Integrated Vehicle Systems Design

College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: Graduate student or permission of instructor. Enforced Prerequisite: None. ( 3 credits) Examines the process of developing the initial layout for a new vehicle platform. Emphasis is placed on the layout of the major space-defining vehicle subsystems needed to create a preliminary vehicle package drawing. Systems engineering topics covered are the progression from requirements to design, concept to performance prediction, comparison to requirements, and iteration. Performance prediction, engineering metrics and design requirements will be presented and discussed for selected subsystems.