BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
(ABET Accredited)
Aerospace engineering is concerned primarily with solving the problems of flight, and places special emphasis on the design and operation of all types of aircraft, rockets, satellites, and spacecraft. In recent years, aerospace engineers have also become involved in the design of deep-submergence vehicles, modern surface ships, air cushion vehicles, and ground transportation systems. Equipment supporting aerospace engineering studies includes digital computers with interactive graphics; internal combustion engines; microcomputers and microprocessors; nonlinear control systems; production and tooling shop; low and high-speed wind tunnels; refrigeration and heat transfer loops; and instrumentation of a wide variety.
Mechanical engineering is a broad discipline which covers the fields of solid and fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and engineering design. Basic studies are devoted to machine dynamics, fluid flow, energy and power systems, mechanical properties of materials, and instrumentation. Students can specialize in a wide variety of topics, which include power systems, thermal sciences, automatic controls, reliability and quality assurance, mechanical design and manufacturing. Equipment supporting mechanical engineering studies includes digital computers with interactive graphics; internal combustion engines; microcomputer and microprocessors; nonlinear control systems; production and tooling shop; low- and high-speed wind tunnels; a laser-doppler velocimeter; refrigeration and heat transfer loops; instrumentation of a wide variety, and a materials test apparatus.
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