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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering/Master of Aerospace Engineering
Introduction
The Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering (MSAE) and the Master of Aerospace Engineering (MAE) provide formal
advanced study, preparing students for careers in the aerospace industry and in research and development. Both degree
programs are planned to augment the individual students engineering and science background with adequate depth in areas
of aeroacoustics, nondestructive testing, aerodynamics, design and optimization, propulsion, aerospace structures,
composites, computational fluid dynamics, dynamics and control, or other areas of aerospace engineering. Candidates for
both degree programs can select courses that prepare them for the aerospace engineering profession or that prepare them to
continue on to doctoral studies.
Both degree programs require a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate-level work.
Degree Requirements
MAE - Non-Thesis Option
AE Core courses 6
Graduate Mathematics Course 3
Graduate Electives (at least six hours must be 600-level) 21
Total Credits 30
MSAE -Thesis Option
AE Core courses 6
Graduate Mathematics Course 3
Graduate Electives 12
Thesis (AE 700) 9
Total Credits 30
Areas of Concentration
Aerodynamics and Propulsion
This area includes Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Computational Aero and Fluid Dynamics, Transition and Turbulence,
Aeroacoustics, Heat Transfer, and Combustion.
Core Courses for Aerodynamic and Propulsion Concentration
AE 504 Advanced Compressible Flow 3
AE 521 Viscous Flow 3
AE 528 Advanced Incompressible Aerodynamics 3
Electives for Aerodynamics and Propulsion Concentration
AE 508 Heat Transfer 3
AE 512 Combustion I 3
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AE 516 Computational Aeronautical Fluid Dynamics 3
AE 524 Rocket Engine Propulsion Systems 3
AE 536 Rotorcraft Aerodynamics 3
AE 610 Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics 3
AE 625 Hypersonic Aerospace Propulsive Flows 3
AE 631 Aeroacoustics 3
AE 640 Turbine Engine Propulsion Systems 3
AE 652 Turbulent Flows 3
AE 699 Special Topics in Aerospace Engineering
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Aerospace Structures
This area includes Structural Analysis, Vibration, Nondestructive Testing, Composite Materials, Elasticity, Flight Dynamics,
Controls, and Design Optimization.
Core Courses for Structures Concentration
AE 502 Strength and Fatigue of Materials 3
AE 514 Introduction to the Finite Element Method 3
AE 522 Analysis of Aircraft Composite Materials 3
Electives for Structures Concentration
AE 506 Airplane Dynamic Stability 3
AE 510 Aircraft Structural Dynamics 3
AE 518 Acoustic Emission Nondestructive Testing 3
AE 526 Engineering Optimization 3
AE 534 Smart Materials for Aerospace Applications 3
AE 538 Theory of Elasticity 3
AE 606 Finite Element Aerospace Applications 3
AE 612 Analysis of Aircraft Plate and Shell Structures 3
AE 616 Advanced Aircraft Structural Dynamics 3
AE 623 Atmospheric Navigation, Guidance and Control 3
AE 626 Aircraft Fault Tolerance and Advanced Control Theory 3
AE 646 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos 3
AE 648 Thermal Stresses in Aerospace Engineering 3
AE 699 Special Topics in Aerospace Engineering
*
3
Dynamics and Control
This area includes the six degrees of freedom rigid body dynamics of aerospace vehicles, linear and nonlinear modeling and
simulation of the dynamics, state and parameter estimation and the control of aerospace vehicles.
Core Courses for Dynamics and Control Concentration
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AE 505
Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
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3
or EP 505 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
AE 506 Airplane Dynamic Stability
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3
AE 523 Modeling and Simulation of Linear Dynamic Systems 3
or ME 523 Modeling and Simulation of Linear Dynamic Systems
AE 527 Modern Control Systems 3
or EE 527 Modern Control Systems
or ME 527 Modern Control Systems
Electives for Dynamics and Control
AE 526 Engineering Optimization 3
AE 623 Atmospheric Navigation, Guidance and Control 3
AE 626 Aircraft Fault Tolerance and Advanced Control Theory 3
AE 646 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos 3
AE 627 Adaptive Control of Aerospace Structures 3
AE 629 Robust Control Systems 3
AE 633 Optimal Control 3
AE 699 Special Topics in Aerospace Engineering 1-3
* A student cannot take both AE/EP 505 and AE 506
** Only MAE students can apply a maximum of 3 hours of AE 699 and/or 3 hours of AE 596, for the graduate elective(s),
towards their degree.
A 3 credit hour graduate internship, AE 596, may be taken as an elective course by a student in the MAE program; however, AE
596 will not be counted towards the degree requirements for a student in the MSAE program.