Aerospace Engineering

Contact:
Alric P. Rothmayer
2271 Howe Hall, Room 1200
515 294-9669
aere-info@iastate.edu

The Department of Aerospace Engineering offers graduate programs in both aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics. Our unique research facilities include labs for experimental work in low-speed aerodynamics, wind engineering, composite material fabrication and testing, and structural materials testing. For students in engineering mechanics, we provide state-of-the-art ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation and an opportunity to work with diverse projects in our university’s world-renowned Center for Nondestructive Evaluation.

Areas of Specialization

• Aircraft icing
• Composites and structural dynamics
• Computational fluid dynamics and boundary elements
• Computational nano-scale mechanics
• Elastic wave propagation and scattering
• Experimental aerodynamics and flow visualization
• Gas turbine aerodynamics and heat transfer
• Guidance, controls, and navigation
• Micro- and nano-mechanics and manufacturing
• Nondestructive evaluation
• Rotorcraft aerodynamics
• Spacecraft systems
• Theoretical aerodynamics
• Trajectory optimization
• Ultrasonics and thermography
• Wind engineering and energy
• Human-computer interaction (interdepartmental)
• Systems engineering (interdepartmental, MEngr only)

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