Architectural Engineering MSAE
Major: Architectural Engineering
Degree Awarded: Master of Science in Architectural Engineering (MSAE)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 45.0 (MSAE)
Co-op Option: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 14.0401
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-9041
About the Program
Architectural Engineering is inherently an interdisciplinary enterprise that is centered on the design, construction, and operation of the built environment. Architectural Engineering MS graduates may include students with expertise in one or more of the following sub-disciplines (usually housed in civil/environmental engineering and elsewhere in traditional disciplinary constructs or newly developing fields of focus or expertise):
- Building energy efficiency and alternative energy
- Indoor environmental quality
Our graduates are engineers and researchers trained in integrated building design and operation practices, who can work on interdisciplinary teams that are able to develop creative solutions combined with technological advances to produce functional, efficient, attractive and sustainable building infrastructure.
Additional Information
For more information, visit the MS in Architectural Engineering or Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering webpage.
Admission Requirements
Applicants to the MS Architectural Engineering must meet the following requirements:
- A BS in Engineering OR
- For students without an Engineering degree, the following courses, or their approved equivalents from other departments, will meet these requirements:
The application package will include:
- undergraduate and graduate transcripts
- three letters of recommendation from faculty or professionals who can evaluate the applicant’s promise as a graduate student
- GRE scores (optional)
- a written statement of career and educational goals
Competitive applicants will possess an undergraduate GPA of 3.30 or higher and GRE scores above the 60th percentile.
For more information, visit College of Engineering Graduate Admissions.
Degree Requirements
The goal of the MS in Architectural Engineering (AE) is to produce graduates who have a solid understanding of the Architectural Engineering discipline as well as an understanding of the interrelationships between the major AE sub-disciplines. Graduates will have demonstrated the ability and capacity to apply that understanding and skill, and the curriculum and project requirements are designed to provide to the students and then ask them to demonstrate the ability to effectively engage in professional-level performance.
| Required Courses | ||
| Core Courses for all AE students | ||
| AE 510 | Intelligent Buildings | 3.0 |
| AE 544 | Building Envelope Systems | 3.0 |
| AE 550 | Indoor Air Quality | 3.0 |
| AE 551 | Building Energy Systems I * | 3.0 |
| or AE 552 | Building Energy Systems II | |
| MEM 591 | Applied Engr Analy Methods I | 3.0 |
| MEM 592 | Applied Engr Analy Methods II | 3.0 |
| Graduate Technical Electives | ||
| Must complete at least 9.0 credits the list below: | 9.0 | |
| Building Energy Systems II * | ||
| Data Acquisition and Analytics in Built Environment | ||
| Airflow Simulation in Built Environment | ||
| Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I | ||
| Transport Phenomena I | ||
| Fundamentals of Air Pollution Control | ||
| Environmental Life Cycle Assessment | ||
| Chemical Kinetics in Environmental Engineering | ||
| Risk Assessment | ||
| Data-based Engineering Modeling | ||
| Chemistry of the Environment | ||
| Conduction Heat Transfer | ||
| Convection Heat Transfer | ||
| Foundations of Fluid Mechanics | ||
| Additional Electives ** | 18.0 | |
| Total Credits | 45.0 | |
- *
If AE 552 is taken as a core required course, it cannot be taken as a technical elective. Conversely, if AE 552 is taken as a technical elective, it cannot be counted as a core required course.
- **
The balance of the required 45.0 credits, a maximum of 18.0 credits, will be electives approved by the student’s advisor and the departmental graduate advisor in any of the following subjects: AE, CHE, CHEC, CHEM, CIVE, ENVE, ENSS, ENVP, ENVS, MATH, MEM (500-699).
Sample Plan of Study
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| AE 544 | 3.0 | AE 510 | 3.0 | Graduate Technical Elective | 3.0 |
| AE 550 | 3.0 | AE 551 or 552 | 3.0 | Additional Electives | 6.0 |
| MEM 591 | 3.0 | MEM 592 | 3.0 | ||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | ||
| Graduate Technical Elective | 3.0 | Graduate Technical Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Additional Electives | 6.0 | Additional Electives | 6.0 | ||
| 9 | 9 | ||||
| Total Credits 45 | |||||
Undergraduate Course Prerequisites for students without an Engineering Degree:
The following courses, or their approved equivalents from other departments, will meet these requirements:
Program Level Outcomes
- Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- Communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
- Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
- Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty
Abieyuwa Aghayere, PhD (University of Alberta). Professor. Structural design - concrete, steel and wood; structural failure analysis; retrofitting of existing structures; new structural systems and materials; engineering education.
Ivan Bartoli, PhD (University of California, San Diego) Program Head for Civil Engineering. Professor. Non-destructive evaluation and structural health monitoring; dynamic identification, stress wave propagation modeling.
Shannon Capps, PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology). Associate Professor. Atmospheric chemistry; data assimilation; advanced sensitivity analysis; inverse modeling.
Zhiwei Chen, PhD (University of South Florida). Assistant Professor. Mobility system modeling, simulation, optimization, control, and social impact analysis, with applications to modular, connected, and automated vehicle systems, mobility as a service, public transit systems.
S.C. Jonathan Cheng, PhD (West Virginia University). Associate Professor. Soil mechanics; geosynthetics; geotechnical engineering; probabilistic design; landfill containments; engineering education.
Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou, PhD (University of Texas at Austin). Assistant Professor. Non-destructive evaluation, structural health monitoring, artificial intelligence, robotics.
