ENGR 1PLIntroduction to Engineering Design: Planes
Engineering · 2 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Introduction to basics of airplane engineering. Students work in teams to design and construct foam-and-3D-printed, fixed-wing aircraft to complete two missions. Students learn basic physics of aerodynamics, applications of MATLAB and Solidworks, how to use figure of merit (FOM) charts to make design decisions, and manufacturing techniques. Study led by experienced undergraduate members of UCLA Design Build Fly group. No prior experience or coursework needed.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.