The emphasis is on basic principles, enabling students to choose from among a wide range of technical areas. Students maywork on problems in such disciplines as systems analysis, acoustics, and stress analysis, and in fields as diverse as transportation, environmental, structural, nuclear, and aerospace engineering. A flight structures program is designed to meet the needs of industry in the fields of high-speed and space flight. The emphasis is on mechanics, mathematics, fluid dynamics, flight structures, noise transmission, and control. The program is a part of the Guggenheim Institute of Flight Structures in the department.
Specific information regarding degree requirements is available in the department office.