2007-09 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Graduate Catalog: Section 11.6.2http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/23900.htmlAEM 577 Advanced Linear Control. (3-0) Three hours. Same as ECE/ME 577.Prerequisite: ECE 475.For description, see ECE 577.AEM 578 Nonlinear Control Systems. (3-0) Three hours. Same as ECE 674/ME 578.Prerequisite: ECE 475.For description, see ECE 674.AEM 579 Introductory Computational Aerodynamics. (3-0) Three hours.Fundamentals of computational aerodynamics.AEM 585 Genetic Algorithms in Optimization and Machine Learning. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisites: CS 110, or CS 114 and graduate standing.Theory and application of genetic algorithms. Computer implementation and current applications in parameter andcombinatorial optimization and optimal control genetics-based machine learning systems. Focus on both fundamentaltheory and modern applications.AEM 587 Neural Networks. (3-0) Three hours. Same as ECE 587.Prerequisite: Graduate standing or CS 114, CS 513.Theory, implementation, and applications of learning automata and neural networks. Early applications frompsychology and biology; current applications in engineering and machine learning, theory of simple networks, andintroduction to complex, modern paradigms.AEM 591:592 Special Problems. Variable credit.Independent investigations of special problems. Credit is based on the amount of work undertaken.AEM 594 Special Project. Two to six hours.Planning, executing, and presenting results of individual project involving a research design, analysis, or similarundertaking.AEM 598 Research Not Related to Thesis. One to three hours.AEM 599 Master's Thesis Research. One to six hours.AEM 602 Advanced Fluid Mechanics. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: AEM 500.Potential motion in two and three dimensions, conformal mapping, application of Schwartz-Christoffel transformation,virtual mass, and approximate methods.AEM 604 Compressible Flow Theory. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: AEM 313 or AEM 503.For description, see ME 504.AEM 610 Aerodynamic Heating. (3-0) Three hours.Radiative and convective aerodynamic heating at hypersonic speeds in real, low, and high-density atmospheres;includes resistive, ablative, transpiration, and heat capacity thermal protection techniques.AEM 612 Advanced Experimental Aerodynamics. (2-3) Three hours.Compressible flow, measurement of pressure, Mach number, temperature, density, turbulence, and heat transfer.Some experimental work and illustration of the uses of modern wind tunnel instruments.AEM 614 Airfoil and Wing Theory. (3-0) Three hours.