AOE-4174: Spacecraft Propulsion
Description: Spacecraft propulsion systems and their applications in orbital, interplanetary, and interstellar flight. Rocket propulsion fundamentals; advanced mission analysis; physics and engineering of chemical rockets, electrical thrusters, and propellantless systems (tethers and sails); spacecraft integration issues.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Sections Taught: 18
Average GPA: 3.18 (B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 20.49%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.67%
| Gregory Young | 2024 | 27.4% | 36.2% | 22.2% | 9.2% | 0.3% | 4.7% | 2.81 | 6 |
| Kevin G Wang | 2008 | 36.8% | 49.7% | 7.4% | 6.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.21 | 4 |
| Kevin A Shinpaugh | 2019 | 44.4% | 48.7% | 3.5% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 3.37 | 5 |
| Bhuvana Srinivasan | 2017 | 63.5% | 28.5% | 4.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 3.54 | 3 |