MECH&AE 157E · MAE 157EAerospace Design Laboratory II
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Recommended: course 171A. Limited to seniors. Second in two-course aerospace engineering capstone design series. Student groups continue design projects started in course 157D. Students conduct hands-on design, fabrication, and testing with a focus on safety, reliability, and sustainability. Culminating project demonstrations or competition. Preparation of design project presentations in both oral and written formats.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
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Requisite: course 157D.
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MECH&AE 157E
- MECH&AE 157DAerospace Design Laboratory I
- MECH&AE 105AIntroduction to Engineering Thermodynamics
- MECH&AE 150AIntermediate Fluid Mechanics
- MECH&AE 157Basic Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Laboratory
- MECH&AE 157WBasic Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Laboratory with Writing
- MECH&AE 105DTransport Phenomena
- MECH&AE 171AIntroduction to Feedback and Control Systems: Dynamic Systems Control I
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