Automotive Engineering Curriculum

Core Courses

The Automotive Engineering Master Program Overview (Topic) (pdf)
The Automotive Engineering Ph.D. Program Overview (Topic) (pdf)

AuE 880 – Vehicle Design/Manufacture Project Management.
Management, leadership, socio-cultural and technical skills training for the successful management of a development or research team. Problem identification, team dynamics, decision making, ethics, strategy setting, project planning, scope management and implementation, target costing, marketing, design methods, design for X concepts.

AuE 881 - Automotive Systems- an integrated overview.
Understanding of the vehicle as a complex system and the role and interactions of the subsystems in terms of its performance. Topics discussed include propulsion systems, suspensions and steering systems, tire road interface, structural behavior and crash worthiness, materials and manufacturing, driver/occupants-vehicle interactions, and onboard electronics. Modeling and simulation is used as needed.

AuE 882 - Systems Integration Concepts and Methods.
Methods and tools to handle functional, geometric, production and IT integration. Managing performance trade-offs from the combination of systems designed for individual functions. Optimization methods, complexity, validation, signal and IT design and testing methods, robustness, architecture, quality.

AuE 883 - Applied Systems Integration.
Application of integration methods to practical and complex vehicle design and manufacturing systems. Prototyping, measurements, tolerancing and validation, Diagnosis and sensitivities, methods to diagnose sporadic software errors w/ hardware in the loop, design reviews, FMEA on function, signal, geometry, production. Fault tree analysis, innovation and change management, and risk analysis, value analysis.

10.2 Track Courses

AuE 816 - Combustion, Emissions & Drivelines
AuE 817 - Alternative Energy
AuE 826 - Diagnostics and Reliability
AuE 827 - Automotive Control
AuE 828 - Vehicle Drivelines
AuE 829 - Tire Behavior & Performance
AuE 833 (1) - Manufacturing Overview
AuE 835 (1) - Vehicle Electronics, Signal Processing
AuE 847 - Suspensions, Steering, Braking
AuE 850 - Stability and Safety Controls
AuE 853 – Crashworthiness
AuE 866 - Advanced Materials
AuE 867 - Manufacturing Processes (Supplier)
AuE 868 - Manufacturing Processes (OEM)
AuE 877 - Light-weight Design
AuE 880 (1) - Automotive History, Present Issues, Trends, Leadership
AuE 881 (1) - Automotive Systems & Functions
AuE 882 (2) - Integration Concepts & Architectures, Methods
AuE 883 (3) - Applied Systems Integration
AuE 886 – NVH
AuE 887 - Vehicle Testing
AuE 890 – Engineering Project
AuE 893 – Advanced Engine Combustion and Emissions
AuE 893 – Advanced Vehicle Dynamics
AuE 893 – Automation
AuE 893 – Methods for Grounding and Shielding
AuE 893 – Real-Time Signal Processing & Control

Related Mechanical Engineering Courses

ME 416/616 Control of Mechanical Systems
ME 440 Materials for Aggressive Environments
ME 450/650 Mechanical Vibrations
ME 453/653 Dynamic Performance of Vehicles
ME 454/654 Design of Machine Elements
ME 471/671 CAE Analysis and Design
ME 821 Advanced Control Engineering
ME 843 Nonlinear Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
ME 846 Intermediate Dynamics
ME 872 Design Automation
ME 893 “MicroFabrication