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AE 498 SPO - Spacecraft Environment

Last offered Fall 2018

Official Description

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in aerospace engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or department course information for topics and prerequisite. Course Information: 1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 12 graduate hours.

Section Description

Restricted to online non-degree, online MCS, online MSAE, online MSME, and online MSCE students. For more details on this course section, please see http://engineering.illinois.edu/online/courses/. Non-Degree students may enroll on a space-available basis with consent of Program Coordinator, Staci Tankersley (tank@illinois.edu). May be taken for 3 or 4 credit hours.

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Subject Area

  • Aerospace Engineering

Course Description

The course will examine the theoretical and practical aspects of spacecraft aerodynamics and interactions with the rarefied spacecraft environment. The integration of these two themes will be challenging both for you and me because the fundamental level of understanding varies significantly from topic to topic.

Credit Hours

3 or 4 hours

Prerequisites

BS degree in engineering or science from an accredited college in the United States or an approved institution of higher learning abroad.

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Spacecraft EnvironmentSPO65408ONL1 -    Deborah Levin