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)