Is the Aerospace Program more focused on the aeronautical or astronautical portion of engineering?
The AE undergraduate program emphasizes both areas, i.e., the “core courses” (fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, propulsion) are the same for all students. However, in their senior years, the students get to pick the focus of their year-long capstone design project (aircraft or spacecraft) and pick at least two elective AE courses in the discipline of their choice. Some of these courses are related to aircraft (applied aerodynamics, fundamental fluid mechanics, …), others to spacecraft (orbital mechanics, spacecraft trajectory, …). We also have extra-curricular activities in both areas: aircraft and spacecraft design.
