The principal disciplines within Fluids and Thermal Systems are
- Fluid dynamics
- Heat transfer
- Combustion
Suggested core courses:
- MAE 6510 Advanced Heat Transfer
- MAE 5430 Combustion Processes
- MAE 5230 Intermediate Fluid Dynamics with CFD
Typically, students take two or more of these core courses.
Follow-on courses include:
- MAE 5310 Advanced Thermodynamics of Multiphase Systems
- MAE 5510 Propulsion of Aircraft and Rockets
- MAE 6230 Computational Fluid Dynamics
- MAE 6270 Experimental Methods in Fluid Dynamics
- MAE 6310 Turbulence and Turbulent Flow (not offered 24-25)
- MAE 6330 Multiphase Flow Dynamics (not offered 24-25)
- MAE 6010 Foundations of Fluid Mechanics I
Most students could benefit from taking a course in Applied Mathematics such as:
- MAE 6810 Methods of Applied Mathematics I
Additional courses to broaden engineering knowledge
- MAE 5730 Intermediate Dynamics
- MAE 6110 Foundations of Solids Mechanics