AOE-4166: Space Vehicle Design
Description: Fundamental principles of innovative space vehicle design. Qualitative and quantitative decision-making tools. Multidisciplinary design teams with emphasis on collaboration, ethics, and professionalism. Project risks and mitigation plans. Oral presentations for design reviews. Written engineering design report. 4165: Proven conceptual design process. Parametric analyses. Space vehicle mass estimation. Space vehicle concepts feasibility assessment; 4166: Preliminary design tools and processes. Efficient and light-weight space vehicles. Space vehicle design validation.
Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 10 Ethical Reasoning
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: AOE-4106
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 13
Average GPA: 3.40 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 24.35%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%
| Kevin A Shinpaugh | 2024 | 51.1% | 40.6% | 7.5% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 3.40 | 13 |