ELECTIVES
OF
B. TECH., B. TECH. WITH HONORS,
B. TECH. + M. TECH. DUAL DEGREE
AND M. TECH. PROGRAMS
IN
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING,
IIT BOMBAY
FOR
BATCHES OF 2022 AND ONWARDS
(Updated 20
th
June, 2024)
Electives Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay
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Introduction
The courses that can be counted towards satisfying the electives requirements of various academic programs
of the Aerospace Engineering Department of IIT Bombay are given below. This applies to B. Tech. (with
and without Honors), B. Tech. + M. Tech. Dual Degree (called Dual Degree or DD here onwards) and M.
Tech. programs of 2022 batch and onwards.
There are three sets of tables: Table A, B and C. Table A has three sub-tables – Tables A(i)-(iii). Tables B
and C have four sub-tables each, from (1) to (4). Tables A(i), A(ii) and B(1)-(4) comprise of courses offered
by the Aerospace Department. The remaining tables – viz. Tables A(iii) and Tables C(1)-(4) – comprise of
some of the courses offered by other departments.
The below table enumerates the various possibilities for fulling the elective requirements of the different
academic programs of the department.
Academic Program
Elective Type
Available Tables
B. Tech.
Departmental Elective
A(i), A(ii), B(1)-(4)
B. Tech.
Honors Elective
A(i), A(ii), B(1)-(4)
B. Tech. + M. Tech. Dual Degree
PG Elective
A(i)-(iii), B(1)-(4), C(1)-(4)
M. Tech. AE 1 Specialization
Departmental Elective
A(i), A(iii), B(1), C(1)
M. Tech. AE 2 Specialization
Departmental Elective
A(i), A(iii), B(2), C(2)
M. Tech. AE 3 Specialization
Departmental Elective
A(i), A(iii), B(3), C(3)
M. Tech. AE 4 Specialization
Departmental Elective
A(i), A(iii), B(4), C(4)
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Table A(i) – Aerospace Engineering Electives Available to All Students
$
AE 501
Virtual Instrumentation for Aerospace Engineers
AE 650*
Mini Project
AE 653
Engineering Mathematics (not available with CL 602/ME 673)
AE 663
Software Development Techniques for Engineering and Scientists
AE 665
Aircraft Stealth Technology (Prerequisite: AE 332/714)
AE 714*
Introduction to Aircraft Design (not available with AE 332)
AE 725
Air Transportation
AE 755
Optimization for Engineering Design (not available with CE 771/CL 603/ME 782)
AE 759
Systems Engineering Principles
AE 771
Matrix Computations
AE 779
Optimization of Multi-Disciplinary Systems
AE 6102
Parallel Scientific Computing and Visualization
AE 6103
Introduction to Space Technology
$
Available for all B. Tech., Dual Degree students for their PG electives and for all M. Tech. students
*Not available for B. Tech. or Dual Degree students
Table A(ii) – Electives Available in B. Tech. and Dual Degree Programs Only
$
AE 673
Fibre Reinforced Composites
AE 695
State Space Methods for Flight Vehicles (Prerequisite: MA 106/110 for BTech/DD)
AE 715
Structural Dynamics
$
Not available as elective for all M. Tech. students (these are core courses for some specializations)
Table A(iii) – Non-Departmental Electives Common to All M. Tech. Specializations
$
CE 771/CL 603/
ME 782
Optimization in Civil Engineering / Optimization / Design Optimization (not available
with AE 755)
CL 602/ME 673
Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Chemical Engineering / Mathematical Methods
in Engineering (not available w/ AE 653)
CS 725
Foundations of Machine Learning
ME 781
Statistical Machine Learning and Data Mining
$
Not available for B. Tech. students either as Department Elective or Honors Elective; only available for Dual
Degree students for their PG electives and for M. Tech. students
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Table B(1) – M. Tech. Aerospace Electives for Aerodynamics Specialization, AE 1
$
AE 429
Aircraft Design Project (Exposure to AE 332/714 is recommended)
AE 617
Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws
AE 622
Computing of High Speed Flows
AE 623
Computing of Turbulent Flows
AE 624
Hypersonic Flow Theory
AE 625
Particle Methods for Fluid Flow Simulation
AE 639
Continuum Mechanics
AE 649
Finite Element Method (Prerequisite: AE 227 for BTech/DD) (not available with CE 620/ME 613)
AE 651
Aerodynamics of Compressors and Turbines
AE 664
Lighter-Than-Air Systems
AE 667
Rotary Wing Aerodynamics
AE 668
Reduced Order Strategies for Structures and Fluids
AE 678
Aeroelasticity (Prerequisite: AE 227 for BTech/DD)
AE 682
Introduction to Thermoacoustics
AE 683
Fluid Dynamics (not available with ME 651)
AE 702
Advanced Flight Dynamics (Prerequisite: AE 341/AE 717)
AE 710
Aeroacoustics
AE 711
Aircraft Propulsion (not available with AE 344)
AE 713
