Aerospace Engineering
What is Aerospace Engineering?
The aerospace engineering industry focuses on designing, building, and testing aircraft and spacecraft that travel in the sky and in space. Aerospace engineers help create airplanes, helicopters, rockets, satellites, and space vehicles used for transportation, defense, and space exploration. They use science and math to understand how things fly and to make sure these machines are safe, efficient, and reliable. People in this industry often work with government space programs, research organizations, and private companies to improve air travel, develop new technology, and explore space. Aerospace engineering is an important field that helps humans travel farther, communicate around the world, and learn more about our planet and the universe.
What do students in the Aerospace Engineering program at JRTI do?
Design, build, and test models and prototypes, produce engineering reports, operate flight simulators. Sample projects include developing model rockets and gliders. Students learn the engineering design process (design, build, and test), industry terminology, tools used to make decisions and solve problems, project management, appropriate and effective research, and communicating information such as descriptive statistics to various stakeholders.
Activities
If you’re interested in learning more about the skills used in Aerospace Engineering, download the activities listed in the course materials. These activities are not required to complete this course but may be used by your teacher as an assignment.
Activity #1: Paper Airplane Design & Test Flight
Create a paper airplane that flies as far as possible.
Activity #2: Draw a Blueprint
Create an engineering drawing called an orthographic projection.