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Minor in Aerospace Engineering
Offered by: Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Administered by M&AE Associate Director for Undergraduate Affairs. For information, come to 108 Upson Hall, phone 255.3573, or send e-mail to np18@cornell.edu.
Eligibility
Students should consult the M&AE web site (www.mae.cornell.edu) for the most up-to-date list of Majors eligible to participate in the Aerospace Engineering Minor. Mechanical Engineering degree candidates may participate in this Minor. Pre-approval for the Aerospace Engineering 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 M&AE before taking courses toward the Minor.
Educational Objectives
The Aerospace Engineering 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. No substitutions accepted from other departments at Cornell or elsewhere.
2. Rules for ME Majors:
(a) Select at least four courses from group A, of which you must choose M&AE 305 or M&AE 306 (or both).
(b) Select at most two courses from group B. No courses from group C may be used.
(c) You may use at most four courses to satisfy both the Aerospace Engineering Minor requirements and the requirements for the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. The Major concentration courses may not be among these overlapped courses.
3. Rules for other Majors:
(a) Select at least four courses from group A, of which you must choose M&AE 305 or M&AE 306 (or both).
(b) Select a total of at most two 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
M&AE 305: Introduction to Aeronautics
M&AE 306: Spacecraft Engineering
M&AE/ECE 415: GPS: Theory and Design
M&AE 429a: Supervised Senior Design Experience (with Aerospace focus)
or M&AE 490a: Special Investigations in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (with Aerospace focus)
M&AE 423/523: Intermediate Fluid Dynamics
M&AE 506: Aerospace Propulsion Systems
M&AE 507: Dynamics of Flight Vehicles
Group B: Courses Applicable to Aerospace Engineering
M&AE 417/517: Introduction to Robotics: Dynamics, Control, Design
M&AE 455/CEE 477/MS&E 555/T&AM 455: Introduction to Composite Materials
M&AE 470/570: Finite Element Analysis for Mechanical and Aerospace Design
or CEE 472: Introduction to the Finite Element Method
M&AE 477/577: Engineering Vibrations
M&AE 478/M&AE 578/CHEME 472/ECE 472: Feedback Control Systems
M&AE 479/579: Modeling and Simulation of Mechanical and Aerospace Systems
M&AE 543: Combustion Processes
M&AE 571: Applied Dynamics
or T&AM 570: Intermediate Dynamics
Group C: Fundamentals
ENGRD 202: Mechanics of Solids
ENGRD 203: Dynamics
M&AE 212: Mechanical Properties and Selection of Engineering Materials
ENGRD/M&AE 221: Thermodynamics
M&AE 323: Introductory Fluid Mechanics
M&AE 324: Heat Transfer
M&AE 325: Analysis of Mechanical and Aerospace Structures
M&AE 326: System Dynamics
M&AE 378: Mechatronics
or
ECE 210/ENGRD 210: Introduction to Circuits for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Academic Standards
At least a grade of C– in each course. In S/U only courses, S is acceptable
Note
a. M&AE 429 and 490 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. M&AE 429 or 490 must be worth 3 credits or more. Students may count at most one M&AE 429 or one M&AE 490 toward the Minor (i.e., they may not count both M&AE 429 and M&AE 490 toward the Minor).
