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Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in aerospace engineering intended to augment existing formal courses. Topics and prerequisites vary for each section. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for both. Course Information: May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 12 hours.

4 credit hours. This is a course for graduate students interested in laser-based spectroscopy and imaging of reacting and compressible flows systems. Topics include laboratory tools such as laser sources, frequency conversion, detection systems, basic optics. Background physics include review of statistical mechanics and basic molecular/atomic structure and light-matter interaction. Techniques for temperature and species measurements include Rayleigh/Raman scattering, laser-induced fluorescence, and four-wave mixing and CARS, with an emphasis on recent advancements using ultrashort-pulse fs/ps laser pulses and high-speed burst-mode systems. Methods for velocimetry in reacting flows include femtosecond molecular tagging (FLEET), four-wave mixing, filtered Rayleigh scattering, and spectroscopic approaches. This course will feature a laboratory demonstration with subsequent data analysis and reporting and two small projects. Prerequisites: Thermodynamics (ME200), Compressible Flow (AE312