Aerospace Engineering ( aeronautics and astronautics ) 1 Professor Thomas Strganac Engineering Honors Coordinator for Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate 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

The Aero Degree Plan 5 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 MechanicsStructural DesignNano-composites Propulsion DesignRocket PropulsionAeroelasticity Spacecraft DynamicsFlight TestingSpace System Design Electromagnetic SensingNumerical SimulationAerothermochemistry Cockpit SystemsVehicle ManagementWing Design Finite Element MethodsDigital Control Systems3 Co-op Terms 3 Capstone Design options (two terms) -- Senior Year AircraftorRocketorSpace 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 Endeavour Solair Solar Powered Airplane

Aerospace Engineering Student Groups AIAA Student Chapter American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics AAWE Aggie Aerospace Women in Engineering Sigma Gamma Tau Aerospace Honors Society NANSA Interdisciplinary Nanotechnology SFTE Society 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 Motors “SpaceX chooses A&M to host Hyperloop Design Competition”

Aero 401/402 Aircraft

Aero 401/402 Rockets

Aero 401/402 Spacecraft