MAE 4343 creditsPrereq: Co-Requisite: MAE 436 .Mechanical Or Aerospace Engineering Majors Only.Students must satisfy the SEAS faculty advisement requirement.
MAE 434: Aircraft Design
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- Involves practice predicting performance of existing designs with comparison to actual performance; and analyzes performance of new, student-designed aircraft. Conceptual aircraft design for specific mission profiles is facilitated by course-licensed software.
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- Paul Schifferle
- Pradeep Vaghela
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