Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Unmanned Aerial Systems, PhD
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about Graduate College Academic Regulation 7.0.
Total Hours: 60
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| UAS Core Courses | ||
| Select 12 hours from the following: | 12 | |
| Engineering Acoustics | ||
| Advanced Fluid Dynamics I | ||
| Autopilot Design and Test | ||
| Advanced Aero Propulsion and Power | ||
| Advanced Aerodynamics | ||
| Guidance and Control of Aerospace Vehicles | ||
| Unsteady Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics | ||
| Unmanned Aerial Systems Design and Analysis | ||
| Unmanned Aerial Systems Propulsion | ||
| Aircraft Certification and Test | ||
| Atmospheric Flight Control | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 12 | |
| MAE Electives 1 | ||
| Select 9 hours (Any MAE graduate-level course supporting UAS research will be allowed with permission of the student's faculty advisory committee): | 9 | |
| Technical Electives | ||
| Select 9 hours (Any graduate-level course will be allowed with permission of the student's faculty advisory committee): | 9 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 18 | |
| Research 1 | ||
| MAE 6010 | Advanced Study 1 | 6 |
| Twenty-four hours from: | 24 | |
| Doctoral Dissertation | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 30 | |
| Total Hours | 60 | |
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To be taken the same semester as the Preliminary Examination in order to be assigned a letter grade.
Graduate College Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Requirements
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