Ok so I want to go to harper community college for two years, transfer to IIT and major in their aerospace engineering program, making a total of four years time.

How do I know what courses I need to take at harper so that I can sucesfully transfer to IIT’s aerospace program?

Harper has an articulation agreement with IIT, but you need to know you’re very unlikely to get into Aerospace Engineering. In any case, Aerospace Engineering is best studied at the graduate (Master’s) level.

You really haven’t thought this through, have you?

Now a days what are more in aerospace technology? List books or videos or pictures also.

The way to find out is to look at what new technology and improvements Boeing and Airbus are building into their fleets. Over the last 20 years there have been improvements in jet engine technology to make them quieter and more fuel efficient and in aerodynamics to help them fly more efficiently, for example.

Can they? Well as an aerospace engineer you do advance math, modern physics and quantum mechanics and astrophysics, so is it possible?

An aerospace engineer has incredible opportunities to carry out research. Starting from aerospace structures and their design, the control systems that guide and control the vehicle, materials used in all areas of the vehicle, aerodynamics, quality and reliability of aerospace systems, are some of the areas that you can specialize in. But aerospace engineers are concerned more with the practical aspects than the theoretical areas such as quantum mechanics or astrophysics. If you want to work in those areas, then you should go into physics, generally not aerospace.

To qualify for jobs in some of these areas, whether aerospace engineering or physics, you should get a PhD from a good, reputable university and do solid research and acquire the skills that you will be using all your life. Another thing to remember is not to vacillate too much. You cannot be too fascinated with quantum mechanics while being in love with vehicle guidance systems at the same time; these two areas will have some common ground but they are not very close. You can, on the other hand, master aerospace structural design principles while specializing structural reliability aspects and aerospace materials; these three areas are somewhat close to each other. At a PhD level, specialization is very important (while remembering that breadth is important as well).

In any case, solid practical (industrial) experience will help you develop maturity to decide what you want to do in the future.

I’ve been accepted to several universities: Georgia Tech, Embry-Riddle, UCF, and waiting on MIT, Purdue, and UF. I am planning on majoring in aerospace engineering but I’m not sure where to attend. I’ve seen the list of top undergraduate school for AE but I’m still uncertain if it really matters what the schools rank in. I can most likely attend any college I wish, but I want a good engineering school.

My friend is also majoring in this and is applying to several of these colleges! I would say based on your acceptances now, UCF . Also it might be better for you depending on how your school is. I know 2 years ago my other friend was top of his class and got into MIT on a FULL RIDE but made all C’s and D’s there so he transferred to university of maryland and is making straight A’s. Don’t choose a school that will overwork you just because of the name…. though MIT does look good on a diploma. But so does UCF….

I am currently a junior in high school. I have all honors classes except english. My average GPA is 4.3. I am dual enrolled at the #1 community college in the nation also. I have alot of extra math and science credits and just recieved my PSAT scores and i got a 175 and scored higher than 75% of everybody who took it. Which college would be good for me since i want to be an aerospace engineer. I’ve looked a little into embry riddle and penn state and a couple other colleges.

http://www.aero.und.edu/

University of North Dakota, in Grand Forks.

I’ve heard so many great things about this school’s program – you should request to be mailed an information packet about it!

I’m talking about Aeronautical Engineering more specifically. How do they differ in the classes they take? Which one is more difficult to learn? Also, not many schools(In New York) support Aerospace Engineering; I was wondering, is Aeronautical/Aerospace like a branch of Mechanical Engineering?

Aerospace Engineering: branch of engineering behind the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft.
Mechanical Engineering: branch of engineering that deals with the design and construction and operation of machinery.

First two years of Aerospace and Mechanical engineering are about the same classes. After that it becomes different.

For example, cal 1, 2, 3, and differential equations (both need it) Statics, Dynamics, Solids.
But Aerospace Engineering, you take Thermal Engineering (includes thermo 1, thermo 2 and heat transfer) and for Mechanical Engineering you need (Thermo 1, 2, and Heat transfer) Three different courses.

Aerospace engineering you will deal more with fluids, incompressibles compressibles, anything that moves through any type of fluid etc.
Mechanical engineering you are more worried about controls, the operation of machinery and design etc.

Aerospace engineering is more narrow, but with a Mechanical engineering degree you can work at a vast majority of places, since you learn it more broadly. Aerospace you concentrate on one side.

But Aerospace engineers gets paid more and you can refer to yourself as "rocket science major" haha.

Hope this helps. If you are checking in to Universities for Mechanical and Aero, Look in to University of Texas at Arlington, or UT Austin, Texas A&M, MIT, etc.

aerospace engineering junior.

I’m a Jamaican studying to be a mechanical engineer. I’m in my first year of the bachelors. But what i really wanna do is aerospace engineering. It isn’t offered in my country. Is it possible to get a masters degree in aerospace engineering abroad with just a bachelors in mechanical engineering?

Aerospace engineering is a specility of mechanical engineering. If you have a bachelors ME degree and the grades, you can enroll in a college that offers a masters in aerospace engineering and not skip a beat. It would not matter if your BS was mechancal or areospace since most of the courses are the same or very simular.

I’m thinking about joining the air force reserve to be a part of the aerospace medical service. I’m just trying to get a little more information on the subject. Oh and if anyone knows, what kind of training they actually go through and what kind of certifications they get. Thanks.

Your recruiter should be able to tell you

I’m currently a GS in DFAS and they have reimburesment for Accounting/Finance degrees. Hypothetically, if I transferred to the Air Force, could I apply for tuition reimbursement for an Aerospace Engineering degree? I would love to work for the Air Force again! Especially as a civilian aerospace Engineer! I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you, in advance!

Talk to the Air Force ROTC folks at a college that has the ROTC program. You will serve some time as an air force officer but when your hitch is up you can explore civilian opportunities.

My Husband graduates bootcamp for the Air Force in Jan 2009. Then he is off to tech school. He is going to be an aerospace mainentance tech. What are the chances of him getting deployed somewhere I can’t go with him? And for how long would he be gone?

Families cannot go on Deployment. Deployment means that they are away from the base they are stationed at doing training, exercises, etc..

What you are thinking of is PCSing – meaning moving to a base or being located at a base. It honestly depends on the demand at the time for his MOS and where these locations are. AF is the branch that really does try to keep the families together including sending larger families to Overseas Locations. So you should be together but there is the possiblity that he could get a 1 year assignment to a command in Korea or another location that isn’t allowing Command Sponsorship to family members at all.