The picture is of several of my friends from Jamuna Hostel, on one of our visits to Pizza Corner. My courses started to get more interesting in the second and third years as more department courses became available. The concentration in the aerospace department is on fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, structures and propulsion. The aerodynamics side includes elementary fluid mechanics, flow equations, compressible flow, flow past bodies, three dimensional analysis and finite element methods. Structures concentrates on the effects of loads on bodies and vibrations.
Propulsion deals with heat transfer and effects of heat on flows.
We also study power plants and we had a group project to analyze the performance of a turbofan engine for a passenger aircraft. However, we also have courses outside the department which are more general like electrical sciences, mechanics as well as humanities electives. The humanities courses prove to be very interesting and relieve the load of the theory courses. My humanities courses have included German, Introduction to Science Fiction for which I had to prepare a paper on the 'Caves of Steel' by Isaac Asimov and Literature and Life for which I reviewed 'The Lord of the Rings' by J.R.R.Tolkien. My work in the department includes editing and formatting of material sent by authors from various nationalities for publication in the 2nd International High Energy Materials Conference.