16.01 | Fall 2005 | Undergraduate

Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV

Course Description

The basic objective of Unified Engineering is to give a solid understanding of the fundamental disciplines of aerospace engineering, as well as their interrelationships and applications. These disciplines are Materials and Structures (M); Computers and Programming (C); Fluid Mechanics (F); Thermodynamics (T); …
The basic objective of Unified Engineering is to give a solid understanding of the fundamental disciplines of aerospace engineering, as well as their interrelationships and applications. These disciplines are Materials and Structures (M); Computers and Programming (C); Fluid Mechanics (F); Thermodynamics (T); Propulsion (P); and Signals and Systems (S). In choosing to teach these subjects in a unified manner, the instructors seek to explain the common intellectual threads in these disciplines, as well as their combined application to solve engineering Systems Problems (SP). Throughout the year, the instructors emphasize the connections among the disciplines.
Learning Resource Types
Lecture Videos
Course Introduction
Competition Videos
Problem Sets with Solutions
Exams with Solutions
Illustration of an aircraft wing showing connections between the disciplines of the course.
An abstracted aircraft wing, illustrating the connections between the disciplines of Unified Engineering. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)