UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

MAE Undergraduate Student Handbook

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Introduction

Mission/Objectives/Outcomes

Advising

General Information

Registration and Withdrawal

Academic Standing
of Undergraduate Students

Typical Mechanical
Engineering Curriculum

Mechanical Engineering Flowchart

Mechanical Engineering
Curriculum and
Graduation Requirments

Curriculum Check Sheet

Required Courses-List
of Prerequisites

MAE Honors Program

Dual Enrollment

Aerospace Emphasis

Planned Schedule of MAE Electives

MAE Faculty & Staff

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Planned Schedule of MAE Electives

The following is the planned schedule of MAE elective course offerings.  Note that MAE 4001 courses are new to the curriculum, and these courses will eventually be assigned a permanent course number.  You should check with the MAE department office or the MU Schedule of Courses each semester to find which courses will be taught.  The course information may be available from the course instructor.  The course syllabus is available if the course title is highlighted.

 (AE) - Aerospace Emphasis Course        (WI) - Writing Intensive Course

Course Number, Title, and Primary Instructor

F
08

S
09

 F
09

 S
10

MAE 4085

Problems in Mechanical Engineering (MAE faculty)

X

X

X

X

MAE 4995

Honors Research (MAE faculty)

X

X

X

X

MAE 4001

Aerospace Guidance and Navigation (AE) (Kluever)

-

-

X

-

MAE 4001

Aircraft Design (AE) (Pai)

-

X

-

X

MAE 4001

Biomedical Materials (Li)

-

X

-

X

MAE 4001

Design of Welded Structures (Khanna)

-

X

-

X

MAE 4001

Multiphase Heat Transfer (Zhang)

-

X

-

-

MAE 4001

Nanomaterials (Li)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4001

Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering (Smith)

-

-

-

X

MAE 4210

Aerospace Structures (AE) (Chen)

-

X

-

X

MAE 4220

Materials Selection (WI) (Winholtz)

-

X

-

X

MAE 4250

Composite Materials (Chen)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4260

Experimental Stress Analysis (WI) (Khanna)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4270

Nondestructive Evaluation of Engineering Materials (Neal)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4280

Introduction to Finite Element Methods (AE) (Pai)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4290

Welding Engineering (Khanna)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4310

Intermediate Heat Transfer (Tzou)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4320

Design of Thermal Systems (AE) (WI) (Solbrekken)

-

-

-

X

MAE 4340

Heating and Air Conditioning

-

-

-

-

MAE 4390

Aerospace Propulsion (AE)

-

-

-

-

MAE 4440

Aerodynamics (AE) (Solbrekken)

-

X

-

-

MAE 4450

Gas Dynamics (AE) (Zhang)

-

-

-

X

MAE 4600

Advanced Mechanics of  Materials (Kiger, CEE)

-

-

-

-

MAE 4620

Aircraft Flight Mechanics (AE) (Kluever)

-

X

-

-

MAE 4630

Space Flight Mechanics (AE) (Kluever)

-

-

-

X

MAE 4660

Vibration Analysis (Pai)

-

X

-

X

MAE 4680

Introduction to MEMS (Feng)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4700

Automatic Controls (Fales)

-

X

-

X

MAE 4710

Hydraulic Control System (Manring or Fales)

-

X

-

X

MAE 4720

Modern Control (AE) (Kluever or Nair)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4730

Mechatronic System Design (Fales)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4920

Advanced Computational Design (AE) (Smith)

X

-

X

-

MAE 4930

Applied Mechanical Optimization (Lin)

-

X

-

X

MAE 8910

Modular Machine Tool Design (Lin)

-

-

X

-

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