Department of Aerospace Engineering

The Department consists of two main groups: Aerospace Engineering, and Mechatronics and Systems Engineering.

• Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircrafts and spacecrafts. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. The former deals with crafts that stay within the Earth’s atmosphere, and the latter with crafts that operate outside it. Considering the importance of this science as one the leading technologies in the modern world, the necessity of paying special attention to this field of study is obvious.

Currently, the Aerospace Engineering group offers Master’s degree programs in two fields:

• Aerospace Structures
• Aerodynamics

In the near future, the following programs will also be offered:

• Propulsion
• Flight Dynamics and Control
• Avionics

To reach the aims of the group, the following laboratories are under construction:

• Advanced Materials Laboratory
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
• Propulsion Laboratory
• Laboratory of Engineering Space with Fundamental Analysis
• Laboratory of Multi-position Analysis
• Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization(MDO) Laboratory
• Aerospace Structures Laboratory
• Composite Materials Laboratory

• Mechatronics and Systems Engineering

Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering, that is to say it rejects splitting engineering into separate disciplines. Mechatronics is centered on mechanics, electronics, computing, control engineering, molecular engineering (nanochemistry and biology), and optical engineering principles, which, when combined, allow the generation of simpler, more economical, reliable and versatile systems. One major target of Mechatronics Engineering is the design and fabrication of micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS). MEMS/NEMS devices integrate physical, chemical, and even biological processes in micro and millimeter-scale technology packages. The group currently offers a Master’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering and accepts graduate students from both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering disciplines.

Furthermore, the group is planning to expand its activities by establishing the following programs in the near future:

• System Engineering
• Air Traffic Management
• Micro/Nano-Electromechanical Systems Engineering (MEMS/NEMS)
• Robotics Engineering
• Micro-nanofluidics Engineering
• Micro-Nano Manufacturing Engineering
• Photonic Engineering (bio-photonic MEMS, Nano photonics)

The following laboratories are also under construction within the group:

• Mechatronics Laboratory
• Robotics and Automation Laboratory
• Micro and Nano-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS / NEMS) Laboratory
• Space Mechatronics Laboratory (SML)
• Micro-Nano Device Fabrication Laboratory
• Devices and Processes Simulation Laboratory (DPSL)