Aerospace Engineering Minor

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Contact Information

Dr. Pierre Larochelle, P.E.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Civil/Mechanical 129
Phone: (605) 394-2401
E-mail: Pierre.Larochelle@sdsmt.edu

Students from any discipline at the South Dakota Mines may pursue a minor in aerospace engineering by completing 19 credit hours of coursework as described below. Students must complete the Notification of Intent to Seek a Minor form, with appropriate signatures and turn it into the registrar’s office by the beginning of the first semester of the senior year.

Required core courses:

ME 4XX Aerospace Structures Credits: (3-0) 3 *
ME 4XX/L Aircraft Stability & Control Credits: (2-1) 3 *
EE 451 Fundamentals of Systems Engineering Credits: (4-0) 4

Elective courses:

In addition, students select three elective courses from the list below.

ME 4XX Rockets and Propulsion Credits: (3-0) 3 *
ME 4XX Space Flight Mechanics Credits: (3-0) 3 *
ME 4XX Rockets & Mission Analysis Credits: (3-0) 3 *
ME 402/502 Gas Dynamics Credits: (3-0) 3
ME 428/428L/528/528L Applied Finite Element Analysis/Lab Credits: (3-1) 4
ME 443 Composite Materials Credits: (3-0) 3
ME 460 Fuels and Combustion Credits: (3-0) 3
EE 421/421L/521/521L Communication Systems/Lab Credits: (3-1) 4
PHYS 275 Relativity Credits: (3-0) 3
*Course will be offered as a topics course (ME 492 ) until formal course is created.