Aerospace Engineering Specialty


A shuttle launch

The Aerospace Engineering Specialty at Kettering University provides students with a unique experience in areas of propulsion (solid or liquid) and aerodynamics. Kettering University has expertise in using tools that are currently the workhorse in industry or government for designing propulsion systems and for aerodynamic studies. These tools include, but are not limited to JANNAF (Joint Army NASA Navy Air Force) standard methodologies such as TDK, SPP, VIPER, and LTCP computer programs. The students learn how to generate meaningful results by using simulation tools that are widely used.

Students majoring in Mechanical Engineering may select a specialty in Aerospace Engineering consisting of the following 3 courses, one elective and a capstone design course:

MECH-523 Applied CFD
MECH-562 Gas Dynamics/Compressible Flow
MECH-564 Aerodynamics and Wing Theory

Pressure Distribution in psia in a Sequential Firing in a Pulsed Detonation Rocket Engine.
Choose one elective course from the following courses:

CHEM-561 Physical Chemistry of Energy Conversion
MECH-522 Engineering Analysis
MECH-622 Computational Heat and Mass Transfer
MECH-641 Combustion and Emissions

Recommended Capstone: MECH-521 Energy and Environmental Systems Design

View examples of Aerospace Engineering student publications.

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