Aerospace Engineering Minor
From the smallest drones to the largest NASA rocket, if it flies then aerospace engineering was involved. Aerospace engineers are some of the greatest minds of today, playing an essential role in advancing technology, safety, and sustainability; the aerospace engineering minor program at UT offers undergraduates a chance to hone expertise as they learn about airplane performance, aerodynamics, astronautics, and more.
Program Overview
The Tickle College of Engineering offers a minor in aerospace engineering to those undergraduate students whose academic history provides the prerequisites for the courses required by the minor. Some of the courses used in the minor may also satisfy requirements for the student’s major. The curriculum offers undergraduate students the chance to hone expertise in aerodynamics, propulsion, orbital mechanics, and stability/control through the completion of a minimum of 15 credits.
Why Get a Minor in Aerospace Engineering?
Students passionate about aerospace engineering will find this program offers a basic foundation of understanding in critical areas of the field to build on specialized skills and expertise. Pursuing a minor in aerospace engineering is a great way to clarify interests and create a more robust academic experience for engineering majors or other students interested in learning more about the world of air and space.
Featured Courses
AE 351 Compressible Flow
One-dimensional internal flow with shocks, friction, and nonadiabatic conditions. Two-dimensional external flows.
AE 370 Airplane Performance
Airplane aerodynamics, characteristics of propulsion systems, prediction of airplane performance, static and dynamic stability, and control of aircraft.
AE 422 Aerodynamics
Theory and design of aerodynamic bodies for desired characteristics. Potential flow theory, viscous effects, and compressibility effects. Subsonic, transonic, and supersonic airfoils.
AE 424 Astronautics
Solar system; orbital mechanics; propulsion; atmospheric entry, including thermal protection materials, human factors in space flight, the space environment, and current topics.
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