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Aerospace Engineering Research

Modern aerospace engineering encompasses so much more than simply aeronautics and astronautics. Aerospace engineering is constantly evolving and focusing on new research thrusts stretching the imagination of researchers and students alike.

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Aerospace Research Areas

Two people are making small mechanical adjustments on a large, remotely-controlled plane-like vehicle resting on a large lab table.

Autonomous and Intelligent Systems

A person is inserting a brown disc into a circular metal component while standing at a table littered with tools and hardware.

Hypersonics

A researcher wearing magnifying goggles and black gloves uses a pipette to drop a liquid onto a metallic surface on a workbench.

Multi-Functional and Extreme Environment Materials

An aerial view of four metal buildings in a row. Three are connected by two long, semi-round tunnels, and one is a long, narrow rectangle.

Optical, Remote, and Quantum Sensing

Long, reinforced metal tunnel connecting a concrete wall with a concrete building featuring external pipes and control valves.

Reacting Flows and Propulsion

View of a rectangular prism satellite orbiting Earth, with a view of the planet's surface and atmosphere in the background on the right.

Space Domain Awareness

Two students are interacting with a 3D printer in a laboratory setting. One student adjusts a black, 3D-printed hand being created.

Space Flight and Operations: Human and Robotic

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