Minor in Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineering Minor

The Aerospace Engineering minor includes six courses from the list below. Courses in this minor, some developed in conjunction with industry, will help prepare Mines students for a career in the aerospace industry. Not available to Mechanical Engineering students on the Aerospace Track. Students have to choose one or the other.

Choose 6 from the following courses:
MEGN412ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS3.0
MEGN416ENGINEERING VIBRATION3.0
MEGN451AERODYNAMICS3.0
MEGN461THERMODYNAMICS II3.0
MEGN414MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS3.0
MEGN423APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS3.0
or MEGN523 APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
MEGN452INTRO TO SPACE EXPLORATION AND RESOURCES 3.0
MEGN453AEROSPACE STRUCTURES3.0
MEGN454ORBITAL MECHANICS3.0
or MEGN554 ORBITAL MECHANICS
MEGN455AEROSPACE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING3.0
MEGN456SPACE OPERATIONS AND MISSION DESIGN3.0
MEGN553COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (BSxx+MSNT students only.)3.0
FEGN525ADVANCED FEA THEORY & PRACTICE (BSxx+MSNT students only.)3.0

Primary Contact

Mechanical Engineering Department
mechanical@mines.edu