Aerospace Engineering, MS
Degree: Master of Science (MS)
Field of Study: Aerospace Engineering
Program Overview
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering offers a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering. A Combined Bachelor's/Master's Program is also offered for our undergraduate students.
Graduate Policies
For graduate policies and procedures, please review the School of Graduate Studies section of the General Bulletin.
Program Requirements
MS Track Options
Thesis-Focused Track
For a thesis-focused Aerospace Engineering MS, students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate-level courses, including:
- a minimum of 18 to 21 credit hours of approved graduate-level courses, and
- 9 to 12 credit hours of MS thesis research, EMAE 651
Project-Focused Track
For a project-focused Aerospace Engineering MS, students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate-level courses, including:
- a minimum of 21 to 27 credit hours of approved graduate-level courses, and
- 3 to 9 credit hours of MS project research, EMAE 695
Course-Focused Track
For a course-focused Aerospace Engineering MS, students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate-level courses , including:
- a minimum of 30 credit hours of approved graduate-level courses, and
- satisfactory completion of the culminating course-focused experience, i.e. passing the course ENGR 600. To pass ENGR 600, students must earn at least a 3.00 grade in each of the three courses required for their concentration area.
Concentration Requirements
Depending on the area of interest, students should select courses from the list below with the approval of their advisor. Other technical, math and science courses within and outside of EMAE may be also acceptable with approval of their advisor.
Aeronautics
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | ||
| EMAE 453 | Advanced Fluid Dynamics I | 3 |
| EMAE 482 | Propulsion | 3 |
| EMAE 483 | Flight Mechanics | 3 |
| Recommended Courses: | ||
| EMAE 454 | Advanced Fluid Dynamics II | 3 |
| EMAE 457 | Combustion | 3 |
| EMAE 471 | Computational Fluid Dynamics | 3 |
Biomechanics
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | ||
| EMAE 407 | Fundamentals of Biomechanics | 3 |
| EMAE 415 | Introduction to Musculo-skeletal Biomechanics | 3 |
| EMAE 456 | Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems in Biology and Medicine (BioMEMS) | 3 |
| Recommended Courses: | ||
| EBME 427 | Movement Biomechanics and Rehabilitation | 3 |
| EBME 474 | Biotransport Processes | 3 |
| EMAE 480 | Fatigue of Materials | 3 |
Dynamics, Control and Manufacturing
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | ||
| EMAE 481 | Advanced Dynamics I | 3 |
| EMAE 489 | Robotics I | 3 |
| EMAE 487 | Vibration Problems in Engineering | 3 |
| or EMAE 560 | Sustainable Manufacturing | |
| Recommended Courses: | ||
| EMAE 479 | Mechanics and Control of Compliant Robotics | 3 |
| EMAE 540 | Advanced Dynamics II | 3 |
| CSDS 473 | Modern Robot Programming | 3 |
| CSDS 491 | Artificial Intelligence: Probabilistic Graphical Models | 3 |
Fluids and Thermal Sciences
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | ||
| EMAE 453 | Advanced Fluid Dynamics I | 3 |
| EMAE 455 | Advanced Thermodynamics | 3 |
| EMAE 459 | Advanced Heat Transfer | 3 |
| Recommended Courses: | ||
| EMAE 454 | Advanced Fluid Dynamics II | 3 |
| EMAE 457 | Combustion | 3 |
| EMAE 460 | Theory and Design of Fluid Power Machinery | 3 |
| EMAE 461 | Chemistry of Fire Safe Polymers and Composites | 3 |
| EMAE 463 | Fire Dynamics | 3 |
| EMAE 471 | Computational Fluid Dynamics | 3 |
| EMAE 494 | Energy Systems | 3 |
| EMAE 554 | Turbulent Fluid Motion | 3 |
| EMAE 557 | Convective Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer | 3 |
| EMAE 559 | Hypersonics and Gas Dynamics | 3 |
Solid Mechanics
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | ||
| EMAE 401 | Mechanics of Continuous Media | 3 |
| ECIV 435 | Elasticity and Data-driven Mechanics | 3 |
| EMAE 475 | Finite Element Analysis | 3 |
| Recommended Courses: | ||
| EMSE 421 | Fracture of Materials | 3 |
| EMAE 450 | Advanced Mechanical Engineering Analysis | 3 |
| EMAE 480 | Fatigue of Materials | 3 |
Interdisciplinary
Take any three of the above required courses with the consent of your advisor and satisfy the other degree requirements.