What is Aerospace Engineering?

The Engineer

10 years ago

Aerospace engineering deals with aircrafts and spacecrafts. It involves researching, developing, constructing, testing and all other knowledge related to aircrafts and spacecrafts. It can be subdivided into two major fields; aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Aeronautics is concerned with aircraft that fly within Earth’s atmosphere whereas astronautics is concerned with spacecrafts.

Aerospace Engineering Sub Disciplines

Aerospace engineering has been divided into a number of sub-disciplines which are as follows:

Aerodynamics
Flight dynamics
Propulsion
Structures
Design

Top Aerospace Engineering Universities

The top three ranked universities when it comes to Aerospace Engineering are as follows;

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of Cambridge

Aerospace Engineering Associations

There are a myriad of associations pertaining to Aerospace engineering but we shall list only three;

AIAA
AIA
SAE

Being an Aerospace Engineer

Being an Aerospace engineer will demand that you are passionate and really work oriented. Projects could last for years where tiny changes could make the project a success or a failure. An Aerospace engineer needs a firm grip on his subject and basics in order to excel in this field. Also, an aerospace engineer is required to carry out tests and understand the pilot’s concerns to cater for them.