Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Nondestructive Engineering Minor

The NDE Minor at Iowa State University is a unique opportunity to get a multi-disciplinary engineering qualification in the rapidly emerging field of Nondestructive Evaluation.

Below is the current list of approved courses for the minor, totalling 16 required credits. These can be selected from the courses listed; you can take course in various NDE disciplines and still qualify for this important new minor.

Required courses

  • MatE/EM 362 Principles of nondestructive testing
  • MatE/EM 362L Nondestructive testing laboratory

NDE Specific courses (2 needed for 6 or 7 credits)

  • MSE / EM 550 Fundamentals of NDE (4Cr., Spring)
  • EM / AerE 490
  • Independent study
  • EM 350 Introduction to Nondestructive Evaluation Engineering (Spring)

Supporting courses (2 needed for 6 credits)

  • AerE 321 Flight Structures Analysis and Laboratory (Fall)
  • AerE 421 Advanced Flight Structures (Spring)
  • AerE 423 Composite Flight Structures
  • Stat 231 Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers (4 Cr.)
  • Stat 305 Engineering statistics
  • Stat 333 Probability and statistics for Electrical and Computer Engineers
  • AerE 422 Vibrations and Aeroelasticity
  • AerE 426 Design of Aerospace Structures
  • EE 424 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (4 Cr., Spring)
  • EM 424 Intermediate Mechanics of Materials
  • EM 425 Introduction to the Finite Element Method
  • ME 417 Advanced Machine Design I (Spring)
  • ME 418 Mechanical Considerations in Robotics (Spring)
  • MatE 418 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Spring)
  • MatE 443 Ferrous metallurgy" 3Cr.S
  • MatE 444 Corrosion and Failure Analysis

For more information, contact Bruce Thompson, 515-294-7864, thompsonrb@cnde.iastate.edu.