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MAE 6870 Applied Engineering Optics
Fall 2025

Analyzes modern engineering optics and methods; fundamentals of coherence, diffraction interference, polarization, and lasing processes; fluid mechanics, heat transfer, stress/strain, vibrations, and manufacturing applications; laboratory practice: interferometry, schlieren/shadowgraph, and laser …

Rating
Difficulty
3.72
GPA
MAE 6993 Independent Study in Mechanical or Aerospace Science: Intermediate Level
Fall 2026

Independent study of first-year graduate level material under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Students must petition the department Graduate Studies Committee before enrolling.

Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA
MAE 7030 Injury Biomechanics
Summer 2025

This is an advanced applications course on the biomechanical basis of human injury and injury modeling. The course covers the etiology of human injury and state-of-the-art analytic and synthetic mechanical …

Rating
Difficulty
3.73
GPA
MAE 7150 Combustion
Fall 2024

Reviews chemical thermodynamics, including conservation laws, perfect gas mixtures, combustion chemistry and chemical equilibrium; finite-rate chemical kinetics; conservation equations for multicomponent reacting systems; detonation and deflagration waves in premixed gases; …

Rating
Difficulty
3.47
GPA
MAE 7510 Research Seminar, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Master's Students
Fall 2025

Required one-hour weekly seminar for master's students in mechanical and aerospace and nuclear engineering. Students enrolled in MAE 8999 or 6594/7540 make formal presentations of their work.

Rating
Difficulty
1.30
GPA
MAE 7530 Independent Study in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering Science: Advanced
Fall 2026

Independent study of advanced graduate material under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Students must petition the department Graduate Studies Committee before enrolling.

Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA
MAE 8100 Research Seminar, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Fall 2026

Required one-hour weekly seminar for graduate students in mechanical and aerospace engineering. Students enrolled may make formal presentations of their research work.

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Difficulty
GPA
MAE 8591 Research Seminar, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Doctoral Students
Fall 2025

Required one-hour weekly seminar for doctoral students in mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering. Students enrolled in MAE 9999 may make formal presentations of their work.

Rating
Difficulty
1.30
GPA
MAE 8897 Graduate Teaching Instruction
Fall 2026

For master's students.

Rating
Difficulty
1.30
GPA
MAE 8999 Master's Thesis Research, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Fall 2026

Formal documentation of faculty supervision of thesis research. Each full-time, resident Master of Science student in mechanical and aerospace engineering is required to register for this course for the number …

Rating
Difficulty
1.30
GPA
MAE 9897 Graduate Teaching Instruction
Fall 2026

For doctoral students.

Rating
Difficulty
1.30
GPA
MAE 9999 Dissertation Research, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Fall 2026

Formal documentation of faculty supervision of dissertation research. Each full-time resident doctoral student in mechanical and aerospace engineering is required to register for this course for the number of credits …

Rating
Difficulty
1.30
GPA