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

Voulgaris,
Langbort

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

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