1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

1graduate curriculum also allows the student to prepare for graduate studies in aerospaceengineering and in other engineering and nonengineering fields.The aerospace engineering curriculum includes studies in the disciplines encounteredin the design of aerospace vehicles, missiles, rockets, and spacecraft. Theundergraduate student studies extensively the basic principles of fluid dynamics, solidmechanics and structures, stability and control, and thermal sciences and propulsion.The student is involved in both theoretical and experimental studies, and trainedto integrate knowledge with practical engineering design. With the breadth and depthof education in aerospace engineering, the student becomes a versatile engineer,competent to work in many areas. The curriculum may serve as a terminal program byincorporating design-oriented courses for technical electives, or it may be used as apreparatory program for advanced study by the selection of science-oriented courses.A blend of theoretical and experimental expertise within the faculty exposes studentsto real-world problems. Recent projects, such as design, construction, and testing ofan STOL (short-takeoff-and-landing distance) aircraft and several wind turbines,illustrate this point.For those students who plan a career in medicine, dentistry, or related areas, butwho desire an aerospace engineering degree before entering the appropriate professionalschool, certain course substitutions may be made. These substitutions includebiology (eight hours) and organic chemistry (eight hours) to be substituted for ninehours of technical electives and three hours of heat transfer. All students must satisfydesign course requirements as specified by the Department. This selection will helpthe student satisfy admission requirements to the professional schools in the healthsciences. The aerospace engineering program at WVU is administered by the facultyof the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.Minimum Grade-Point Average Requirement for Graduation (B.S.A.E)A requirement for graduation in aerospace engineering is a departmental gradepointaverage of at least 2.0 in all required mechanical and aerospace engineeringdepartmental courses. If a required MAE. course is repeated, only the hours creditedand the grade received for the last completion of the course will be counted in computingthe student's departmental grade-point average. It is important for students to takecourses in the order specified as much as possible; all pre- and co-requisites must beobserved.Aerospace EngineeringFirst YearFirst Semester Hrs. Second Semester Hrs.Math. 15 4 Math. 16 4Engl. 1 3 Engr. 2 3Engr. 1 3 Chem. 16 4Chem. 15 4 Physics 14Non-tech. Elect. 3 Non-tech. Elect. 317 18Second YearFirst Semester Hrs. Second Semester Hrs.Math. 17 4 Math. 18 4Physics 12 4 M.A.E. 42 3M.A.E. 12 3 MAE. 43 3MAE. 41 3 MAE. 114 3Engl. 2 3 Non-tech. Elect. -317 16Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 217