Offered by: Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Administered by: MAE undergraduate coordinator, 108 Upson Hall, 255-3573, np18@cornell.edu
Eligibility: All undergraduates. Pre-Approval for the Aerospace Minor is required. Students intending to earn a minor in Aerospace Engineering should seek advice and pre-approval of their minor academic program from the associate director for undergraduate affairs in MAE before taking courses toward the minor.
Educational Objectives:
The aerospace minor develops the engineering analysis and design skills necessary for creating and understanding aerospace vehicles and their subsystems. The minor includes diverse topics relevant to applications both in the earth’s atmosphere (e.g. aerodynamics) and in space (e.g. spacecraft thermal systems or orbital mechanics). Students in this minor will take at least four core aerospace courses, along with up to two supporting courses in engineering fundamentals or courses with applicability to aeronautics and spacecraft.
Requirements:
1) Six courses from the lists below, each worth at least 3 credits, must be completed. No substitutions will be accepted from other departments at Cornell or elsewhere.
2) Rules for ME majors:
a) Select at least 4 courses from group A, of which you must choose MAE 3050 or MAE 3060 (or both).
b) Select at most 2 courses from group B. No courses from group C may be used.
c) Two courses must be selected from the Aerospace Engineering subject field from Mechanical Engineering Major Approved Electives in Mechanical Engineering (for a complete listing,
consult www.mae.cornell.edu). These two courses may not be used toward fulfilling the B.S., Mechanical Engineering degree requirements
3) Rules for other majors:
a) Select least 4 courses from group A, of which you must choose MAE 3050 or MAE 3060 (or both).
b) Select a total of at most 2 courses from group B and group C.
c) You may not use any courses to satisfy requirements of both the Mechanical Engineering Minor and the Aerospace Engineering Minor.
GROUP A: Core Aerospace Engineering
MAE 3050: Intro to Aeronautics
MAE 3060: Spacecraft Engineering
MAE/ECE 4150: GPS: Theory and Design
MAE 4291a: Supervised Senior Design Experience, with Aerospace Focus or MAE 4900a: Special Investigations in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, with Aerospace Focus
MAE 4230/5230: Intermediate Fluid Dynamics
MAE 5060: Aerospace Propulsion Systems
MAE 5070: Dynamics of Flight Vehicles
NOTE:
a. MAE 4291 and 4900 require a form signed by the project advisor, stating that the project focuses on Aerospace and is suitable as a core aerospace course for the minor. MAE 4291 or 4900 must be worth 3 credits or more. Students may count at most one MAE 4291 OR one MAE 4901 toward the minor (i.e. students may not count both MAE 4291 and MAE 4900 toward the minor).
GROUP B: Courses Applicable to Aerospace Engineering
MAE 4170/5170: Introduction to Robotics: Dynamics, Control, Design
MAE 4550/ CEE 4770/ MSE 5550/ TAM 4550: Introduction to Composite Materials
MAE 4700/5700: Finite Element Analysis for Mechanical and Aerospace Design or CEE 4720: Introduction to the Finite Element Method
MAE 4770/5770: Engineering Vibrations
MAE 4780/5780/ChemE 4720/ ECE 4720: Feedback Control Systems
MAE 5430: Combustion Processes
MAE 5710: Applied Dynamics or TAM 5700: Intermediate Dynamics
GROUP C: Fundamentals
ENGRD 2020: Mechanics of Solids
ENGRD 2030: Dynamics
ENGRD/MAE 2210: Thermodynamics
MAE 2120: Mechanical Properties and Selection of Engineering Materials
MAE 3230: Introductory Fluid Mechanics
MAE 3240: Heat Transfer
MAE 3250: Analysis of Mechanical and Aerospace Structures
MAE 3260: System Dynamics
MAE 3780: Mechatronics or ECE/ENGRD 2100: Intro. to Circuits for Electrical and Computer Engineers or PHYS 3360: Electronic Circuits
Academic Standards:
A grade of C- or better in each course. In S/U only courses, S is acceptable.
