Welcome to the webpage for 

Undergraduate Aerodynamics and Propulsion Laboratory (AerE 3440)

 2025 Fall Semester

Instructors:
Dr. Hui Hu and Dr. Jincheng Wang
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Iowa State University,
Room 2249(HH) / 2242(JCW), Howe Hall
Tel: 515-294-0094 (HH) / 515-520-5111(JCW)

Email: huhui@iastate.edu / jcwang@iastate.edu

 

Teaching Assistant:
Mr. Yuan Zhao

Office: Room 2242- Howe Hall

Tel: 515-294-0089/ Email: yuanzhao@iastate.edu

 

Mr. Syed Haque

Office: Room 2242- Howe Hall

Tel: 515-294-0089/ Email:assiq75@iastate.edu

 

Mr. Abdel Rahman Alremawi

Office: Room 2242- Howe Hall

Tel: 515-294-0089/ Email:remawi@iastate.edu

 

 

Course Policy & Syllabus

PDF format

 

 

Lectures place and time:

  • AerE344 Lectures will be given at 9:55am ~ 10:45am at 1311 TIEB - Therkildsen Industrial Engineering.

  • Class lectures will be given on Tuesdays only.

  • The lecture time on Thursday mornings is reserved for each group to meet to prepare/write lab reports.

 

Office Hours:

     Tuesdays           3:10pm ~ 4:00 pm

     Thursdays          3:10pm ~ 4:00 pm    

 

 

Grading Policies:

The final grade of AerE344  will be calculated as:

  • In-class quizzes :                                                         10%

  • Lab reports (including pre-lab work for 20%):      65%

  • Final exam:                                                                  25%

 

 

Final Exam of AerE344:

  • Policy on AerE3440 Final Exam.

  • AerE3440 final exam is scheduled from 9:45am ~ 11:45am on Tuesday, December 16th, 2025.

  • The place will be in the same classroom where we have AerE3440lectures (i.e., 1311 TIEB - Therkildsen Industrial Engineering).

   Lectures Notes:

 

Lecture No.

Lecture  Notes

 

1

Course introduction and policy

  

2

Similitude and measurement uncertainty analysis

  

3

Wind tunnel and water tunnels 

 

4

Pressure measurement techniques and instrumentations

  

5

Velocimetry techniques and instrumentation

 

6

Hotwire anemometry: fundamentals and instrumentation

  

7

Laminar and turbulence flows

  

8

Technical Basis for Optical Instrumentation

  
9

Shadowgraph and Schlieren techniques and instrumentation

  

10

Shock waves and De Laval nozzle

  

11

Particle Image Velocimetry(PIV)

  

12

Bio-inspired aerodynamic Designs for MAV applications

 

13

Wind turbine aeromechanics & wind farm aerodynamics

 

14

 Thanksgiving beak  

15

Aircraft icing physics & anti-/de-icing technology

  

16

Review for the final exam

  

 

     Instructions of the lab participation:

 

Place for Lab Experiments:

  • Room 1380, Howe Hall

 

     Instructions of lab experiments:

 

                                      Copyright Statement:

   The handouts used in this course are copyrighted.  By "handouts",  it means all the materials generated for this class, which include but are not limited to lecture note, syllabus, exam problems, homework problems.  Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to give the handouts to others outside this class unless I grant you the permission.

    As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the idea, words, writings, etc., which belong to another.  In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person.  Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins since the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research work cannot be safely communicated.