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Aerospace Engineering( aeronautics and astronautics )
Professor Thomas Strganac Engineering Honors Coordinator for Aerospace EngineeringUndergraduate Advising Coordinator
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Aerodynamics & Fluid Mechanics
Structures & Materials
Dynamics, Control, & Flight Mechanics
Propulsion
Developmental/Research Vehicles
What we do …
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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.
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ESA’s Rosetta -- Philae lander -- Comet 67P
(Churyumov-Gerasimenko)
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credit : Tesla Motorscredit : Tesla Motors
“SpaceX chooses A&M to host Hyperloop Design Competition”
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Aero 401/402 Aircraft
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Aero 401/402 Rockets
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Aero 401/402 Spacecraft