500 Level Electives
The copies of the syllabi provided in the links below are illustrations of recent coursework and may be subject to change based on the instructor.
| Course Syllabus |
Title | Description | When Given | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE 502 | Advanced Orbital Mechanics | Course Catalog | Spring, every year | AE Instructor |
| AE 504 | Optimal Aerospace Systems | Course Catalog | Fall, every year | Langbort |
| AE 508 | Optimal Space Trajectories | Course Catalog | Spring, even years | AE Instructor |
| AE 510 | Advanced Gas Dynamics | Course Catalog | Fall, every year | Panesi/ MechSE(even) |
| AE 512 | Molecular Gas Dynamics | Course Catalog | Spring, odd years | Panesi |
| AE 514 | Boundary Layer Theory | Course Catalog | Spring, odd years | AE Instructor |
| AE 515 | Wing Theory | Course Catalog | Spring, odd years | Ansell |
| AE 521 | Fracture and Fatigue | Course Catalog | Fall, odd years | Lambros, Geubelle |
| AE 522 | Dynamic Properties of Materials | Course Catalog | Scheduled by Instructor | Lambros |
| AE 523 | Nanoscale Contact Mechanics | Course Catalog | Fall, odd years | Chasiotis |
| AE 524 | Nonlinear Solid Mech Design | Course Catalog | Scheduled by Instructor | James/ME Instructor |
| AE 525 | Advanced Composite Materials | Course Catalog | Spring, even years | AE Instructor |
| AE 526 | Composites Manufacturing | Course Catalog | Spring, odd years | AE Instructor |
| AE 527 | Multi-Scale Modeling of Materials | Course Catalog | Spring, every year | Chew |
| AE 528 | Nonlinear Continuous Media | Course Catalog | Fall, even years | Hilton |
| AE 529 | Viscoelastic Theory | Course Catalog | Fall, odd years | Hilton |
| AE 538 | Combustion Fundamentals | Course Catalog | Spring, every year | AE (odd)/ MechSE (even) |
| AE 542 | Aerospace Syst Engineering I | Course Catalog | Fall, every year | Merret |
| AE 543 | Aerospace Syst Engineering II | Course Catalog | Spring, every year | Merret |
| AE 550 | Nonlinear Aeroelasticity | Course Catalog | Spring, even years | Hilton |
| AE 551 | Elastodynamics and Vibrations | Course Catalog | Scheduled by Instructor | Vakakis (ME Instructor) |
| AE 554 | Dynamical Systems Theory | Course Catalog | Spring, even years | Langbort |
| AE 555 | Multivariable Control Design | Course Catalog | Fall, odd years | Voulgaris (odd)/ Medanic (even) |
| AE 556 | Robust Control | Course Catalog | Fall, even years | |
| AE 560 | Fracture Mechanics Lab | Course Catalog | Spring, even years | Lambros |
| AE 564 | Advanced Aero Propulsion | Course Catalog | Fall, every other year | Elliott |
| AE 583 | Advanced Robotic Planning | Course Catalog | Spring, odd years | Bretl |
| AE 590 | Seminar | Course Catalog |
Every semester |
Various |
| AE 598 AAA | Advanced Applied Aerodynamics | See Instructor | Scheduled by Instructor | Selig |
| AE 598 ANS | Adv Global Sat Systems | See Instructor | Scheduled by Instructor | Gao |
| AE 598 C | Nonlinear Solid Mech Design | See Instructor | Scheduled by Instructor | James/Tortorelli |
| AE 598 CAA | Aeroacoustics | See Instructor | Spring, odd years | Bodony |
| AE 598 DSC | Distributed Systems & Control Theory | See Instructor | Scheduled by Instructor | Langbort |
| AE 598 MRM | Mech of Robotic Manipulation | See Instructor | Scheduled by Instructor | Bretl |
| AE 598 RL | Reinforced Learning | See Instructor | Scheduled by Instructor | Bretl/West |
| AE 598 STS | Space Transport System Design | See Instructor | Scheduled by Instructor | Ho |
| AE 598 UA | Unsteady Aerodynamics | See Instructor | Scheduled by Instructor | Ansell |
| AE 598 UQ | Uncertainty Quantification | See Instructor | Scheduled by Instructor | Freund |