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Aerodynamics Focus - Coordinators: Lan & Farokhi
Structures Focus - Coordinators: Ewing
Proplusion Focus - Coordinators: Farokhi & Taghavi
Dynamics and Control Focus - Coordinators: Downing & Colgren
Configuration Design Focus - Coordinator: Colgren
Manufacturing Focus - Coordinator: Hale
Astronautics Focus - Coordinator: Sorenson

Aerodynamics Focus — Coordinators Lan & Farokhi


AE 712 Techniques of Engineering Evaluation
AE 730 Advanced Experimental Fluid Dynamics
AE 743 Compressible Aerodynamics
AE 745 Applied Wing & Airfoil Theory
AE 746 Computational Fluid Dynamics
AE 748 Helicopter Aerodynamics
AE 772 Fluid Dynamics of Turbomachinery
AE 840 Aerodynamics of Viscous Fluids
AE 845 Advanced Computational Aerodynamics
AE 941 Hypersonic Aerodynamics I
MATH 646 Complex Variables
MATH 647 Applied Partial Differential Equations
MATH 781 Numerical Analysis I

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Structures Focus — Coordinator Ewing


AE 701 Structural Design
AE 704 Dynamics and Vibration
AE 705 Structural Vibration and Modal Testing
AE 707 Aerospace Structural Loads
AE 709 Structural Composites
AE 725 Numerical Optimization and Structural Design
MATH 590 Linear Algebra
MATH 646 Complex Variables
MATH 647 Applied Partial Differential Equations
MATH 648 Calculus of Variations
AE 803 Aeroelasticity

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Propulsion Focus — Farokhi & Taghavi


AE 524 Propulsion Systems Design
AE 770 Aerospace Propulsion III?
AE 771 Rocket Propulsion
AE 772 Fluid Mechanics of Turbomachinery
ME 612 Heat Transfer
MATH 646 Complex Variables
MATH 647 Applied Partial Differential Equations
MATH 781 Numerical Analysis I

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Dynamics & Control Focus — Coordinators Downing & Colgren


AE 750 Applied Optimal Control
AE 751 Advanced Airplane Dynamics
AE 753 Digital Flight Controls
AE 754 Missile Dynamics
AE 762 Dynamics and Control of Flexible Structures
AE 766 Spacecraft Attitude Control
MATH 590 Linear Algebra
MATH 627 Probability
MATH 646 Complex Variables
MATH 648 Calculus of Variations

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Configuration Design Focus — Coordinator Colgren


AE 522 Aero Systems Design II
AE 721 Aircraft Design Laboratory I
AE 722 Aircraft Design Laboratory II

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Manufacturing Focus — Coordinator Hale


ME 607 Computer Aided Manufacturing
ME 528 Mechanical Design IB (follow-on to ME 428 — AE 510)
ME 627 Automotive Design & Manufacturing
ME 706 Industrial Robotics
MATH 627 Probability
MATH 628 Statistics
BUS 637 Advanced Statistics
BUS 704 Total Quality Management
BUS 719 Operations Management

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Astronautics Focus — Coordinator Sorenson


AE 523 Spacecraft Design
AE 762 Dynamics and Control of Flexible Structures
AE 765 Orbital Mechanics
AE 766 Spacecraft Attitude Control
AE 771 Rocket Propulsion
GEOG 526 Remote Sensing
GEOG 726 Remote Sensing
EECS 360 Signal Analysis
EECS 461 Probabilistic Analysis
EECS 562 Introduction to Communication Systems

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