Areas of opportunity include, but are not limited to, mechanics of aerospace vehicles and structures, composite materials, finite element analysis, experimental and computational fluid dynamics, flight dynamics and control of aerospace vehicle, advanced control theory and its application to aerospace system, and electric propulsion. Opportunities for aerospace engineers continue to develop with the rapid expansion of the knowledge base.

This graduate program reflects the broad spectrum of graduate education in mechanical and aerospace engineering including, but not limited to, mechanical system, structural dynamics, system design and controls, materials, experimental stress analysis, vehicle dynamics, experimental and computational fluid dynamics, thermal and power systems, fuel cells, noise and vibrations, finite element analysis, and micro and nano-technology.