Space Flight Dynamics (not available with AE 341)
AE 717
Aircraft Flight Dynamics (not available with AE 341)
AE 718
Hydrodynamic Stability Theory (not available with ME 783)
AE 720
Advanced Numerical Methods for Compressible Flows (Prerequisites: AE 339/616, AE 706)
AE 724
Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics
AE 726
Heat Transfer: Aerospace Applications (Prerequisite: AE 223 for BTech/DD)
AE 736
Advanced Aeroelasticity (Pre-requisite: AE 678)
AE 774
Special Topics in Aerodynamics and CFD
AE 780
Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
AE 782
Flow Control
$
Also available for all B. Tech. and Dual Degree students
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Table C(1) – M. Tech. Non-Departmental Electives for Aerodynamics Specialization, AE 1
$
CE 620/ME 613
Finite Element Methods / Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods (not available
with AE 649)
ME 619
Experimental Methods in Thermal and Fluids Engineering
ME 651
Fluid Dynamics (not available with AE 683)
ME 663
Advanced Heat Transfer
ME 704
Computational Methods in Thermal and Fluid Engineering
ME 724
Essentials of Turbulence
ME 757
Galerkin Methods for Fluid Dynamics
ME 766
High Performance Scientific Computing
ME 776
Fluid Structure Interaction
ME 783
Fundamentals of Waves and Instabilities in Fluids (not available with AE 718)
ME 789
Computational Tools for Process Modelling
$
Not available for B. Tech. students either as Department Elective or Honors Elective; only available for Dual
Degree students for their PG electives and for M. Tech. students of AE 1 specialization
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Table B(2) – M. Tech. Aerospace Electives for Dynamics & Controls Specialization, AE 2
$
AE 619
Nonlinear Systems Analysis (not available with CL 714, EE 613, ME 670 or SC 602)
AE 626
Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control
AE 641
Introduction to Navigation and Guidance
AE 662
Applied Optimal Control
AE 666
Adaptive and Learning Control Systems
AE 678
Aeroelasticity (Prerequisite: AE 227 for BTech/DD)
AE 679
Advanced Guidance and Control
AE 690
Control System Design Techniques
AE 700
Guidance and Control of Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles
AE 702
Advanced Flight Dynamics (Prerequisite: AE 341/AE 717)
AE 712
Flight Dynamics and Control
AE 713
Spaceflight Dynamics (not available with AE 341)
AE 715
Structural Dynamics
$
Also available for all B. Tech. and Dual Degree students
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Table C(2) – M. Tech. Non-Departmental Electives for Dynamics & Control Specialization, AE 2
$
CL 653/EE 638
State Estimation: Theory and Applications / Estimation and Identification
CL 686
Advanced Process Control
CL 692
Digital Control
CL 714/EE 613/
ME 670/SC 602
Nonlinear System Analysis / Nonlinear Dynamical Systems / Nonlinear Systems Analysis
and Control / Control of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (not available with AE 619)
EE 603
Digital Signal Processing and its Applications
EE 622/SC 604
Optimal Control Systems
EE 640/SC 613
Multivariable Control Systems
EE 675
Microprocessor Applications in Power Electronics
EE 712
Embedded Systems
EE 749
Decentralized Control of Complex Systems
EE 794
Microsystems: Analysis and Design
EP 222
Classical Mechanics
IE 502/SC 629
Probabilistic Models / Introduction to Probability and Random Processes
IE 614
Linear Systems
ME 604
Mechatronics and Robotics
ME 637
Manufacturing Automation
PH 542
Nonlinear Dynamics
SC 617
Adaptive Control Theory
SC 618
Analytical and Geometric Mechanics
SC 619
Control of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Systems
SC 620
Automation and Feedback Control
SC 621
Quantitative Feedback Theory I
SC 622
Quantitative Feedback Theory II
SC 623
Optimal and Robust Control
SC 624
Differential Geometric Methods in Control
SC 625
Systems Theory
SC 627
Motion Planning and Coordination of Autonomous Vehicles
SC 630
Variable Structure and Sliding Mode Control
SC 635
Advanced Topics in Mobile Robotics
SC 640
Applied Predictive Analytics
SC 643
Stochastic and Networked Control
SC 649
Embedded Control & Robotics
SC 702
Linear Systems Theory for PDE
$
Not available for B. Tech. students either as Department Elective or Honors Elective; only available for Dual
Degree students for their PG electives and for M. Tech. students of AE 2 specialization
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Table B(3) – M. Tech. Aerospace Electives for Propulsion Specialization, AE 3
$
AE 616
Gas Dynamics (not available with AE 339)
AE 617
Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws
AE 622
Computing of High Speed Flows
AE 623
