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Course #	Course Title	Term
16.00	Introduction to Aerospace Engineering and Design	Spring 2003
16.01	Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV	Fall 2005
16.02	Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV	Fall 2005
16.03	Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV	Fall 2005
16.04	Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV	Fall 2005
16.050	Thermal Energy	Fall 2002
16.06	Principles of Automatic Control	Fall 2003
16.07	Dynamics	Fall 2004
16.100	Aerodynamics	Fall 2005
16.20	Structural Mechanics	Fall 2002
16.21	Techniques for Structural Analysis and Design	Spring 2005
16.30	Estimation and Control of Aerospace Systems	Spring 2004
16.36	Communication Systems Engineering	Spring 2003
16.410	Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making	Fall 2005
16.413	Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making	Fall 2005
16.61	Aerospace Dynamics	Spring 2003
16.621	Experimental Projects I	Spring 2003
16.622	Experimental Projects II	Fall 2003
16.652	Inventions and Patents	Fall 2005
16.653	Management in Engineering	Fall 2004
16.660	Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods	January (IAP) 2008
16.682	Prototyping Avionics	Spring 2006
16.810	Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping	January (IAP) 2005
16.810	Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping	January (IAP) 2007
16.812	The Aerospace Industry	Spring 2004
16.83X	Space Systems Engineering	Spring 2002
16.853	Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods	January (IAP) 2008
16.901	Computational Methods in Aerospace Engineering	Spring 2005

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Graduate Courses

Course #	Course Title	Term
16.120	Compressible Flow	Spring 2003
16.13	Aerodynamics of Viscous Fluids	Fall 2003
16.225	Computational Mechanics of Materials	Fall 2003
16.230J	Plates and Shells	Spring 2007
16.31	Feedback Control Systems	Fall 2007
16.322	Stochastic Estimation and Control	Fall 2004
16.323	Principles of Optimal Control	Spring 2008
16.333	Aircraft Stability and Control	Fall 2004
16.337J	Dynamics of Nonlinear Systems	Fall 2003
16.346	Astrodynamics	Fall 2008
16.355J	Software Engineering Concepts	Fall 2005
16.358J	System Safety	Spring 2005
16.37J	Data Communication Networks	Fall 2002
16.394J	Infinite Random Matrix Theory	Fall 2004
16.399	Random Matrix Theory and Its Applications	Spring 2004
16.410	Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making	Fall 2005
16.412J	Cognitive Robotics	Spring 2005
16.413	Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making	Fall 2005
16.422	Human Supervisory Control of Automated Systems	Spring 2004
16.423J	Aerospace Biomedical and Life Support Engineering	Spring 2006
16.456J	Biomedical Signal and Image Processing	Spring 2007
16.512	Rocket Propulsion	Fall 2005
16.522	Space Propulsion	Spring 2004
16.540	Internal Flows in Turbomachines	Spring 2006
16.660	Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods	January (IAP) 2008
16.72	Air Traffic Control	Fall 2006
16.75J	Airline Management	Spring 2006
16.76J	Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods	Fall 2004
16.76J	Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods	Fall 2006
16.77J	Airline Schedule Planning	Spring 2003
16.851	Satellite Engineering	Fall 2003
16.852J	Integrating the Lean Enterprise	Fall 2005
16.853	Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods	January (IAP) 2008
16.861	Engineering Systems Analysis for Design	Fall 2008
16.862	Engineering Risk-Benefit Analysis	Spring 2007
16.863J	System Safety	Spring 2005
16.881	Robust System Design	Summer 1998
16.885J	Aircraft Systems Engineering	Fall 2004
16.885J	Aircraft Systems Engineering	Fall 2005
16.886	Air Transportation Systems Architecting	Spring 2004
16.888	Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization	Spring 2004
16.891J	Space Policy Seminar	Spring 2003
16.892J	Space System Architecture and Design	Fall 2004
16.895J	Engineering Apollo: The Moon Project as a Complex System	Spring 2007
16.89J	Space Systems Engineering	Spring 2007
16.910J	Introduction to Numerical Simulation (SMA 5211)	Fall 2003
16.920J	Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations (SMA 5212)	Spring 2003
16.940J	Computational Geometry	Spring 2003
16.982	Bio-Inspired Structures	Spring 2009
16.985J	Proseminar in Manufacturing	Fall 2005

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