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Non-destructive Evaluation Engineering

This is an archived copy of the 2011-12 Catalog. To access the most recent version of the catalog, please visit http://catalog.iastate.edu.

Minor supervised by an interdisciplinary faculty committee, administered by Aerospace Engineering

The NDE minor is a unique opportunity for engineering students to acquire a multi-disciplinary engineering qualification in the rapidly emerging field of Nondestructive Evaluation.

Undergraduate Study

Students interested in completing the NDE engineering minor must be enrolled in the College of Engineering at Iowa State University. They must submit the “Request for a Minor” form and complete the minimum prescribed 16 credit-hours of course work defined below. Acceptance is based on approval by the administering department, Aerospace Engineering.

The course requirements for the undergraduate minor in NDE are:

MAT E 362/E M 362Principles of Nondestructive Testing3
MAT E 362L/E M 362LNondestructive Testing Laboratory1
Two of the following NDE specific courses6-7
Fundamentals of Nondestructive Evaluation
Introduction to Nondestructive Evaluation Engineering
Independent study course
Two of the following6-7
Flight Structures Analysis
Advanced Flight Structures
Composite Flight Structures
Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers
Engineering Statistics
Probability and Statistics for Computer Science
Aeroelasticity
Design of Aerospace Structures
Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
Intermediate Mechanics of Materials
Introduction to the Finite Element Method
Advanced Machine Design
Mechanical Considerations in Robotics
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Physical Metallurgy of Ferrous Alloys
Corrosion and Failure Analysis
Total Credits16-18

A combined average grade of C or higher is required in courses applied to the minor and the minor must include at least 9 credits that are not used to meet any other department, college, or university requirement.