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ME 143: Unmanned Aircraft Systems
| Course Title | Unmanned Aircraft Systems | |||
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| Abbreviated Course Title | Unmanned Aircraft Systems | |||
| Course Subject | ME | |||
| Course Number | 143 | |||
| School Submitting Request | Engineering | |||
| Division | Upper Division | |||
| Effective Term | Summer 2018 | |||
| Discontinuance Term | ---- | |||
| Lower Unit Limit | 4 | |||
| Upper Unit Limit | 4 | |||
| Prerequisites | ENGR 057 and ENGR 065 or by permission of instructor. | |||
| Prerequisites with a Concurrent Option | ||||
| Corequisites | ||||
| Major Restrictions | ||||
| Class Level Restrictions | Sophomores or higher | |||
| Course Description | Prepares students with essential foundational, design, integration and operational knowledge to meet emerging UAS workforce demands. Topics include: UAS history, classification, applications, safety compliance; UAS components, basic aerodynamics, flight dynamics, navigation and control, payload integration, mission planning, sense-n-avoid; UAS use cases and other selected emerging topics. | |||
| TIE Code | T: Lecture plus Supplementary Activity | |||
| Reasons for Request |
New Course
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| Brief Explanation of Change(s) | This course was first offered in ME 190 (Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering) with 40 students in Fall 2016. It was offered in Summer (first 6 weeks session) 2017, and Fall 2017. It now needs its own CRF. | |||
| Total Contact/Non-contact Hours Per Week |
Lecture: 3 contact, 2 non-contact
Lab: 3 contact, 2 non-contact Seminar: 0 contact, 1 non-contact Discussion: 0 contact, 1 non-contact Tutorial: 0 contact, 0 non-contact Field: 0 contact, 0 non-contact Studio: 0 contact, 0 non-contact |
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| Total Hours Per Week | 12 | |||
| Grading Options | Letter Grade Only | |||
| In Progress Grading | ||||
| Maximum Enrollment | 48 | |||
| Maximum Enrollment Reason | ---- | |||
| Cross-listing | ||||
| Conjoined | ||||
| Cross-listed Schools | ---- | |||
| Can this course be repeated? | No | |||
| How many times? | ||||
| Resource Requirements | 1. Who will teach the course? I teach Summer 2018. Dr. Brandon Stark teaches in Fall 2018. In future Ph.D. candidate in drones can teach. 2. What new equipment/supplies are required? We got donation from Intel. Lab is fully operational. So far we do not need anything further, good for at least one year. May need in future some accessories like batteries, motors, propellers etc. 3. What monetary expectations are requested for lecturer, TA, equipment, supplies, and/or other resources? LRF faculty summer teaching $10K max. per Provost rule. Lecturers TAs, standard rates. | |||
| Does this satisfy a General Education Requirement? | No | |||
| Course Outline and/or Additional Documentation |
Draft-Syllabus for-the-proposed-ME143-Fall-2018 - v3.docx
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