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Non-destructive Evaluation Engineering

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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 evolving 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 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/E M 362Principles of Nondestructive Testing3
MAT E/E M 362LNondestructive Testing Laboratory1
Two of the following NDE specific courses6-7
Fundamentals of Nondestructive Evaluation
Introduction to Nondestructive Evaluation Engineering
Eddy Current Nondestructive Evaluation
Independent study course
Two of the following6-7
Flight Structures Analysis
Advanced Flight Structures
Composite Flight Structures
E E 323Introduction to Digital Signal Processing4
E E 418High Speed System Engineering Measurement and Testing4
CPR E 418High Speed System Engineering Measurement and Testing4
I E 348Solidification Processes3
I E 361Statistical Quality Assurance3
Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers
Engineering Statistics
Computational Methods in Materials
Probabilistic Methods for Electrical Engineers
Vibrations and Aeroelasticity
Design of Aerospace Structures
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 Credits34-36

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.