The study of aerospace engineering helps students prepare to work in the analysis, design, and operation of products such as missles, space vehicles, and conventional propeller-driven and jet-powered aircraft. Students may emphasize a specific area such as aeronautics, aerospace physics, electrical systems, environmental science, fluid dynamics, propulsion, or structural mechanics. Graduates of this major find jobs in industries related to space exploration; aircraft and turbine manufacture; or gas and power generation, petroleum, air conditioning, and food-processing companies concerned with fluid flow. Many graduates also join consulting engineering firms or work in government laboratories dealing with aeronautics and astronautics.

The B.S. in Aerospace Engineering is offered by Penn State's College of Engineering.

*Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD, 21202-4012; telephone, 410-347-7700.

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