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Course Selection Guidance for MEng Students with Interests in Dynamics, Systems and Controls


The DSC group is most easily described using a small list of both disciplines and applications:

Disciplines
Applications
Dynamics, Dynamical systems
Autonomous Systems
Estimation/Filtering/Model Inversion Theory
Robotics
Control Theory
GPS/GNSS
Optimization
Space Dynamics/Space Systems
Mechatronics
Aero Systems
Structural Dynamics and Smart Materials
Bio-Dynamics


core courses:
  • MAE 5730 Intermediate Dynamics and Vibrations (Fall)
  • MAE 5780 Feedback Controls (Fall)


Typically, students take two or more of these core courses.

Follow-on courses include:
  • MAE 3780 Mechatronics (Fall)
  • MAE 5180 Autonomous Mobile Robots (Spring)
  • MAE 5910 Model Based Systems Engineering (SYSEN) (Fall)
  • MAE 6750 Nonlinear Vibrations (Spring)
  • MAE 6760 Model-Based Estimation (Spring)
  • MAE 6680 Multivariable Control Theory (Spring)
  • MAE 7760 Applied Dynamical Systems (Spring)


Most students could benefit from taking a course in Applied Mathematics such as:
  • MAE 3100 Intro to Applied Math (Fall)
  • MAE 6810 Methods of Applied Mathematics I (Fall)
  • CEE 6290 Numerical Methods for Engineers (Fall)


Additional courses to broaden engineering knowledge
  • MAE 5230 Intermediate Fluid Dynamics with CFD (Spring)
  • MAE 6110 Foundations of Solids Mechanics (Fall)



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