The document provides guidance for graduate students in the Materials and Structures field at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It outlines fundamental and specialized coursework students may take for an SM or PhD degree, including courses in solid mechanics, computational mechanics, micro/nanotechnologies, and more. A typical SM student would take 6 subjects including 2 fundamentals courses, 2 specialization courses, and 2 math courses. A PhD student would take those plus 6 additional subjects combining breadth, further specialization, and math, plus courses for a Minor program.
The document provides guidance for graduate students in the Materials and Structures field at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It outlines fundamental and specialized coursework students may take for an SM or PhD degree, including courses in solid mechanics, computational mechanics, micro/nanotechnologies, and more. A typical SM student would take 6 subjects including 2 fundamentals courses, 2 specialization courses, and 2 math courses. A PhD student would take those plus 6 additional subjects combining breadth, further specialization, and math, plus courses for a Minor program.
The document provides guidance for graduate students in the Materials and Structures field at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It outlines fundamental and specialized coursework students may take for an SM or PhD degree, including courses in solid mechanics, computational mechanics, micro/nanotechnologies, and more. A typical SM student would take 6 subjects including 2 fundamentals courses, 2 specialization courses, and 2 math courses. A PhD student would take those plus 6 additional subjects combining breadth, further specialization, and math, plus courses for a Minor program.
The document provides guidance for graduate students in the Materials and Structures field at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It outlines fundamental and specialized coursework students may take for an SM or PhD degree, including courses in solid mechanics, computational mechanics, micro/nanotechnologies, and more. A typical SM student would take 6 subjects including 2 fundamentals courses, 2 specialization courses, and 2 math courses. A PhD student would take those plus 6 additional subjects combining breadth, further specialization, and math, plus courses for a Minor program.
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Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics School of Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Program (S.M., Ph.D., Sc.D.
) Field: Materials and Structures Date: December 11, 2011 1. Introduction and Purpose The graduate program in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at M.I.T. provides educational opportunities in a wide variety of aerospace-related topics through academic subjects and research. The purpose of this document is to provide incoming masters- (S.M.) and doctoral- (Ph.D. and Sc.D.) level students guidance in planning the subjects they will take during their graduate program. The suggestions outlined here are to be understood as guidance and not as a mandatory, rigid framework. The final decision as to what subjects are taken and in what sequence is to be decided between each student and their academic advisor and/or doctoral committee. In addition to these recommendations, the official S.M. and doctoral degree completion requirements1 must be taken into account during the design of a graduate program. 2. Materials and Structures in Course XVI at MIT Materials and structures has long been one of the core disciplines in aerospace engineering, and many materials and structures advances have been borne out of the aerospace industry over the past decades, e.g., carbon fibers and carbon fiber advanced composites. Study of Materials and Structures in Course XVI continues within the broad context of aerospace vehicle and systems design, and also extends beyond the traditional aerospace domain. Current faculty pursue research and teaching interests in computational modeling of materials and structures, fabrication and design of hybrid nano/micro materials, understanding and modeling of basic composite material and structural behavior/response, structural design, failure, and safety considerations, MEMS/NEMS materials and structures topics, among others. The graduate curriculum, and the broader research enterprise, benefits significantly from interactions with other Departments at the Institute including Mechanical Engineering (Course II), Materials Science and Engineering (Course III), Engineering Systems Division (ESD), among others. Furthermore, Materials and Structures students have a long history of using Harvard-MIT cross registration2 to take advantage of numerous mechanics and materials courses offered there. Interactions with other Departments and institutions manifest in numerous ways, including rich research collaborations, co-advising of students, and cross-pollination of graduate courses.
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Refer to the S.M., Ph.D. and Sc.D. degree requirements in Aeronautics and Astronautics section of the MIT Bulletin, or to http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/academics/grad/index.html
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http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/xreg/harvard.html
3. Courses in Materials and Structures Fundamentals 2.071 Mechanics of Solid Materials ES2403 Solid Mechanics 2.080J Structural Mechanics 2.072 Mechanics of Continuous Media 2.074 Solid Mechanics: Elasticity 3.22 Mechanical Behavior of Materials ES241 Advanced Elasticity Materials and Structures (specialized) 16.223 Mechanics of Heterogenous Materials 16.221J Structural Dynamics and Vibrations 2.073 Solid Mechanics: Plasticity and Inelastic Deformation ES246 Plasticity ES247 Fracture Mechanics 16.230J Plates and Shells 2.085 Structural Impact 3.91 Mechanical Behavior of Polymers Computation 16.225J Computational Mechanics of Materials 16.910J Introduction to Numerical Simulation 2.093 Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids I 2.094 Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids II Micro/Nanotechnologies 16.288J Materials and Processes for Microelectromechanical Devices and Systems 3.44 Materials Processing for Micro- and Nano- Systems 2.57 Nano-to-Macro Transport processes 6.096 Graphene/CNT seminar 6.777 Design and Fabrication of Microelectromechanical Systems Other Classes (of recent interest) 3.971J Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics 3.98 Polymer Synthetic Chemistry 3.371J Materials Manufacturing
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ES designates a course offered at Harvard: http://www.seas.harvard.edu/teachinglearning/graduate/model-programs - mechanics-program
3.901
Experimental Mechanics of Soft Condensed Matter
4. Typical Program in Materials and Structures A student in Materials and Structures would typically take 6 subjects as an S.M. student. Such a student would typically build a program on a foundation of 2 fundamental subjects, supplement these with subjects in one or two specialized areas, and complement this with two subjects in mathematics as required by the department and from the approved subject list designated by the department. A doctoral student would typically add 6 subjects to this study undertaken for an SM degree plus subjects in a Minor program. The 6 subjects outside the Minor program would tend to combine broadening in the overall M&S field, further studying in the students particular area(s) of specialization, and further work in mathematics. Example sets of subjects to minimally satisfy the program requirements might consist of: S.M. 2 fundamental courses, 2.071 or ES240, and 2.080J 2 specialization courses: 2.072 or ES241, and 3.44 2 math courses Ph.D. or Sc.D. 2 mechanics courses: 2.074 and 16.221J 2 specialization courses, e.g., 16.223, 16.225J, or ES247 2 math courses
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Paul Lagace 2/3/12 7:14 PM Deleted: Example recent Minor course sequences include: Space Systems: 16.851 Satellite Engineering, 16.895 Engineering Apollo, and 16.891J Space Policy seminar Aerospace Innovation: ESD.172 X PRIZE Workshop: Grand Challenges in Energy, ESD.217J The Airline Industry, ESD.58J Disruptive Technologies: Predator or Prey? Innovation Management: 15.401 Finance Theory I, 15.691 Research Seminar in Work, Employment, and Industrial Relations, 15.961 Independent Study in Management, 15.351 Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 15.665 Power & Negotiation
