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  • 3.00 Credits

    Students learn vibration of single and multiple degrees of freedom; discrete mass systems; natural frequencies and mode shapes for free, damped, and undamped systems; forcing functions and transient responses; matrix methods, numerical solution, and random vibrations; and applications and design. Prerequisite/Restriction: ENGR 2030 ENGR 2140 MATH 2250 or both MATH 2270 and MATH 2280 Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have graduate standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students learn continuous-time systems, classical and modern systems design, transfer function models, state space, linear systems dynamics, and frequency domain analysis and design techniques. The course introduces controllability and observability, and full-state pole placement controller design. Laboratory work is required. Prerequisites/Restrictions: MATH 2250 or both MATH 2270 and MATH 2280 MAE 3340 (may be taken concurrently) Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have graduate standing
  • 4.00 Credits

    This course covers principles of motion sensors and actuators. It also includes modeling, analysis, and identification of discrete-time dynamic systems. Digital controller design methods are taught. The course includes nonlinear effects and their compensation. Laboratory work is required. Cross-list: ECE 5320 Prerequisites/Restrictions: Admission to a USU major or graduate standing And one of the following: MAE 5310 ECE 5310
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students develop an understanding of flight control systems, including dynamic models for aircraft, low level autopilot design, state estimation, trajectory following, and path planning. Crosslisted as: ECE 5330 Prerequisites: MAE 5310 or ECE 5310
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course presents a controls perspective to the fundamentals of mobile robotic motion control. Topics include basic kinematic motion models and primitives, graph-based obstacle-modeling and optimal graph-based planning, optimal sample-based planning, and vector field approaches. Crosslisted as: ECE 5340 Prerequisites/Restrictions: ECE 1410 or CS 1410 MATH 2250 or MATH 2280 Admission to a USU major or graduate standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces the study of the motion of rigid bodies and systems of rigid bodies. It includes the kinematic analysis of linkages, cams, and gear trains. Prerequisite/Restriction: ENGR 2030 MATH 2250 or both MATH 2270 and MATH 2280 Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have graduate standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students study particle and rigid body dynamics. Topics include work and kinetic energy, conservation of energy, impulse-momentum, and conservation of linear and angular momentum as well as kinematics and kinetics in 2-D and 3-D. Newtonian and Lagrangian Mechanics are also addressed. Prerequisites/Restrictions: ENGR 2030 MATH 2250 or both MATH 2270 and MATH 2280 Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have graduate standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students learn the mathematical theory of optimization and computational techniques for solving problems. Topics include unconstrained optimization, linear programming, integer linear programming, convex programming, and nonlinear programming. The emphasis is to develop fundamentals and capabilities for solving real-world problems. Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 2450 Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have graduate standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students learn the application of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy to the design and analysis of compressible fluid systems. Proficiency in computer programming is essential for students enrolling in this course. Prerequisites: MAE 2300 MAE 3420 Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have graduate standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students learn advanced topics in thermal-fluid sciences, building upon knowledge from thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. Topics covered include fins, heat exchangers, gas mixtures, psychrometrics, combustion, exergy, gas, vapor, refrigeration cycles, minor losses, flow networks, and turbomachinery. Prerequisite/Restrictions: MAE 3440 Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have graduate standing