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MAE 531 Engineering Design Optimization

Fall 2026

Aug 29, 2023

NE 500 Advanced Energy Conversion in Nuclear Reactors

Prerequisite NE 205  Thermodynamics for Nuclear Engineering or MAE 201  Thermal-Fluid Sciences or equivalent AND a “C-“ or better in NE 301 “Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering” or equivalent. Contact the instructor…

Jul 6, 2023

NE 560 Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management (formerly 591-606)

Prerequisites Probability and Statistics for Engineers (NC State ST 370) OR Introduction to Probability (NC State MA 421) or equivalent. Contact the instructor if you don’t have the exact prerequisite…

Jul 5, 2023

NE 509 Nuclear Materials

In the first part of the course we review basic concepts of physical metallurgy to develop an understanding of the relationship between microstructure and material properties outside of irradiation. In…

Jul 5, 2023

NE 504 Radiation Safety and Shielding

Prerequisite NE 301 Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering (C or better), or NE 419 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, or instructor pre-approval. Course Objectives First the student is introduced to the fundamental…

Jul 5, 2023

MAE 586 Project Work in Mechanical Engineering

Prerequisite N/A. Course Objectives Individual investigation of a problem stemming from a mutual student-faculty interest. Emphasis on providing a situation for exploiting student curiosity. Course Outline Course Requirements At least…

Jul 5, 2023

MAE 560 601 Computational Fluid Mechanics

Prerequisite MA 501 Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics or MA 512, MAE 550 Foundations Of Fluid Dynamics or MAE 557 (co-req) Course Objectives Practice the fundamental theories behind numerical solutions to partial…

Jul 5, 2023

MAE 551 Airfoil Theory

Prerequisite Undergraduate course in aerodynamics or fluid mechanics and differential equations or consent of instructor. Course Objectives After this course, the student will be able to explain the fundamental characteristics…

Jul 5, 2023

MAE 550 Foundations of Fluid Dynamics

Prerequisite Undergraduate Engineering thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics or Compressible Flow courses. Course Objectives The students will develop an understanding of the basic foundations of fluid dynamics. Through the study of MAE…

Jul 5, 2023

MAE 533 Finite Element Analysis I

Prerequisite Strongly Recommended: Introductory classes in elasticity and continuum mechanics. Course Objectives Students will develop the mathematical and solid mechanics background to solve and analyze linear stress and analysis problems…

Jul 5, 2023

MAE 531 Engineering Design Optimization

Prerequisite Graduate standing in Engineering is recommended. Calculus I and II (or equivalent). Course Objectives This course introduces traditional and heuristic nonlinear optimization methods that can be used to solve…