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Aerospace Engineering( aeronautics and astronautics )

Professor Thomas Strganac Engineering Honors Coordinator for Aerospace EngineeringUndergraduate Advising Coordinator

Aerodynamics & Fluid Mechanics

Structures & Materials

Dynamics, Control, & Flight Mechanics

Propulsion

Developmental/Research Vehicles

What we do …

 EH–AERO Track Requirements ( = basic College Honor Requirements).  18 Honors credits in courses offered by Engineering or Science, including:  12 credits of engineering courses which include any course offered

by any department in the college of engineering.

ENGR 181H

4-6 credits of undergraduate research (491H)

no more than 6 credits of 485H and 491H combined

no more than 3 credits of S/U coursework

no more than 6 credits of graduate courses registered for graduate credit.

Honors Courses and Contracts Choose an honors course, if available.

Pursue honors course contract designation with direction of a Faculty member. 

485H – Special Topics Course.

491H – Independent Research.  

Honors Caliber Students

-- take the initiative to be informed-- do your homework first-- understand your faculty

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The Aero Degree Plan

• Sophomore Year• Calc III• Intro to Flight F S• Aerothermodynamics• Tech Writing• UCC elective

• Junior Year• Subsonic Aero F

S• Aero Lab• Aero Structures I• Dynamics of Aero Vehicles• UCC elective

• Senior Year• Aero Capstone Design I• Aero Materials• Orbital Mechanics F S• Computational Math• Aero Design elective

• Differential Eqns• Intro to Aero Mechanics S• Aero Mechanics of Materials F• Aero Computation• Electrical Engineering

• Supersonic Aero F S

• Propulsion• Aero Structures II• Aero Vehicle Stability & Control S• UCC elective

• Aero Capstone Design II• Active Controls S• Viscous Flows• Engineering Ethics• Aero Technical electives (2)

Technical & Design Elective Options (3 required) -- Senior Year

Structural Mechanics Structural Design Nano-composites

Propulsion Design Rocket Propulsion Aeroelasticity

Spacecraft Dynamics Flight Testing Space System Design

Electromagnetic Sensing Numerical SimulationAerothermochemistry

Cockpit Systems Vehicle Management Wing Design

Finite Element Methods Digital Control Systems 3 Co-op Terms

3 Capstone Design options (two terms) -- Senior Year

Aircraft or Rocket or Space Design

Outreach and Enrichment

Undergraduate Research

• Summer REU & USRG

• Engineering Honors in AERO

Diversity / Global Learning

• Study Abroad in Brazil, India, or the United Kingdom

Internships or Co-ops

• Industry Mentoring Programs

Multidisciplinary Projects

• AggiE Challenge

• Two semester design, build, test, and fly

Opportunities Outside the Classroom

• AggieSat Laboratory • SAE Aero Design Group • High Altitude Balloon Club • Sounding Rocketry Team• Solair Solar Powered Airplane

TAMU SAE Aero Design Team, April 2010

AggieSat2, launched from Endeavour7-11-2009

Solair Solar Powered Airplane

Aerospace Engineering Student Groups

AIAA Student ChapterAmerican Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

AAWEAggie Aerospace Women in Engineering

Sigma Gamma TauAerospace Honors Society

NANSAInterdisciplinary Nanotechnology

SFTESociety of Flight Test Engineers

SAE Aero Design“Design, Build, Fly” competition team

Aerospace Opportunities

NASA Boeing Lockheed Martin SpaceX Orbital Sciences

Sierra Nevada Blue Origin Sandia

Laboratories Bell Helicopter Hamilton

Sundstrand L-3

Communications Northrop Grumman USN, USAF, USA

ESA’s Rosetta -- Philae lander -- Comet 67P

(Churyumov-Gerasimenko)

credit : Tesla Motorscredit : Tesla Motors

“SpaceX chooses A&M to host Hyperloop Design Competition”

Aero 401/402 Aircraft

Aero 401/402 Rockets

Aero 401/402 Spacecraft