Yaghoob (Amir) Farnam, PhD (Purdue University). Associate Professor. Advanced and sustainable infrastructure materials; multifunctional, self-responsive and bioinspired construction materials; advanced multiscale manufacturing; characterization, and evaluation of construction materials; durability of cement-based materials.
Patricia Gallagher, PhD (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). Professor. Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering; soil improvement; soil improvement; recycled materials in geotechnics.
Patrick Gurian, PhD (Carnegie-Mellon University). Professor. Risk analysis of environmental and infrastructure systems; novel adsorbent materials; environmental standard setting; Bayesian statistical modeling; community outreach and environmental health.
Charles N. Haas, PhD (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Program Head for Environmental Engineering; L. D. Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering. Water treatment and wastewater resuse; risk analysis; microbial risk assessment; environmental modeling and statistics; microbiology; environmental health.
Simi Hoque, PhD (University of California - Berkeley) Program Head for Architectural Engineering. Professor. Computational methods to reduce building energy and environmental impacts, urban metabolism, thermal comfort, climate resilience.
Y. Grace Hsuan, PhD (Imperial College). Professor. Durability of polymeric construction materials; advanced construction materials; and performance of geosynthetics.
Joseph B. Hughes, PhD (University of Iowa). Distinguished University Professor. Biological processes and applications of nanotechnology in environmental systems.
L. James Lo, PhD (University of Texas at Austin). Associate Professor. Architectural fluid mechanics; building automation and autonomy; implementation of natural and hybrid ventilation in buildings; airflow distribution in buildings; large-scale air movement in an urban built environment; building and urban informatics; data-enhanced sensing and control for optimal building operation and management; novel data gathering methods for building/urban problem solving; interdisciplinary research on occupant behaviors in the built environment.
Franco Montalto, PhD (Cornell University). Professor. Water in the built environment; planning, design, and restoration of natural and nature-based systems, including green stormwater infrastructure; urban ecohydrology; hydrologic and hydraulic modeling; urban flooding; urban sustainability; and climate change and climate resilience.
Mira S. Olson, PhD (University of Virginia). Associate Professor. Peace engineering; source water quality protection and management; contaminant and bacterial fate and transport; community engagement.
Miguel A. Pando, PhD (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). Associate Professor. Slope stability and landslides; natural hazards; geotechnical earthquake engineering and liquefaction; laboratory and field measurement of soil and rock properties; soil erosion and scour; soil-structure-interaction; earth-based construction materials.
Matthew Reichenbach, PhD (University of Austin at Texas). Assistant Teaching Professor. Design and behavior of steel structures, bridge engineering, structural stability
Fernanda Cruz Rios, PhD (Arizona State University). Assistant Professor. Circular economy, life cycle assessment, convergence research, sustainable buildings and cities.
Michael Ryan, PhD (Drexel University) Associate Department Head of Graduate Studies. Associate Teaching Professor. Microbial Source Tracking (MST); Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA); dynamic engineering systems modeling; molecular microbial biology; phylogenetics; metagenomics; bioinformatics; environmental statistics; engineering economics; microbiology; potable and wastewater quality; environmental management systems.
Christopher Sales, PhD (University of California, Berkeley). Associate Professor. Environmental microbiology and biotechnology; biodegradation of environmental contaminants; microbial processes for energy and resource recovery from waste; application of molecular biology, analytical chemistry and bioinformatic techniques to study environmental biological systems.
Robert Swan, PhD (Drexel University) Associate Department Head for Undergraduates. Teaching Professor. Geotechnical and geosynthetic engineering; soil/geosynthetic interaction and performance; laboratory and field geotechnical/geosynthetic testing.
Sharon Walker, PhD (Yale University) Dean, College of Engineering. Distinguished Professor. Water quality systems engineering; fate and transport of nanomaterials; pathogen adhesion phenomena.
Michael Waring, PhD (University of Texas at Austin) Department Head, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. Professor. Indoor air quality, indoor aerosols, indoor air modeling, indoor chemistry, healthy buildings, and building sustainability intelligent ventilation, air cleaning, indoor disease transmission.
Jin Wen, PhD (University of Iowa) Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, College of Engineering. Professor. Architectural engineering; Building Energy Efficiency; Intelligent Building; Building-grid integration; Occupant Centric Control; and Indoor Air Quality.
Emeritus Faculty
A. Emin Aktan, PhD (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Professor Emeritus. Health monitoring and management of large infrastructures with emphasis on health monitoring.
Eugenia Ellis, PhD, AIA (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). Professor Emerita. Natural and electrical light sources and effects on biological rhythms and health outcomes; ecological strategies for smart, sustainable buildings of the nexus of health, energy, and technology.
Ahmad Hamid, PhD (McMaster University). Professor Emeritus. Engineered masonry; seismic behavior, design and retrofit of masonry structures; development of new materials and building systems.
Harry G. Harris, PhD (Cornell University). Professor Emeritus. Structural models; dynamics of structures, plates and shells; industrialized building construction.
Joseph P. Martin, PhD (Colorado State University). Professor Emeritus. Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering; hydrology; transportation; waste management.
James E. Mitchell, MArch (University of Pennsylvania). Professor Emeritus. Architectural engineering design; building systems; engineering education.
Aspasia Zerva, PhD (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Professor. Earthquake engineering; mechanics; seismology; structural reliability; system identification; advanced computational methods in structural analysis.
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