Computing of Turbulent Flows
AE 624
Hypersonic Flow Theory
AE 625
Particle Methods for Fluid Flow Simulation
AE 639
Continuum Mechanics
AE 647
Introduction to Plasmas for Engineering
AE 649
Finite Element Method (Prerequisite: AE 227 for BTech/DD) (not available with CE 620/ME 613)
AE 651
Aerodynamics of Compressors and Turbines
AE 656
Aviation Fuels and their Combustion
AE 658
Design of Power Plants for Aircraft
AE 660
Interfacial Phenomena in Liquid Atomization (not available with ME 6118)
AE 667
Rotary Wing Aerodynamics
AE 670
Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines
AE 678
Aeroelasticity (Prerequisite: AE 227 for BTech/DD)
AE 681
Combustion of Solid Propellants
AE 682
Introduction to Thermoacoustics
AE 706
Computational Fluid Dynamics
AE 710
Aeroacoustics
AE 713
Spaceflight Dynamics (not available with AE 341)
AE 717
Aircraft Flight Dynamics (not available with AE 341)
AE 720
Advanced Numerical Methods for Compressible Flows (Prerequisites: AE 339/616, AE 706)
AE 724
Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics
AE 726
Heat Transfer - Aerospace Applications (Prerequisite: AE 223 for BTech/DD)
AE 780
Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
AE 782
Flow Control
$
Also available for all B. Tech. and Dual Degree students
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Table C(3) – M. Tech. Non-Departmental Electives for Propulsion Specialization, AE 3
$
CE 620/ME 613
Finite Element Methods / Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods (not available
with AE 649)
ME 623
Cryogenic Engineering II
ME 651
Fluid Mechanics
ME 653
Boundary Layer Theory
ME 661
Advanced Thermodynamics and Combustion
ME 662
Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
ME 683
Cryogenic Engineering I
ME 704
Computational Methods in Thermal and Fluid Engineering
ME 724
Essentials of Turbulence
ME 743
Optical Methods in Mechanical Engineering
ME 757
Galerkin Methods for Fluid Dynamics
ME 766
High Performance Scientific Computing
ME 6118
Spray Theory and Applications (not available with AE 660)
$
Not available for B. Tech. students either as Department Elective or Honors Elective; only available for Dual
Degree students for their PG electives and for M. Tech. students of AE 3 specialization
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Table B(4) – M. Tech. Aerospace Electives for Aerospace Structures Specialization, AE 4
$
AE 402
Smart Materials and Structures
AE 604
Advanced Topics in Aerospace Structures
AE 621
Inelasticity Theory
AE 639
Continuum Mechanics
AE 648
Energy Methods in Structural Mechanics
AE 668
Reduced Order Strategies for Structures and Fluids
AE 669
Machine Learning based Uncertainty Quantification for Composites
AE 676
Elastic Analysis of Plates and Laminates
AE 711
Aircraft Propulsion (not available with AE 344)
AE 714
Introduction to Aircraft Design (not available with AE 332)
AE 731
Multiscale Modelling of Materials
AE 736
Advanced Aeroelasticity (Prerequisite: AE 678)
AE 738
Tensors for Engineers
$
Also available for all B. Tech. and Dual Degree students
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Table C(4) – M. Tech. Non-Departmental Electives for Aerospace Structures Specialization, AE 4
$
CE 615
Structural Optimization (only if AE 755 is not offered)
CE 619
Structural Stability
ME 601
Stress Analysis
ME 602
Fatigue, Fracture, and Failure Analysis
ME 616
Fracture Mechanics
ME 679
Micromechanics of Composites
ME 734
Vibro-acoustics
ME 748
Computer Aided Simulation of Machines
ME 755
Advanced Mechanics of Solids
ME 759
Nonlinear Finite Element Methods
ME 772
Processing of Aerospace Materials – I
ME 774
Processing of Aerospace Materials – II
MM 445
Continuum Plasticity of Metals
$
Not available for B. Tech. students either as Department Elective or Honors Elective; only available for Dual
Degree students for their PG electives and for M. Tech. students of AE 4 specialization
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Document History
2024-06-20: Added AE 501 & 6103 to Table A(i); AE 683 to Table B(1); ME 6118 to Table B(3)
2023-07-24: First version.
Earlier, separate documents were maintained for UG and PG students. Now, the different
options available to UG and PG students are maintained in this one document. The electives
available to UG students of batches 2021 and earlier were very different; this document
does not apply to them. The electives available to PG students of batches 2021 and earlier
were almost the same, except for the following changes:
Additions: AE 665, 725, 771, CE 771, CL 603, ME 782 for all specializations; AE 429 for
AE 1
Deletions: ME 772, 774, MM 724 for AE 1; ME 701 for AE 2 and AE 3
