AE Kettering University
Aerospace Engineering
Kettering’s newest specialty gives students the opportunity to soar! The aerospace engineering specialty in mechanical engineering is a unique program that focuses on propulsion (solid and liquid) and aerodynamics. Students learn to do exciting things like analyze subsonic and supersonic thrust, performance, payload, and lift and drag forces.
Kettering University
Aerospace Engineering
set a course for adventure
ACCELERATE YOUR CAREER.
The dream of flight has inspired and sparked imaginations for millennia, but the modern field of aerospace engineering was born on December 17, 1903 with the Wright Brothers’ historic first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Aerospace has since grown to become one of the most exciting, diverse, and fast-paced fields of engineering. From its beginnings at Kitty Hawk to the first manned lunar mission aboard Apollo 11 to the new and exciting aircraft being developed today by companies like Boeing, Airbus, and Bombardier, aerospace engineering has come a long way in just a little over one century.
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AT KETTERING Four courses, including a capstone senior design course, are required for the aerospace engineering specialty: • MECH-523 Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics* • MECH-562 Compressible Flow/Gas Dynamics* • MECH-564 Aerodynamics and Wing Theory • MECH-521 Energy and Environmental Systems Design (capstone) In addition, one elective must be chosen from the following list: • MECH-522 Engineering Analysis • MECH-528 Bio and Renewable Energy Laboratory • MECH-622 Computational Heat and Mass Transfer • MECH-641 Combustion and Emissions * Available only to U.S. citizens
Kettering University embraces the spirit of adventure and innovation that is vital to the aerospace field. Kettering faculty are experts on the primary “workhorse” computational tools used both in industry and in government for aerodynamic studies and propulsion system design. As a student you’ll learn how to use not only standard commercial codes but also, for U.S. citizens only, JANNAF (Joint Army, NASA, Navy, Air Force) standard tools like TDK, SPP, VIPER, and LTCP. With these, you’ll be able to build state-of-theart simulation models of jet and rocket propulsion systems.
THE KETTERING DIFFERENCE: WE GET TO THE GOOD STUFF NOW We know who you are. You’re interested in aerospace and new technologies. You’re curious and enthusiastic and want to hit the ground running. You want to do something exciting, like modeling rocket engines or predicting supersonic flow fields. At other colleges you might have to wait two or three years before you actually get your hands on state-ofthe-art lab equipment. Not at Kettering. And through your co-op position, you’ll also get to apply what you’re learning right away, and earn real money at the same time. You’ll also be gaining valuable experience in your field, so when graduation comes, you’ll be more than ready to hit the ground running.