The undergraduate laboratory includes operational wind tunnels, an aircraft flight simulator, an anechoic, echo-suppressing chamber for acoustics research, sophisticated diagnostic instrumentation and computer facilities. Aerospace undergraduate students have designed and built robotic artificial intelligence chess players, automated wind instruments, voice recognition systems, and computer systems activated by eye movement. These projects were all done as part of our second-year Design Project course. Also, two fourth-year courses, Aircraft Design and Space Systems Design give the students further experience in the design of complex aerospace systems. In their fourth year, undergraduate aerospace students are required to do a Thesis.
Students work under the supervision of professors on related research projects.
The submission of a thesis at the end of the term is a major requirement. The PEY program is optional, and consists of a 16-month continuous work period immediately following either the second or the third year of undergraduate study. Placements are made by the faculty PEY staff, matching the interests of student with available positions. Participants who choose the PEY program require a total of five years to earn their engineering degrees, thus completing their education with a curriculum vitae that includes work experience in industry. Please refer to the CASI UofT Student Branch web site for more details.