AEM Graduate Program Handbook
Typical Program Sequences for Ph.D. Program
Students studying for the Ph.D. in the AEM Department can specialize in one of three general areas: Solids, Fluids or Aerospace Systems. In addition each student must also take courses in a second area.
Solids | Aerospace Systems | Fluids
Solids Specialization |
Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | 5501: Continuum Mechanics | 5503: Elasticity |
| Math | Math | |
| Fluids 8201 or Dynamics 5401 | Fluids 8202 or Dynamics 8411 | |
| 8500: Solids Seminar | 8500: Solids Seminar | |
| Year 2 & 3 | 8511: Adv. Continuum Mechanics* | 5523: Elastodynamics* |
| 8531: Fracture Mechanics* | 8533: Plasticity* | |
| 8541: Crystalline Solids* | CE 8411: Plates* | |
| 8525: Material Stability* | electives as needed | |
| electives as needed | electives as needed | |
Aerospace Systems Specialization |
Fall | Spring |
| Year 1 | 8401: Modern Feedback Control | 8411: Advanced Dynamics |
| 5401: Intermediate Dynamics | 8421: Robust Multivariable Control Design | |
| 8431: Trajectory Optimization | 8495: Topics in Dyn. Systems & Controls | |
| 8495: Topics in Dyn. Sys. & Controls | Math 5535: Dyn. Systems & Chaos | |
| Math 5525: Intro Ordinary Diff. Eqns | ||
| Year 2 | 8412: Nonlinear Systems | 8413: Advanced Nonlinear Systems |
| or EE 8215: Nonlinear Systems | 8495: Topics in Dyn. Sys. & Controls | |
| 8495: Topics in Dyn. Sys. & Controls | EE5531: Probability & Stochastic Processes | |
| EE 5231: Linear Sys. & Opt. Control | EE 8231: Optimization Theory | |
| EE 8213: Advanced Systems Theory | ||
| Year 3 | 8495: Topics in Dyn. Sys. & Controls | 8495: Topics in Dyn. Sys. & Controls |
| Electives | Electives | |
Fluids Specialization |
Fall | Spring |
| Year 1 | 8201: Fluid Mechanics I | 8202: Fluid Mechanics II |
| 4251: Computational Fluid Mechanics | 8251: Finite Volume Methods | |
| or 5401: Dynamics | or 8411: Dynamics | |
| or 5501: Continuum Mechanics | ||
| Math sequence (PDE’s, numerical methods, etc.) | ||
| Year 2 | 8211: Theory of Turbulence I | 8271: Experimental Fluid Mechanics |
| 8203: Fluid Mechanics III | 8212: Theory of Turbulence II | |
| Year 3 | Electives | Electives |
* Offered alternate years, take offered courses each term
Last Modified: 2007-08-16 at 09:35:38 -- this is in International Standard Date and Time Notation