The aerospace engineering concentration aims to provide students with foundations of the design of aircraft and spacecraft. Coursework related to this concentration will focus on aerospace fundamentals, including flight dynamics, aerodynamics, power and propulsion systems, and aircraft structures.

The concentration is open to students with a declared major in Mechanical Engineering, and requires three core aerospace concentration courses (9 credits) and one aerospace concentration elective course (3 credits) . The concentration is noted on students’ official transcripts.

Students in this Concentration are required to take two introductory courses: Introduction to Aerospace Engineering (ME 371) and Aerodynamics (ME 476), and one advanced course, Structural Mechanics (ME 404), plus two additional advanced Aerospace Engineering Concentration electives. 

It is recommended that students interested in pursuing a concentration in aerospace engineering declare their concentration as early as possible in their degree program in order to facilitate course planning, but in no case later than the beginning of the first semester of a student’s junior year.

  • Year 1 Fall

    Code Course Credits
    MATH 121 Calculus I 4
    ENGR 102 Intro Engr. Design and Prof. 3
    ENGR 106 Computer Aided Engr Tools 3
    PHIL 201 Classical Mind 3
    ENG 101 Writing and Rhetoric 3
    Total Credits 16

  • Year 1 Spring

    Code Course Credits
    MATH 122 Calculus II 4
    PHYS 215 University Physics I 4
    CSC 113 Intro to Computer Programming 3
    PHIL 202 Modern Mind 3
    TRS 201 Foundations of Theology I 3
    Total Credits 17

  • Year 2 Fall

    Code Course Credits
    MATH 221 Calculus III 4
    PHYS 216 University Physics II 4
    ENGR 201 Engineering Mechanics I 3
    CHEM 107 General Chemistry I 3
    CHEM 113 General Chemistry Laboratory I 2
    TRS 202 The Church and the Human Person 3
    Total Credits 19

  • Year 2 Spring

    Code Course Credits
    ME 242 Design and Materials 3
    ENGR 202 Engineering Mechanics II 3
    ENGR 211 Thermodynamics 3
    ENGR 212 Electrical Networks 3
    ENGR 222 Engineering Math I 4
    Total Credits 16

  • Year 3 Fall

    Code Course Credits
    MATH 309 Probability and Statistics for Engr 3
    ENGR 331 Fluid Mechanics 3
    ENGR 301 Solid Mechanics 3
    ME 344 System Dynamics 3
    ME 371 Intro to Aerospace Engineering 3
    Total Credits 15

  • Year 3 Spring

    Code Course Credits
    ME 476 Aerodynamics 3
    ME 342 Junior Design 3
    ME 362 Heat Transfer 3
    ME 392 Mech. Sys. & Dynamics Lab 2
    PHIL 362 Prof. Ethics in Engineering 3
    Lit./SBS/Fine Art Literature/Social Studies/Fine Arts 3
    Total Credits 17

  • Year 4 Fall

    Code Course Credits
    ENGR 441 Interdisciplinary Senior Design I 3
    ME 487 Thermal/Fluid Sci. Lab 2
    ENGR 401 Engineering Senior Seminar 1
    ENGR 403 Control Systems 3
    ME Aerospace Engineering Concentration Elective 3
    ME 404 Structural Mechanics 3
    Total Credits 15

  • Year 4 Spring

    Code Course Credits
    ENGR 442 Interdisciplinary Senior Design II 3
    ME  Aerospace Engineering Concentration Elective 3
    GTE General Technical Elective 3
    LS  Liberal Studies Elective 3
    LS Liberal Studies Elective 3
    Total Credits 15

Concentration Elective Courses

  • ME 432/532 – Design of Power & Propulsion Systems
  • ME 454 - Aircraft Design
  • ME 457 – Applied Rigid Body Dynamics
  • ME 557 – Advanced Dynamics
  • ME 466/566 – Advanced Vibrations and Structural Dynamics I
  • ME 511 – Aircraft Simulation and Control
  • ME 574 – Orbital Mechanics and Mission Design
  • ME 489/589 – Smart Structures

 

General Technical Elective Course

Any 300-level or above ME, ENGR, CSC, EE, BE, CEE, DA, MSE, MATH, PHYS, CHEM or BIOL course with academic advisor consent and chair approval.

 

Liberal Study Courses

Any two courses from the following list would be acceptable.

 

Literature/Fine Arts/Social Science Course

Any course from the following list would be acceptable.