Courses
Motorsports Engineering Technology
- MSTE 21000 Statics and Dynamios (4 cr.) P: MATH 16600 and PHYS 15200 or Permission of Instructor. Class 4. This course studies the analysis of systems in static equilibrium, systems in dynamic equilibrium, simple vibratory systems and provides for the study of either vehicle dynamics or vibrations.
- MSTE 27200 Introduction to Motorsports (3 cr.) Class 3. This course provides an introduction to the Motorsports Industry, including careers available, the organization and history of the industry, and technology development that has occurred due to the industry. A student project is required.
- MSTE 29700 Computer Modeling for Motorsports (1 cr.) Class 3. P: MET 27200 or permission of instructor. This course studies basic business and management concepts as applied to the unique environment of the Motorsports Industry.
- MSTE 29900 Motorsports Engineering Directed Study (1 cr.) P: Permission of Insstructor. This is a directed study course for students wishing to pursue additional motorsports studies under the direction of a faculty advisor.
- MSTE 31000 Business of Motorsports I (3 cr.) Class 3. P: MET 27200 or permission of instructor. This course studies basic business and management concepts as applied to the unique environment of the Motorsports Industry.
- MSTE 31100 Business of Motorsports II (3 cr.) Class 3. P: MSTE 31000. This course studies complex business, public relations, and management relationships including case studies from the unique environment of the Motorsports Industry.
- MSTE 32000 Motorsports Design I (3 cr.) Class 3. P: MSTE 31000 and MSTE 21000 and MSTE 29700 or permission of instructor. This course explores the design concepts and approaches of the Motorsports Industry, creating connectivity between the courses of the first two years of the Motorsports Engineering BS Program and preparing students for internships in industry. A student project is required.
- MSTE 33000 Data Acquisition in Motorsports (3 cr.) Class 3. P: ECE 20400 or permission of instructor. This course explores instrumentation, data acquisition, data reduction, and data analysis within the Motorsports Industry.
- MSTE 33100 Data Acquisition in Motorsports II (3 cr.) Class 3. P: MSTE 33000 and MSTE 34000. This course provides an in-depth discussion to instrumentation, data acquisition, data reduction, and data analysis within the Motorsports Industry featuring case studies. Requires a student project.
- MSTE 34000 Dynamic Systems and Signals (3 cr.) Class 3. P: MSTE 21000 and Math 26600 or permission of instructor. Modeling and formulation of differential equations for dynamic systems, including mechanical vibratory systems, thermal systems, fluid systems, electrical systems and instrumentation systems. Analysis of dynamic systems and measuring devices including transient response and frequency response techniques, mechanical systems, transducers, and operational amplifiers. Consideration of readout devices and their responses to constant, transient, and steady-state sinusoidal phenomena. Calibration and data analysis techniques are introduced. Both analog and digital computation are included.
- MSTE 35000 Computer Aided Design & Manufacturing (3 cr.) P: MSTE 29700 & MSTE 21000 or Permission of Instructor. Class 3. This course studies modeling and analysis techniques to aid design in the Motorsports Industry.
- MSTE 36000 Control Systems Analysis and Design (3 cr.) Class 3. P: MSTE 21000 and MSTE 34000 or ME 34000 or permission of instructor. This course studies classical feedback concepts, Bode and Nyquist plots, state space formulation, and stability for control system designs.
- MSTE 41400 Motorsports Design II (3 cr.) Class 3. P: MSTE 31100 and MSTE 33100 and MSTE 35000 and MSTE 32000. This is the culminating course in the Motorsports Engineering program, typing together concepts from all the other courses in the curriculum, and requires a capstone design project representative of a real world project within the Motorsports Industry.
- MSTE 42000 Automotive Control (3 cr.) Class 3. P: MSTE 36000 or permission of instructor. This course studies the applications of classical control systems design to the needs of the automotive and motorsports industries.
- MSTE 42600 Internal Combustion Engines (3 cr.) Class 3. P: ME 20000 or equivalent or permission of instructor. This course covers the fundamentals of internal combustion engine design and operation, with a focus on high performance.
- MSTE 47200 Vehicle Dynamics (3 cr.) Class 3. P: MSTE 21000 or ME 27400 or equivalent or permission of instructor. The course provides a study of vehicle chassis, suspension, and aerodynamic systems with a focus on high performance.
- MSTE 48200 Motorsports Aerodynamics (3 cr.) P: MSTE 35000 and ME 31000 Study of fluid flow and aerodynamics as applied to race car design and Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis.
- MSTE 49000 Motorsports Engineering Independent Study (1-3 cr.) P: Permission of Instructor. This is an independent studyy course for students wishing to pursue advanced studies under the direction of a faculty advisor.
- MSTE 49700 Motorsports Design Project (3 cr.) P: MSTE 31100, MSTE 33100, MSTE 35000 and MSTE 32000. This is an independent study version of the MSTE 41400 culminating course in the Motorsports Engineering Plan of Study, tying together concepts from all the other courses in the curriculum, and requires a capstone design project representative of a real world project within the Motorsports Industy.
- MSTE 49900 Motorsports Engineering Special Topics (1-3 cr.) P: Permission of Instructor. This is a special topics course for students wishing to pursue advanced studies under the direction of a faculty advisor.
- MSTE-I 41000 Motorsports Internship (1-3 cr.) P: Sophomore standing and program advisor approval A semester or summer of external, full-time related career experiences designed to enhance the student's preparedness for entering an initial or second career. A comprehensive written report on the internship experience is required.