Mission

The Aerospace Engineering Department's mission is to educate students using a laboratory-based, hands-on approach. This approach, coupled with a systems view of engineering, is encouraged through coursework and a group-based capstone design experience. This educational philosophy has yielded engineers capable of working in positions of technical responsibility and leadership in a modern multidisciplinary, systems-based environment.

Objectives

Graduates in Aerospace Engineering 1) are well rounded engineers for positions of technical responsibility and leadership in a modern multidisciplinary system-oriented environment that emphasizes problem solving; 2) achieve high-quality professional performance in both aeronautical and astronautical engineering by integrating a systems view of engineering that is built upon group based design experiences; and 3) demonstrate a solid foundation in aerodynamics, controls, structures, propulsion and their integration into systems design.