost structures; Demand of the airline service; Airline pricing and revenue; Air cargo; Airport economics; Airport operations; Economics of charter operation; Financial challenges facing the air transport industry; Case studies.
Laboratory experiments related to aerospace fields including wind tunnel and other equipment testing to demonstrate various phenomena, such as pressure distribution, lift, and drag measurement on different bodies. The course will include three parts, i.e., Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics, and Propulsion. The course will utilize statistics, probability, and reliability basics with the fundamental principles of instrumentation. Prerequisite: AE 220
Laboratory experiments related to three fields of Aerospace Engineering: flight dynamics and control, flight propulsion and flight structures and materials; including demonstration and familiarization with basic components of flight demonstration wind tunnel for performance stability (neutral point location and trim curves), reciprocating and gas turbine engines (performance of compressor & turbine) and strain analysis system (bending, torsion and combined loads on wing and I beam). The course utilizes statistical and reliability techniques for instrument data analysis.
Introduction to Joule-Brayton cycle. Aerodynamics of aerospace vehicles’ engines, combustion, thrust and efficiency. Gas turbine engines: Turbojet, turbofan, turboprop; ramjet and scramjet, typical engine performance. Aerothermodynamics of inlets, combustors and nozzles. Introduction to propellers, turbo-compressors and turbines. Introduction to rocket engines and their performance. Chemical and electrical driven rocket engines.
Pre-Requisites: AE211 Or ME311
Laboratory experiments related to aerospace fields, including aerodynamics and propulsion. Demonstrating various phenomena, such as pressure distribution and lift and drag measurement on different bodies, engine components and operation, propeller operation, and thrust measurements.
Pre-Requisites: AE325
Fundamental concepts of flight dynamics and control. Equations of motion for a rigid body aircraft, linearization/small perturbation methods, static and dynamic stability derivatives estimation, longitudinal and lateral motions and an introduction to flight control systems and automatic stabilization, satellite attitude dynamics and control, including torque free motion and attitude control thrusters.
Pre-Requisites: (AE221 Or AE220 Or AE222) And (AE313 Or AE314)
Integration of theory, background and methods of aerospace vehicle design (e.g. aircraft, rockets, and spacecraft); including requirements and specifications of design, trade off studies, integration of aerodynamics, structure, propulsion, and flight dynamics and control; performance analysis and prediction; and a complete project of aerospace vehicle design.
Pre-Requisites: AE328 And AE333
Theory and analysis of structures of flight vehicles, plate theory, thermal stresses, buckling and failure, introduction to structural dynamics; analysis of aeroelastic phenomena and flutter; composite materials; crack-growth calculation and wear out models.
Pre-Requisites: AE328
Linearized flow; method of characteristics, conical flow. Experimental methods in gas dynamics.
Pre-Requisites: AE325
Viscous flow and Navier-stokes equations; laminar and turbulent boundary layer; transition flow; unsteady flow; flow instabilities. High speed aerodynamics and aerodynamic heating. Introduction to hypersonic flow. Experimental methods in aerodynamics.
Pre-Requisites: AE333
Rocket and power plants performance, dynamics, and control of turbo-engines. RAM/SCRAM jets engines. Blades element theory for propellers; turbo-compressors, turbines; chemical, nuclear, and electrical propulsion rockets. Introduction to space propulsion system.
Pre-Requisites: AE422
Fundamentals of atmospheric flight; stability and control analysis; matrix approach to the general motion and transfer function; elastic flight vehicle; automatic flight control. Introduction to space flight dynamics; application to missile, spacecraft, and satellite attitude controls.
Pre-Requisites: AE426
Introduction to helicopters; Its various configurations and rotor types; Hovering theory; Vertical and forward flight performance analysis; Dynamics and control of rotor; Helicopter stability in hovering and forward flight; Helicopter vibration analysis during flight; Design of basic helicopter components.
Pre-Requisites: ME201 And (MATH208 Or MATH202)
This course presents students with the fundamentals of unmanned aerial systems. Coverage includes UAVs components, configurations, classifications, communication frameworks, fundamentals of flight, regulations, safety, and future challenges. Also, the course covers performance, mathematical modeling and system dynamics of UAVs, and common control techniques to improve system’s stability and performance with more emphasis on multirotor UAVs. Students shall apply basic knowledge on a real system, i.e. drones.
Pre-Requisites: (MATH208 Or MATH202) And PHYS102
Solution of systems of algebraic equations; numerical solution of ordinary differential equations, Computer aided aerospace design and analysis. Introduction to finite difference methods and computational fluid dynamics.
Introduction to unmanned aerial systems (UAS), of-the-shelf aerial sensors and supporting platforms. Custom design, integration and calibration of new UAS sensory systems, hybrid power systems and hybrid/non-hybrid civil/military UAS. Physical/aerodynamic design limitations, data quality/accuracy versus speed of UAS function, basic autonomous, swarm intelligence and cooperation strategies. Design ethics, standards and engineering collective consciousness. General Optimization of UAS function and intelligent control.
Topics are selected from the broad area of Aerospace Engineering to provide students with the knowledge of recent advancements in the analysis and design in Aerospace Engineering and in aviation including optimization of Aerospace System Design, Aerodynamics, Gas Dynamics, Aerospace Structures and Materials, Flight Dynamics and Control, Propulsion, Helicopter Flight, Avionics, Navigation and Guidance, Aircraft Maintenance, Flight and Aviation Safety, Air Traffic Control, Aviation Law, Astronautics, and other related fields such as Marine Engineering. Prerequisites: To be set by the Department.
Topics are selected from the broad area of Aerospace Engineering to provide students with the knowledge of recent advancements in the analysis and design in Aerospace Engineering and in aviation including optimization of Aerospace System Design, Aerodynamics, Gas Dynamics, Aerospace Structures and Materials, Flight Dynamics and Control, Propulsion, Helicopter Flight, Avionics, Navigation and Guidance, Aircraft Maintenance, Flight and Aviation Safety, Air Traffic Control, Aviation Law, Astronautics, and other related fields such as Marine Engineering. Prerequisites: To be set by the Department.
Selection of a research topic, development of research topic, writing a successful proposal, manage and carrying out research tasks, setting up bench scale setup or prototype for lab work or software for modeling-based research, communicating the research findings, writing effective reports. Prerequisites: To be set by the Department
Topics are selected from the broad area of Aerospace Engineering to provide students with the knowledge of recent advancements in the analysis and design in Aerospace Engineering and in aviation including optimization of Aerospace System Design, Aerodynamics, Gas Dynamics, Aerospace Structures and Materials, Flight Dynamics and Control, Propulsion, Helicopter Flight, Avionics, Navigation and Guidance, Aircraft Maintenance, Flight and Aviation Safety, Air Traffic Control, Aviation Law, Astronautics, and other related fields such as Marine Engineering. Prerequisites: To be set by the Department.