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Courses
Terms offered: Fall 2022
This is a freshman-level seminar course offered every Fall semester consisting of general-audience lectures by leading practitioners of aerospace engineering from the Bay Area and beyond. This seminar will be coordinated by a faculty member in charge of identifying and scheduling the speakers.
Aerospace Engineering 1 Seminar: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: This seminar series is intended to provide a cutting-edge professional perspective to the students, to reinforce their appreciation for the technological and societal relevance of the discipline, and to stimulate their interest in the technical component of the aerospace engineering curriculum.
Student Learning Outcomes: An appreciation of the technological challenges and professional opportunities within the discipline of aerospace engineering
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-1 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Aerospace Engineering/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.
Instructors: Papadopoulos, Tomlin, Fratoni, Leachman, Minor
Terms offered: Not yet offered
This is a freshman-level seminar course offered every Spring semester that showcases aerospace-related research by the UC Berkeley campus engineering and scientific community (including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Space Sciences Laboratory). This seminar will be coordinated by one of the faculty who will be in charge of scheduling the speakers.
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Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: This seminar series is intended to introduce first-year engineering majors to the wide array of aerospace-related research conducted on campus and to serve as an intellectual inspiration to those who contemplate pursuing the aerospace engineering major.
Student Learning Outcomes: An appreciation of the breadth of aerospace engineering and the opportunities of undergraduate student engagement in aerospace-related research on campus.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-1 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Aerospace Engineering/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.
Instructors: Papadopoulos, Tomlin, Fratoni, Leachman, Minor
Terms offered: Not yet offered
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.
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Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: To introduce interested students to a particular component of aerospace engineering and to demonstrate the technological challenges, as well as the broader societal impact of the discipline.
Student Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this seminar, the student will have attained a critical understanding of the intersection of science, technology, and society in the context of an aerospace-related topic.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Aerospace Engineering/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Terms offered: Not yet offered
This course introduces engineering students to the analysis and design of load-bearing components of flight structures, ranging from subsonic aircraft to rockets. Emphasis is placed on the quasi-static and dynamic analysis of structural components which are prevalent in aerospace engineering. Attention is also devoted to a comprehensive design roadmap of flight vehicle structures from the full system- to the individual component-level
Flight Vehicle Structures and Aeroelasticity: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: 1. Familiarize students with the different load-bearing components and loads encountered in flight vehicles.
2. Sharpen the students’ skills in the statics and dynamics of thin-walled structures.
3. Enhance the students’ aerospace engineering design skills by leveraging the use of the finite element method as a tool for both global and local analysis.
Student Learning Outcomes: Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
(g) A knowledge of contemporary issues.
Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: CIV ENG C30 / MEC ENG C85, and MEC ENG 104 or CIV ENG 126
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Aerospace Engineering/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Papadopoulos
Formerly known as: Mechanical Engineering 184
Also listed as: CIV ENG C138/MEC ENG C184