Department of Aerospace Engineering

NDE Minor

Nondestructive Engineering Minor

The NDE Minor 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
  • MatE/EM 362L Nondestructive testing laboratory

NDE Specific courses (2 needed for 6 or 7 credits)

  • MSE / EM 550 Fundamentals of NDE (4Cr., Spring)
  • EM / AerE 490
  • Independent study
  • EM 350 Introduction to Nondestructive Evaluation Engineering (Spring)

Supporting courses (2 needed for 6 credits)

  • AerE 321 Flight Structures Analysis and Laboratory (Fall)
  • AerE 421 Advanced Flight Structures (Spring)
  • AerE 423 Composite Flight Structures
  • Stat 231 Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers (4 Cr.)
  • Stat 305 Engineering statistics
  • Stat 333 Probability and statistics for Electrical and Computer Engineers
  • AerE 422 Vibrations and Aeroelasticity
  • AerE 426 Design of Aerospace Structures
  • EE 424 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (4 Cr., Spring)
  • EM 424 Intermediate Mechanics of Materials
  • EM 425 Introduction to the Finite Element Method
  • ME 417 Advanced Machine Design I (Spring)
  • ME 418 Mechanical Considerations in Robotics (Spring)
  • MatE 318 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Spring)
  • MatE 443 Ferrous metallurgy" 3Cr.S
  • MatE 444 Corrosion and Failure Analysis

For more information, contact Bruce Thompson, 515-294-7864, thompsonrb@cnde.iastate.edu.