Learn to develop high performance and ultra-efficient aircraft, including drones and UAVs and to improve aerospace technology by reducing emissions, noise and vibration.
Duke MEMS’s globally recognized faculty are experts in structures and dynamics, aerodynamics, acoustics, and mathematical and computational methods.
The graduate certificate customizes and focuses your Duke experience — without adding to your course count.
Receive advanced training in high-impact courses aligned with faculty research
Experience compelling aerospace seminars given by industry experts
Create a research presentation
Receive a transcript designation you can share with potential employers or doctoral programs
I chose Duke because its aeroelasticity faculty are some of the most renowned in this field in the world.
Jing LiSenior Aeromechanics Engineer
Expert Faculty
Duke’s aerospace engineering faculty includes members of the National Academy of Engineering and many AIAA and ASME fellows—as well as recipients of the highest awards for research excellence in aerospace engineering.
ME 524/CE 530 Introduction to Finite Element Methods (Spring)
Additional Courses
ME 527 Buckling of Engineering Structures (Every other Spring)
CEE 541 Structural Dynamics (Occasionally)
ME 541 Intermediate Dynamics (Fall)
ME 742 Nonlinear Mechanical Vibrations (Spring)
CEE 629 System Identification (Every other Spring, even years)
Core Courses
ME 571 Aerodynamics (Fall)
ME 572 Engineering Acoustics (Spring)
Additional Courses
ME 555 Spacecraft Flight Dynamics
ME 555 Advanced Acoustics
ME 672 Unsteady Aerodynamics (Fall)
ME 671 Advanced Aerodynamics
ME 775 Aeroelasticity (Spring)
MATH 551 Applied Partial Differential Equations & Complex Variables (Fall)
MATH 577 Mathematical Modeling (Spring)
ME 639 Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
ME 524/CE 530 Finite Element Method (Fall)
MATH 561 Numerical Linear Algebra, Optimization & Monte Carlo Simulation (Fall)
COMPSCI 520 Numerical Analysis (Spring)
MATH 563 Applied Computational Analysis (Spring)
The certificate is only available to graduate students in Duke’s Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Students must declare enrollment in this certificate program within their first semester
Participants must select a focus area, either Structures & Dynamics or Aerodynamics & Acoustics
Each focus area has two (2) required core courses—at least one (1) must be in another area
Only one (1) Mathematical and Computational Methods course can be counted toward the four required courses
Course lists are subject to change
How to Apply
The Aerospace Research Graduate Certificate is available to master’s and PhD students in Duke’s Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science. Students must declare enrollment in this certificate program within their first semester.
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