Available Courses

MAE 271 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Design 1

Fall 2022: CRN 82312 - Instructor approval required to register

MAE 271 is a one credit hour course that, when combined with MAE 371, fulfils one technical elective course requirement toward a Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering degree. The course is taught in conjunction with the MAE 471/472 senior capstone courses. MAE 271 is intended to get students involved in the Formula SAE® project as early as their Freshman year and allow them to build their design, team work and project management skills while working along side veteran team members. The course exposes students to the design and analysis tools used in the design of a Formula SAE® race car including SolidWorks and Siemens PLM CAD software; OptimumG suspension design software, AVL VSM vehicle dynamics simulation software, Star CCM+ CFD software, Mentor VeSys electrical and wire harness design software and others. Activities may include design and analysis of components, hands-on work, fabrication of parts and assemblies and experimental testing.

MAE 371 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Design 2

Fall 2022: CRN 82313 - Instructor approval required to register

MAE 371 is a two credit hour course that, when combined with MAE 271, fulfils one technical elective course requirement toward a Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering degree. The course is taught in conjunction with the MAE 471/472 senior capstone courses. MAE 371 is intended to continue the student's involvement in the Formula SAE® project as they continue to build their design, team work and project management skills by taking on more responsibility and more advanced tasks. Activities may include design and analysis of components, hands-on work, fabrication of parts and assemblies and experimental testing. Students registering from MAE 371 should have previously completed MAE 271.

MAE 471 Principals of Engineering Design

Fall 2022: CRN 81894 

MAE 471 is the 3-credit hour, capstone design course for Mechanical Engineering majors. It is taken in the senior year and also fulfils the writing requirement. The goal of this course is to expose students to the process of real-world, open-ended engineering design giving them the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they have learned through their undergraduate education to conceive, design, fabricate, test and market a complex system, machine, device, or product that meets identified functional and performance requirements. The course is also heavily focused on project management, financial management, team working and written and oral communications. Although not required, students who have previously completed the Formula SAE® sections of MAE 271 and 371 and who also commit to take MAE 472 are preferred.

MAE 472 Engineering Systems Design

Spring 2023: CRN

MAE 472 is the 3-credit hour, technical elective course for Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering majors. It is taken in the senior year as a continuation of the MAE 471. The goal of this course is to continue the design and analysis of the Formula SAE® race car. The focus of MAE 472 is to finalize the design of the racecar, complete detailed analysis and refinement of the design and generate final manufacturing drawing and schematics for the subsequent fabrication. Students registered in MAE 472 will also prepare and submit competition deliverables including the final design report, presentation, design event documents, manufacturing cost analysis and other documents. Students who have completed the Formula SAE® sections of MAE 471 or MAE 271/371 are preferred; however, MAE 472 is open to any senior level MAE student meeting the course pre-requisites.  MAE 472 may also count as a technical elective for non-MAE students with approval from the student's department.

For more information contact:

Dr. Scott Wayne
Associate Professor
Room 747 Engineering Sciences Bldg.
Phone: 304-293-3246
Email:  Scott.Wayne@mail.wvu.edu