Graduate Programs in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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1 Graduate Programs in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Space System Engineering Aerodynamics & Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Aerospace Structures and materials Dynamics, Vibration and Controls Materials Mechanics Design and Manufacturing Management Engineering Interdisciplinary Engineering CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH Program Educational Objective The Master of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering programs have been created to educate students in subjects relevant to the requirements of industry and in deductive reasoning which will benefit them and the community. These programs are unique in their emphasis on practical applications and intimate interaction with industry. They involve the most modern computational and experiemental methods and provide the essential information permitting the students to acquire knowledgte and skills of immediate practical importance. This knowledge is communicated in the courses and used in the conduct of a thesis project to be carried out with participation from industry.

2 Campus Located in the southern part of Los Angeles County, and bordering northern Orange County, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) serves a large diverse urban population. Established in 1949, it has grown into a comprehensive University, with a student population of over 30,000. It offers 194 baccalaureate programs through 70 degrees, 88 masters programs through 61 degrees, and a joint doctoral degree. Students come from 58 California counties, 47 states and U.S. Territories, the District of Columbia, and 104 foreign countries. Since its founding, CSULB has awarded 151,374 undergraduate degrees and 30,310 graduate degrees. The University s physical plant includes 322 acres, with 80 buildings consisting of 3,061,429 square feet, inclusive of State-funded and non-state-funded buildings. The campus is beautifully landscaped. A central feature of the landscape design is more than 3200 flowering peach trees donated by the citizens of Long Beach. As CSULB enters the new millennium, it does so with Vision 2001, a strategic plan with the goal that CSULB will be the campus of choice for Southern California students. Its acclaim will be the quality of baccalaureate and master s programs, commitment to excellence, and preparation of students to function effectively in a global society. Department The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) is one of the five departments in the College of Engineering (COE). The department has 23 full time faculties over 400 students including 120 graduate students and several state of the art facilities and laboratories. The MAE department has a long history of collaboration in areas of research and education with many government agencies and major local companies such as the Boeing Company. CSULB is designated as a Boeing s focus school. Scientists and executives from Boeing and other local companies also teach graduate courses bringing their industrial experience to class room. Some graduate or research assistantships are available to highly qualified students. Admission Requirements Masters of Science in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering: Prospective students require a bachelor s degree from an accredited curriculum in Mechanical, Aerospace or other related Engineering with a minimum GPA of Applicants with lower GPA may be admitted subject to successful completion of appropriate deficiencies. Application deadlines: Fall semester October 1st through April 1st Spring semester August 1st through December 1st Contact: College of Engineering s Recruitment and Retention Center: MAE Department: or send to: me-info@csulb.edu Apply online:

3 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Space Systems Engineering This emphasis focuses on space systems, such as launch vehicles and spacecraft. Advanced topics include: spacecraft attitude determination and control, astrodynamics, heat transfer, rocket and spacecraft propulsion and a space vehicle design course in which students define a mission and conduct the preliminary design of their spacecraft. The program benefits from the on-going California Launch Vehicle Education Initiative which provides students with opportunities to apply their knowledge to the development and test of space systems hardware. Aerodynamics & Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) This program emphasizes the study of (a) applied aerodynamics and aerodynamic design in various speed regimes and (b) computational methods and tools for fluid dynamics. Advanced topics include: hypersonic flow, computational fluid dynamics I & II, advanced fluid dynamics I & II, aeroelasticity. Students have the opportunity to get involved with state-of-the art research projects such as aerospike nozzle design, ship hydrodynamics, laminar flow control, aeroelastic analysis, and aircraft deicing. Aerospace Structures and Materials This emphasis focuses on the aircraft and spacecraft structures, aerospace materials, and design of various aerospace structural components. The program is designed to provide students advanced knowledge in all relevant courses along with today s modern computational technology employed to solve real problems. Topics include: analysis and design of composite materials, structural stability, structural design optimization, advanced aerospace structures, and computational mechanics. MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Dynamics, Vibration and Controls This emphasis is for students with interest in engineering vibrations and control systems. The program provides advanced knowledge of linear, nonlinear, and random vibrations, control of mechanical systems, and dynamics with robot applications. Topics include: a) Engineering Vibrations I and II (Discrete Models and Continuous Models); b) Random and Nonlinear Vibrations;

4 c) Advanced Control of Mechanical Systems; d) Advanced Dynamics with Robot Applications; e) Engineering Acoustics; and f) Modal Analysis. Fluid and Thermal Sciences The curriculum is designed to give the student advanced knowledge across a broad range of fluid and thermal sciences. Advanced topics include: convection, combustion, porous media, fluid and radiation and benefits facilities such as several subsonic wind-tunnel and advance computational resources used for various graduate research projects. Materials This program focuses on the study of materials including metals, plastics, ceramics and composites. Classes and research activities are related to: a) understanding and applying advanced materials science to developing new and improved materials; b) developing applications of newer materials to design and manufacturing of advanced biomedical devices, improved sporting equipment, motor vehicles, and aerospace vehicles. The program benefits from good laboratory equipment such as MTS closed loop hydraulic systems scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive microanalysis system, x-ray diffractometer, and image analysis systems. Advance topics include: metallurgy, metal and plastic manufacturing

