Aerospace Engineering, B. S.

OsCAR invention by RPI studentsAerospace engineering focuses the analysis, design and operation of vehicles and systems (e.g. rockets, spacecraft, re-entry vehicles, etc.) which involve space flight or the means of getting to and/or from space. Aerospace engineers gain significant education and experience in designing and analyzing systems for atmospheric and space environments.

Aerospace Engineering Faculty

Michael Amitay
James L. Decker '45 Endowed Professor in Aerospace Engineering and Director, Center for Flow Physics and Control (CeFPaC).
Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, and Flow Control
Kurt Anderson
Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Multibody System Dynamics, Space Vehicle Design and Simulation, Advanced Algorithm Development, Molecular Dynamics
Prabhat Hajela
Edward P. Hamilton Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Multidisciplinary System Analysis and Optimization, AI and Machine Learning, Biologically Inspired Computational Tools for Optimization, Computational Intelligence
Jason Hicken
Professor
Simulation-based Design and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Amir Hirsa
Professor
Fluid Dynamics at Interfaces, Surface Tension Phenomena, Proteins at Liquid Surfaces
Kevin Housley
Lecturer
Fotios Kopsaftopoulos
Associate Professor
Nikhil Koratkar
John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Chair Professor
Advanced Materials, Electrochemical Energy Storage, Batteries, Nanotechnology, Interfacial Science
Robert Niemiec
Lecturer
Rotary-Wing Flight Mechanics and Handling Qualities
Matt Oehlschlaeger
Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs School of Engineering and Aerospace Program Director
Propulsion and Energy Systems, Spectroscopy, Optical Sensors, Chemical Kinetics
Shaowu Pan
Assistant Professor
Scientific Machine Learning, Reduced Order Modeling, Turbulence Modeling and Simulation
Leonid Pogorelyuk
Assistant Professor
Onkar Sahni
Professor
Sandeep Singh
Assistant Professor
Optimal Trajectory Design for Spacecraft, Autonomous Guidance and Sensor Fusion Technology
Keith Taylor
Sr. Lecturer
Ozgur Tumuklu
Assistant Professor
Kinetic theory, computational fluid dynamics, rarefied gas dynamics, aerothermodynamics, turbulence, flow instability and control.
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