The Aerospace Engineering undergraduate program is
accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET,
https://www.abet.org, under the commission's General Criteria and Program
Criteria for Aerospace Engineering. The program provides a broad education on
unmanned aerial systems, airplane and space vehicle design and
performance, propulsion, flight technology, aerodynamics and
astrodynamics, aerospace materials and structures, and aerospace systems,
among other areas. Regardless of the particular product involved,
aerospace engineers rely upon knowledge of matter and energy
conversions, motions, and forces obtained from computer simulations and
experimental investigations of processes and systems. Each aerospace
engineer is able to learn and apply the fundamentals of aircraft and
spacecraft design while applying their knowledge from courses such as
spacecraft mission design, propulsion, system dynamics and controls,
orbital mechanics, aerodynamics, and flight control dynamics to name a few.
The curriculum in
aerospace engineering provides these skills and prepares
students for graduate study and research.
The undergraduate program in aerospace engineering
trains students in a technically sound, challenging, and professional
manner, laying the foundation for a productive career and enabling
graduates to make positive contributions to their profession and
society. This is achieved with a thorough preparation in the humanities,
mathematics, and basic sciences as well as up-to-date aerospace engineering fundamentals and applications using the most
advanced tools and methods available. In the senior year, the capstone
aerospace design course allows students to solve open-ended,
multicriteria engineering problems. Emphasis is placed on teamwork,
project management, conceptualization, detailed design, computational
analysis, and manufacturing. At the end of the yearlong course, students
will have experienced a full product development cycle from concept to
construction and testing.
Career prospects for aerospace
engineers extend beyond the aeronautics and astronautics fields into
other industrial sectors such as manufacturing, energy, and automotive.
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