Dec 30, 2025  
2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog
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AAE 45100 - Aircraft Design


Credit Hours: 3.00.  Senior students perform a team-based aircraft design, requiring application of the education and skills developed in the aerospace curriculum. Aircraft mission requirements include engine cycle selection and airframe/engine integration, performance, stability and control, structures, human factors, avionics, sensors, and manufacturing processes. The teams present oral and written reports on their designs. 
Learning Outcomes
1. Deepen your knowledge of topics relevant to aircraft design.
2. Identify and formulate the design requirements for an aircraft.
3. Conduct a set of trade studies to make decisions about the aircraft design.
4. Describe an aircraft design that is likely to meet the set of requirements.
5. Use modern engineering tools to complete the design process.
6. Apply engineering knowledge and skills acquired in previous classes to the design problem.
7. Solve problems as part of a team.
Credits: 3.00



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