Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports, or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Vorticity, circulation, potential flow and superposition of flows. Lift, drag, moments of two- and three-dimensional wings. Thin airfoil theories. Panel methods. Lifting-line theory. Flow separation and stall. Viscous drag reduction.

Isentropic flow, normal and oblique shock waves, expansion fans. Compressible flow in converging and diverging nozzles. Course includes lab component with written report.

Structural configuration of modern aircraft and spacecraft; symmetric and unsymmetric beams; single and multicell thin-walled tubes; skin-stringer construction; shear flow; ring, frame and fuselage analysis.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Wing aerodynamic, thrust and drag. Performance analysis of aircraft: take-off, landing, climbing, gliding, turns, range and load factors. Control surfaces. Longitudinal and lateral static stability. Dynamic stability. Introduction to autopilot.

Fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of airbreathing engines, including gas turbine, ramjet and scramjet. Engine component analysis, including inlets, combustors, nozzles, and turbomachines. Introduction to rocket propulsion.

Conceptual design of aerospace systems. Methodologies for aerospace vehicle synthesis and sizing. Modeling and simulations in design. Integration of aerospace technologies. Preliminary analysis of an assigned aerospace component, system, or vehicle. Oral and written reports.

Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Design of an aerospace component, system, or vehicle to meet specified performance and cost criteria. Vehicle options include subsonic, supersonic, or VTOL aircraft; a missile system; or a spacecraft. Oral and written preliminary and final reports.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

In depth exploration of a problem in the field of hypersonics under the supervision of a faculty member. Projects may be experimental or computational research on hypersonic phenomena, or a conceptual study of hypersonic vehicles.

Advanced research on a problem in the field of hypersonics under the supervision of a faculty member. Projects may be experimental or computational research on hypersonics phenomena, or a conceptual study of hypersonic vehicles.

Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Introduction to the helicopter; hover- and vertical-flight analysis; autorotation and vertical descent; blade motion and rotor control; aerodynamics of forward flight.

Inviscid and viscous hypersonic fluid dynamics with and without high temperature effects. Approximate and exact methods for analyzing hypersonic flows. Elements of statistical thermodynamics, kinetic theory, and nonequilibrium gas dynamics. Experimental methods.

Two-body orbital mechanics, orbits and trajectories, interplanetary transfers, vehicle and booster performance.