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Virginia Tech

AOE-4165: 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

Prerequisites: AOE-2104 and AOE-3054 and AOE-3124 and AOE-3154 and AOE-3164 and AOE-3114 and AOE-3144

Required By: AOE-4166

Corequisites: AOE-4105

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.28 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 8.58%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

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Grade Distribution Over Time

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