Advisor: Peter A. Gustafson

Graduates with the Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering look forward to career opportunities at higher levels of responsibility. Areas of opportunity include, but are not limited to, mechanics of aerospace vehicles and structures, composite materials, finite element analysis, experimental and computational fluid dynamics, flight dynamics and control of aerospace vehicle, advanced control theory and its application to aerospace system, and electric propulsion. Opportunities for aerospace engineers continue to develop with the rapid expansion of the knowledge base.

Class sequencing and scheduling (in evening hours) are arranged so that a working engineer can complete the program in three years while maintaining full-time employment.

Admission Requirements

1. Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a similar discipline from an institution with an ABET/EAC accredited program.
2. Submit results of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).

Applicants with degrees in other engineering fields or related disciplines may be considered for admission after they have satisfactorily completed the necessary undergraduate prerequisite courses prescribed by the department’s graduate advisor. At the Graduate Advisor’s discretion, these courses can be all or a subset of:

ME 2560 Statics
ME 2570 Mechanics of Materials
ME 2580 Dynamics
AE 2610 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering
AE 3610 Aerodynamics I
AE 3710 Aerodynamics II
AE 3800 Flight Vehicle Performance
AE 4600 Aircraft Stability and Control
AE 4630 Aircraft Structural Design
AE 4660 Aeronautical Propulsion System
MATH 2720 Multivariate Calculus and Matrix Algebra
MATH 3740 Differential Equations and Linear Algebra

Conditional admission may be granted to a student with a baccalaureate degree and less than the required academic record or anyone having a baccalaureate degree from a non-accredited college or anyone needing more than three prerequisite courses.  A student admitted on non-degree conditional status may establish eligibility for regular admission by completing the specified prerequisite courses, and securing grades of “B” or better in each course in the first nine hours of graduate work.

A student with a baccalaureate degree who wishes to enroll in courses but does not plan to pursue a program leading to a master’s degree, or is not eligible for regular admission may enroll in courses for which prerequisite requirements are satisfied with Non-degree status.  If the student later decides to apply for regular admission, no more than nine hours of work taken under Non-degree status will be considered part of a degree program.