Aerospace Engineering Curriculum
Master the fundamental theories and concepts behind the projects.
1. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
Lift, drag, thrust, and weight. The four forces of flight.
2. Fluid Dynamics
Bernoulli's principle, viscosity, and laminar vs turbulent flow.
3. Orbital Mechanics
Kepler's laws, orbital elements, and transfer orbits.
4. Propulsion Systems
Jet engines, rocket propulsion, and specific impulse.
5. Aircraft Structures
Stress, strain, materials, and structural loads.
6. Flight Dynamics & Control
Stability, control surfaces, and equations of motion.
7. Avionics & Systems
Navigation, communication, and flight management systems.
8. Hypersonics
Shock waves, aerothermodynamics, and high-speed flight.
9. Flight Testing & Wind Tunnels
Wind tunnel testing methodologies, flight test planning, and data analysis techniques.
10. Flight Control Systems
Classical control theory applied to aircraft, modern flight control laws, and fly-by-wire systems.
11. Space Systems Engineering
Satellite design and subsystems, thermal control systems, power systems, attitude determination and control, ground station operations.
12. Sustainable Aviation
Sustainable Aviation Fuels, hybrid-electric propulsion, hydrogen aircraft, and environmental impact metrics.
13. Urban Air Mobility & eVTOL
Distributed electric propulsion, eVTOL certification, autonomy levels, and vertiport design.
14. AI/ML in Aerospace Engineering
ML-accelerated CFD, generative design, predictive maintenance, and digital twins.
15. Computational Fluid Dynamics (Python)
CFD foundations, mesh generation, solver methods, and hands-on CFD Python exercises.