Engineering and Technology


Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering


Aerospace engineers are responsible for developing extraordinary machines, from airplanes that weigh over a half a million pounds to spacecraft that travel over 17,000 miles an hour.

They design, develop, and test aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles and supervise manufacturing of these products. Aerospace engineers who work with aircraft are considered aeronautical engineers, and those working specifically with spacecraft are considered astronautical engineers.

Aerospace engineers develop new technologies for use in aviation, defence systems, and space exploration, often specialising in areas like structural design, guidance, navigation and control, instrumentation and communication, or production methods.

They may also specialise in a particular type of aerospace product, such as commercial transports, military fighter jets, helicopters, spacecraft, or missiles and rockets. Aerospace engineers may be experts in aerodynamics, thermodynamics, celestial mechanics, propulsion, acoustics, or guidance and control systems.

Specialisations

Computational fluid dynamics, Aerodynamics, Astrodynamics, Structural engineering. The study of aerospace engineering offers specialisations in aerodynamics, thermodynamics, propulsion, structures, celestial machines, acoustics and guidance and control systems. They may also specialise in aerospace products, for example, commercial transport, helicopters, spacecrafts or rockets. The course encompasses the study of fluid dynamics, material science, structural analysis, propulsion and electronics.

Employment

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited employs aerospace engineers. Employment in research and development is offered by the Defence Services for missile development, Indian Space Research Organisation, government laboratories and organisations concerned with the aviation industry.