2013-2014 Catalog

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Non-destructive Evaluation Engineering

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 362	Principles of Nondestructive Testing	3
MAT E/E M 362L	Nondestructive Testing Laboratory	1
Two of the following NDE specific courses		6-7
M S E/E M 550	Fundamentals of Nondestructive Evaluation
E M 350	Introduction to Nondestructive Evaluation Engineering
MAT E 488	Eddy Current Nondestructive Evaluation
Independent study course
Two of the following		6-7
AER E 321	Flight Structures Analysis
AER E 421	Advanced Flight Structures
AER E 423	Composite Flight Structures
E E 323	Introduction to Digital Signal Processing	4
E E 418	High Speed System Engineering Measurement and Testing	4
CPR E 418	High Speed System Engineering Measurement and Testing	4
I E 348	Solidification Processes	3
I E 361	Statistical Quality Assurance	3
STAT 231	Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers
STAT 305	Engineering Statistics
or MAT E 316	Computational Methods in Materials
STAT 322	Probabilistic Methods for Electrical Engineers
AER E 422	Vibrations and Aeroelasticity
AER E 426	Design of Aerospace Structures
E M 424	Intermediate Mechanics of Materials
E M 425	Introduction to the Finite Element Method
M E 417	Advanced Machine Design
M E 418	Mechanical Considerations in Robotics
MAT E 418	Mechanical Behavior of Materials
MAT E 443	Physical Metallurgy of Ferrous Alloys
MAT E 444	Corrosion and Failure Analysis
Total Credits		34-36

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.

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