5 processes, structural analysis of composite laminates, creep and fatigue and engineering principles and properties of plastics. Mechanics This emphasis is designed to give the students advanced knowledge across a broad range of mechanics. Advance topics include: Linear finite element analysis, nonlinear complex structures and mechanisms, creep and fatigue, advanced mechanics of deformable bodies, design of composite structures, stress analysis in design, theory of elasticity and plasticity, and digital simulation in engineering. The program benefits from advanced experimental and computational resources. Design and Manufacturing This emphasis focuses on Integrated Design and Advanced Manufacturing based on Solid Modeling as the core communication cornerstone of concurrent engineering. Topics include software application for 3-D modeling, Finite Element Analysis, Materials Sciences and Mechanics. Projects range from modeling and analysis of single machine components to complex assemblies. The program benefits from state of the art equipment such as Rapid Prototyping, 3- D scanning, Computer Controlled Machining tools as well as software such as NASTRAN, SOLIDWORKS, IDEAS and ProE. Karl H. Grote Process Chain of Computer Integrated Product Development Solid - Handmade Models or Point Cloud 3D Digitizer Surface Existing Designs - Drawings - New Designs 3D CAD System Manually adjusted Solid Solid Model STL File Rapid Prototyping System Solid - Design Models - Prototypes and Tools MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING Management Engineering This emphasis is an alternative to pursuing an MBA and is for experienced engineers who want to pursue a career in engineering management. Topics include: Quantitative methods for engineering managers, management of engineering technology and innovation, engineering project management and system engineering and integration. The program benefits from faculties with extensive industry experience who teach and supervise student theses and projects. Interdisciplinary Engineering This emphasis is for students with engineering degrees other than BSAE or BSME who still want to pursue one of the concentrations in these disciplines, or those interested in an interdisciplinary area within the college of engineering. Students should meet the pre-requisites and/or deficiencies as determined by the corresponding graduate advisor and come up with a plan of studies before enrolling in graduate classes. Ph.D. IN ENGINEERING AND APPLIED INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT The Ph.D. program is a joint program with Claremont Graduate University (CGU). The program requires a minimum of 72 semester units of course work, independent study, and research. Of the 72 units, a minimum of 24 units must be completed in the graduate engineering program at CSULB and a minimum of 24 units must be completed in mathematics program at CGU. After completing the required 24 units of course work at each institution the student is required to pass the preliminary examination from two areas in engineering and two areas in mathematics. After the final oral examination consists of a defense of the dissertation the student will be designated as the Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering and Industrial Applied Mathematics.

6 Low Speed Wind Tunnel: Used by McDonnell Douglas Company for decades, the Douglass Long Beach Wind Tunnel (DLBWT) as it is called has a 96.5 X 137 X 305 cm working area, a 10:1 contraction and a maximum free stream speed of 90 m/sec in the working area. For speeds less than 50 m/sec. the free stream turbulence is less than 0.2 percent and the non-uniformity in the flow across the test section is less than 0.1 percent per 5 cm. Computational Fluid Mechanics (CFD): This lab is equipped with SGI Origin 3200 parallel machine with eight processors, two SGI Octane work stations, as well as many other PCs and SGI Unix-based work stations. In addition to many in-house specially developed codes for CFD and hydrodynamics, such as panel and RANS codes for free surface problems, CSULB has extensive experience with many NASA-developed CFD codes such as: INS2D- 3D, CFL3D, Over, Flow and Pegasus (for Chimera Scheme). Other relevant programs available in the lab include: Pro-Engineer, CAD software, the ICEMCFD mesh-generation program, Ensight and FieldView flow visualization, as well as isight numerical optimization. CAD/CAM FEA: The department has excellent facilities and faculty expertise in CAD/CAM and associated tools for analysis and manufacturing. These include finite element analysis (FEA) for design, large deflection analysis, plastic mold design, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and mechanisms including laser scanning, rapid prototyping, and CNC machining. The primary CAD/CAM system being used are: IDEAS, ProEngineer and CATIA. The primary analysis software is the finite element analyzer associated with IDEAS. This includes static linear analysis, modal analysis, dynamic analysis, nonlinear analysis, heat transfer analysis, and mechanism analysis. Other programs used extensively include MSC NASTRAN, ANSYS, DYTRAN, and LSDYNA for large deflection and fluid/structure interaction.

7 Composite Research Laboratory ( This facility has a large capacity to fabricate and test composite materials and has been supporting the composite materials research and development effort for Boeing-Long Beach engineers for many years. It includes a 3 x5 high temperature autoclave (800 o F and 415 psi pressure) and a large-scale long-term durability testing facility with twelve (12) Instron servo-hydraulic testing frames with computer controlled thermal chambers capable of temperatures ranging from 120 o F to 700 o F and ranging from 22 Kip to 110 Kip. Past programs conducted in this facility are: High Speed Civil Transportation (Boeing/NASA); X-37 Development Research (Boeing); and ACT (Advanced Composite Testing) Program (Boeing). High Pressure Autoclave & Instron Test Frames in Composite Research Lab.

8 Center for Advanced Technology Support for Aerospace Industry (CATSAI): In March 2000, following a cash donation of $1.15 million from the Boeing Company to the University, the Center for Advanced Technology Support for Aerospace Industry (CATSAI) was established in the College of Engineering. The center currently occupies about 10,000 square feet of laboratory space in two buildings and six offices which houses 15 Boeing engineers and scientists. CATSAI s vision is the establishment of an innovative center for manufacturing technology research & development, integration of near term & long term manufacturing technology needs of the Aerospace Industry & its supply chain, improve the overall capability of California Workforce, promote R & D opportunities for faculty and students and bring external resources to the University. Aerospace Systems Integration Lab. ( The Aerospace Systems Integration Lab. houses the California Launch Vehicle Education Initiative (CALVEIN), a program in which students develop and test prototype liquid-propelled launch vehicles. In addition to the successful flight and recovery of Prospectors-1, 2 and 3, students have also developed a 1000 lbf aerospike engine. P-1 (June 2001), P-2 (Feb. 2002) and 1000 lbf thrust aerospike static test (June 2003)