Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft.[3] It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering.[1]
Resources
[edit | edit source]Curriculum
[edit | edit source]Recommended curriculum:
Prerequisites
[edit | edit source]- College algebra
- Trigonometry
First Year
[edit | edit source]- Introduction to Aerospace Engineering
- Calculus 1 and 2
- Physics 1 and 2
- Technical writing
- Introduction to programming
- Material Science and chemistry
- Basic aerospace engineering project
Second Year
[edit | edit source]- Calculus 3
- Introduction to Statics, Structures, and Materials
- Introduction to Thermodynamics and Aerodynamics
- Experimental and Computational Methods in AES
- Introduction to Differential Equations
- Introduction to Linear Algebra
- Introduction to Dynamics and Systems
- Aerospace Vehicle Design and Performance
Third Year
[edit | edit source]- Aerodynamics
- Structures
- Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
- General Physics
- Aircraft Dynamics
Fourth Year
[edit | edit source]- Orbital Mechanics/Attitude Determination and Control
- Electronics and Communications
- Foundations of Propulsion
- Large Projects Design Synthesis
- Upper-division Writing
- Large project Creation