Department of Aerospace Engineering

NDE Minor Program

The NDE Minor Program at Iowa State University is a unique opportunity to get a multi-disciplinary engineering qualification in the rapidly emerging field of Nondestructive Evaluation.

Required courses

• MatE/EM 362 Principles of nondestructive testing (3 cr.-spring)
• MatE/EM 362L Nondestructive testing laboratory (1 cr.-spring)

NDE Specific courses (2 needed for 6 credits)

• EM 350 Introduction to Nondestructive Evaluation Engineering (3 cr.-Spring) 
• Any 490 that is investigating an approved NDE topic (e.g., AerE/EE/EM/MatE/ME)
• MSE / EM 550 Fundamentals of NDE (4Cr.- Spring)

Supporting courses (2 needed for 6 credits)

• AerE 321 Flight Structures Analysis and Laboratory (3 cr.-Fall)
• AerE 421 Advanced Flight Structures (3 cr.-Spring)
• AerE 422 Vibrations and Aeroelasticity (3 cr.)
• AerE 423 Composite Flight Structures (3 cr.) 
• AerE 426 Design of Aerospace Structures (3 cr.)
• EE 424 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (4 Cr., Spring)
• EM 424 Intermediate Mechanics of Materials (3 cr.-Fall/Spring)
• EM 425 Introduction to the Finite Element Method (3 cr.-Spring)
• MatE 418 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (3 cr.-Spring)
• MatE 443 Ferrous metallurgy" (3 cr.-Fall)
• MatE 444 Corrosion and Failure Analysis (3 cr.-Spring)
• ME 417 Advanced Machine Design I (3 cr.-Spring)
• ME 418 Mechanical Considerations in Robotics (3 cr.-Spring)
• MSE/EE 488 Eddy Current Nondestructive Evaluation (3 cr.)
• Stat 231 Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers (4 Cr.)
• Stat 305 Engineering statistics
• Stat 333 Probability and statistics for Electrical and Computer Engineers

For more information, contact Bruce Thompson, 515-294-7864, thompsonrbcnde.iastate.edu.