AAE Distance Graduate Education

• Overview
• Current and Prospective Courses
• Tentative Course Schedule

Overview

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, through Purdue University's Engineering Professional Education program, is offering graduate level courses in aerospace engineering so that students can earn non-thesis MS degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics entirely via distance learning courses.

To pursue a non-thesis MS AAE degree, students need to apply for admission to the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics and be accepted following the same criteria as on-campus students. The School's programs lead to the degrees of Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics (MSAE), Master of Science in Engineering (MSE), and Master of Science (MS). The MSE degree is awarded to those graduate students whose undergraduate degree is in an engineering field different from Aeronautics and Astronautics. The MS degree is awarded to graduate students whose undergraduate degree is in the physical sciences or mathematics rather than in engineering.

Once accepted to the MS program in AAE, the student will need to work with an AAE faculty member as the graduate committee advisor, and ask at least two additional engineering faculty members to serve on the graduate committee. This committee, and particularly the advisor, can help with course selection for the student's plan of study.

To earn a non-thesis MS AAE degree, the student must take 10 courses (for a total of 30 credit hours). The student can select a major area of study in AAE (at least 4 courses), as well as a minor area (at least 2 courses) and a minor area in Mathematics (at least 2 courses). The MS minor area is very flexible and can be in any broad area of Engineering and Sciences. More details can be found in the Graduate School rules.

Engineering Professional Education administers distance learning courses for Purdue Engineering. The EPE site will be able to answer questions about class registration, tuition and fees, course content delivery and other support functions for our distance learning courses.

In addition to the non-thesis MS AAE degree, it is possible to pursue advanced studies relevant to aerospace engineering and earn an Interdisciplinary Master of Science in Engineering or a Master of Science degree from Purdue with a concentration in Aeronautics and Astronautics (see https://engineering.purdue.edu/ProEd/programs/masters-degrees/interdisciplinary-engineering/aaen-worksheet for more details). You can also take graduate classes in a non-degree status to improve your knowledge in an area of interest; courses taken under non-degree status can be transferred to your degree if the grades are B or higher.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics is also offering several non-credit short courses that allow students to increase their knowledge in specialized topics or gain an overview of new areas in aerospace engineering. These short courses are administered by Purdue's Engineering Professional Education, which maintains a list of all Professional Development Short Courses.

The School is excited about this opportunity to reach students through distance education. With our history of quality education, we are confident that our school's participation with Engineering Professional Education will be a benefit to all participants.

Current and Prospective Courses

Current and prospective distance education course offerings in the disciplinary areas for the AAE degree include the following courses. Courses from other Schools and Departments deemed appropriate for AAE students also appear below. Courses chosen for a student's plan of study must be approved by the student's advisory committee.

Aerodynamics

Aerospace Systems

Astrodynamics & Space Applications

Dynamics and Control

Propulsion

Structures & Materials

Mathematics

Tentative Course Schedule

Tentative course schedules, listing all Purdue courses offered by Engineering Professional Education (including AAE courses), are available at: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ProEd/App/courses/courses_by_school. Planned AAE course offerings for the next several semesters are summarized below.

AAE50800 — Optimization in Aerospace Engineering — Longuski

AAE55000 — Multidisciplinary Design Optimization — Crossley

AAE55300 — Elasticity in Aerospace Engineering — Chen

AAE55800 — Finite Element Methods in Aerospace Structures — Tomar

AAE56400 — Linear Systems Analysis and Synthesis — Corless

AAE57500 — Introduction to Satellite Navigation and Positioning — Garrison

AAE59000 — Aerospace Propulsion — Heister

AAE63200 — Advanced Orbital Dynamics — Howell

AAE51200 — Computational Aerodynamics — Shih

AAE52300 — Introduction to Remote Sensing — Garrison

AAE53900 — Advanced Rocket Propulsion — Heister

AAE55400 — Fatigue of Structures and Materials — Grandt

AAE55500 — Mechanics of Composite Materials — Pipes

AAE56000 — System of Systems Modeling and Analysis — DeLaurentis

AAE56800 — Applied Optimal Control and Estimation — Hwang

AAE65400 — Fracture Mechanics — Tomar

AAE69000 — Orbital Perturbations — Longuski

AAE50700 — Principles of Dynamics — Longuski

AAE53200 — Orbit Mechanics — Howell

AAE53800 — Air Breathing Propulsion — Qiao

AAE55000 — Multidisciplinary Design Optimization — Crossley

AAE55300 — Elasticity in Aerospace Engineering — Chen

AAE55800 — Finite Element Methods in Aerospace Structures — Tomar

AAE59000 — Molecular Gas Dynamics — Alexeenko

AAE59000 — Characterization of Advanced Composite Materials — Pipes

AAE62400 — Laminar-Turbulent Transition — Schneider

AAE51400 — Intermediate Aerodynamics — Bane

AAE55500 — Mechanics of Composite Materials — Pipes

AAE56000 — System of Systems Modeling and Analysis — DeLaurentis

AAE59000 — Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics — Howell

AAE59000 — Hypersonic Performance and Design — Grant

AAE60700 — Variational Principles of Dynamics — Longuski

AAE62600 — Turbulence and Turbulence Modeling — Blaisdell

AAE50800 — Optimization in Aerospace Engineering — Longuski

AAE55000 — Multidisciplinary Design Optimization — Crossley

AAE55800 — Finite Element Methods in Aerospace Structures — Tomar

AAE56400 — Linear Systems Analysis and Synthesis — Corless

AAE57500 — Introduction to Satellite Navigation and Positioning — Garrison

AAE59000 — Aerospace Propulsion — Anderson

AAE59000 — Characterization of Advanced Composite Materials — Pipes

AAE63200 — Advanced Orbital Dynamics — Howell

AAE51200 — Computational Aerodynamics — Shih

AAE52300 — Introduction to Remote Sensing — Garrison

AAE55400 — Fatigue of Structures and Materials — Sangid

AAE55500 — Mechanics of Composite Materials — Pipes

AAE56000 — System of Systems Modeling and Analysis — DeLaurentis

AAE56800 — Applied Optimal Control and Estimation — Hwang

AAE65400 — Fracture Mechanics — Tomar

AAE69000 — Orbital Perturbations — Longuski

AAE50800 — Principles of Dynamics — Longuski

AAE53200 — Orbit Mechanics — Howell

AAE53800 — Air Breathing Propulsion — Qiao

AAE55000 — Multidisciplinary Design Optimization — Crossley

AAE55300 — Elasticity in Aerospace Engineering — Chen

AAE55800 — Finite Element Methods in Aerospace Structures — Tomar

AAE59000 — Molecular Gas Dynamics — Alexeenko

AAE59000 — Characterization of Advanced Composite Materials — Pipes

AAE51400 — Intermediate Aerodynamics — Bane

AAE55500 — Mechanics of Composite Materials — Pipes

AAE56000 — System of Systems Modeling and Analysis — DeLaurentis

AAE59000 — Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics — Howell

AAE59000 — Hypersonic Performance and Design — Grant

AAE60700 — Variational Principles of Dynamics — Longuski

AAE62600 — Turbulence and Turbulence Modeling — Blaisdell

AAE67500 — Advanced Signals & Systems for Satellite Navigation — Garrison

AAE69000 — Multiscale Structural Mechanics — Yu