Aerospace Engineering

Degrees Offered

• Masters of Science, Aerospace Engineering (M.S.A.E.)
• Doctor of Philosophy, Aerospace Engineering (Ph.D.)

Educational Objectives of the Departmental Graduate-Level Programs:

1. To provide high quality advanced master-level and Ph.D. level education to graduate engineering students to enable successful careers in technology development, innovation and research, with depth and breadth in one or several areas of the aerospace engineering discipline.
2. To develop the capacity of graduates to conduct independent research and/or technology development and innovation, through original contributions to the aerospace engineering discipline and to disseminate the results of their scholarly work.
3. To instill in graduates the drive for leadership in technology development, innovation and research and to contribute to the advancement of the profession in a societal and economic context.

The outcomes of the graduate programs in Aerospace Engineering are as follows:

• Holders of graduate degrees will have an expert-level understanding of the advanced principles of aerospace engineering, which include aerospace systems design, aircraft or spacecraft dynamics, stability and control, flight mechanics and simulation, advanced materials, vehicle propulsion, aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, and computational mechanics.
• Holders of graduate degrees will hold paramount the highest standards of ethical and professional responsibility in the practice of their profession to contribute to the well-being of society and to the advancement of the aerospace engineering profession.
• Holders of Ph.D. degrees will have furthered original research contributions to the state of the art in their specific areas of expertise and will be able to develop innovative research in order to advance the frontiers of knowledge, secure sponsored research, and disseminate its findings through scholarly publications.