E0800 Composite Material (0/3): Composite materials are now an important category of material, which due to their high specific strength-to-weight ratio as well as high stiffness-to-weight ratio. The composites have been widely used in varies industry. This course covering the fundamental material science and basic characteristic of composite material, manufacture techniques and inspection methods, behavior of unidirectional composites, short fiber composites, analysis of an orthotropic lamina, analysis of laminated composites.
E1728 Flight Safety Analysis (0/3): This is an advanced course on the modern civil aviation safety analysis. Materials covered include an introduction of safety, aviation safety theories, human factors (both mental and physical), mechanical or maintenance factors, environmental factors, air traffic management (CNS/ATM), aviation accidents analysis, aviation prevention and etc. Besides homework and a final exam, each student is required to submit a project report at the end of the semester.
E2140 Fundamentals of Astronautics (0/3): Introduction to the most flight affecting weather phenomena such as the atmosphere layers, wind and air parcel stability, airmass and fronts generation, precipitation, gust wind, low level wind shear, thunderstorm, ice accretion, etc.
E3523 FLIGHT PHYSICS AND PRINCIPLES (3/0): This course is designed for the basic understanding of flight sciences for both the aeronautical engineers and pilots. Materials cover the four phases of flight sciences, namely, design, manufacture, operation, and maintenance. Topics include history and evolution of flight, standard atmosphere and flight environment, basic aerodynamics, aircraft performance, aircraft stability and control, propulsion system fundamentals, aircraft material and structure, flight safety and quality, and modern aircraft systems.
E3540 ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT THEORY (3/0): This is an advanced course of "Introduction to rotary wing aircraft". Helicopters are highly capable and useful rotating-wing aircraft that have a variety of civilian and military applications. Their usefulness lies in their unique ability to take off and land vertically, to hover and to fly forward, backward, or sideways. This course begins with a technical history of helicopter flight, and then covers basic methods of rotor aerodynamic analysis (Momentum Theory and Blade Element Theory) and related issues associated with helicopter performance and rotor blade design. The blade dynamics and several blade-aerodynamic interactions will be introduced in this advanced course.
E3541 SPECIAL TOPIC ON POWERPLANTS (3/0):This course provides information on the operation, components, and systems of aircraft power plants. Four types of jet propulsion engines: the rocket, the ramjet, the pulsejet, and the gas turbine engine which including the turbojet, the turbofan, the turboprop, and the turboshaft will be introduced in the class.
E3543 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (3/0): The course of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is presented from three aspects: technology, application and regulation. The technology aspect covers not only to the aircraft, but also to all of the supporting systems used in the UAS, including avionic system (sensors, micro controllers, and software), ground station, and communication system. The aircraft discussed in the course includes the fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft. Also, their guidance, navigation, and control subsystems are presented. The application aspect discusses how the applications of UAS determine payload and flight envelope of unmanned aircraft. The regulations which confine and certify the UAS are discussed in the regulation aspect.
E3590 Design of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (0/3): This course is to provide the students a working knowledge of the basic conceptual and preliminary design of Unmanned aerial vehicles. The topics include initial sizing and weight estimation, fuselage design, engine selection, aerodynamic analysis, stability and control, drag estimation, performance analysis, and economic analysis.
E3652 Aircraft Performance Analysis (3/0): To prepare the student the fundamental of airplane design. The airplane will be treated as a point mass and the equations of motion are derived. The only parameters which determine the performance of an airplane are wing loading (W/S), lift-to-drag ratio (L/D), thrust-to-weight ratio (T/W) and the (thrust) specific fuel consumption (SFC) of the powerplant. The performances to discuss are descent and glide, cruise which includes range and endurance, climb, turn, take-off, and landing.
E3653 Special topics on Air Traffic Control (3/0): Provides the introduction of Air Traffic Control (ATC) and studies the history, development, and structure of the Airspace System; explores navigation aids, ATC radar systems, terminal and en route control, flight service and weather facilities, instrument flight rules. Understanding of the procedures used in radar and non-radar air traffic control and the development of air traffic control system nowadays.
E3687 Aircraft Design (0/3): Aircraft design is a subject rich in its varied applications; therefore, it is important that the students develop a feel for realistically modeling an engineering problem. Consequently, this course is to provide the students a working knowledge of the basic conceptual design of modern flight vehicles. The topics include the design goal selection, review of aerodynamics, aircraft performance, take-off weight, wing loading, wing and fuselage design, selection of engine, landing gear, horizontal and vertical tails, etc.
E3732 Advanced Dynamics of Flight (3/0): To prepare the student the fundamental of airplane design. The static stability of the airplane will be presented. Assuming the airplane as a rigid body, the equations of motion, which are the basic of flight simulation, are derived. Using the perturbation method the equations are linearized. During the linearization, the aerodynamic stability derivatives are introduced. Since the derivatives are the functions of the aerodynamic and physical properties of the airplane and are important in understanding the motion of the airplane, their physical meanings of the derivatives are discussed.
E3779 Avionics System Design (0/3): This course includes every communication and navigation system, plus the latest spaced-based avionics. The course describes navcom, transponder, VOR, ADF, DME, TACAN, instruments, radar, autopilot, collision avoidance and enhanced ground proximity warning. The course also covers recent systems; Mode S, electronic displays, Free Flight, GPS space and earth segments, laser gyro's, fiber optics and avionics architectures. This course also introduces the most important concept now affecting avionics; Performance-Based Navigation and Required Navigation Performance.
T8000 Thesis (0/0)