Aeronautical Engineering
Project-Based Learning ♦ Personalized Teaching
Undergraduate Research ♦ Real-World Application
One of the best
undergraduate
engineering
programs in
the country.
— U.S. News & World
Report, America’s Best
Colleges 2013
From the latest wide-bodied aircraft and the next
generation of the space shuttle, to high-speed
trains and race cars, aeronautical engineers are
responsible for designing, testing and developing
vehicles that operate reliably and efficiently. But
it doesn’t stop there! They also work on wind
turbines, propulsion systems, space probes and
even underwater vehicles.
Clarkson’s aeronautical engineering program
provides you with the knowledge, skills and
experience to launch a successful career in
the aeronautics and aerospace industries or
a related field.
Our program focuses on the following areas:
Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Aircraft Structures,
Flight Mechanics, Stability and Flight Control
of Aerospace Vehicles, Aircraft Design and
Aerospace Materials.
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The Clarkson Approach
Clarkson combines two distinctive strengths
that benefit students: personalized teaching
and high-powered research.
Our curriculum prepares you to tackle
professional challenges associated with
the design and manufacture of aircraft and
related systems. The first two years cover
mathematics, physics, chemistry and
foundation engineering courses. Training
in professional problem-solving begins your
second year, with engineering design.
Program Options and Specializations
Students also have the option to
pursue an Aeronautical-Mechanical
Engineering double major.
Concentrations are available in
Manufacturing Engineering, Materials
Engineering, and Biomedical and
Rehabilitation Engineering. Minors
are also available in areas such as
mathematics and physics.
In the third and fourth years, you’ll take
courses in specialized areas such as
aerodynamics and flight mechanics. All of
this lays the foundation for the fourth-year
capstone design course, in which students
work in teams to design an actual aircraft.
Future Careers and Academic Options
The placement rate for our engineers is among
the nation’s highest Our graduates are sought
both for their strong technical skills and their
versatility, and are consistently hired by industry
leaders and government agencies, including:
Undergraduate Research
Students perform research using high-tech
equipment, wind tunnels and laboratories
with faculty mentors whose diverse research
interests and broad industry experience
strengthen the learning experience. Recent
research opportunities have included:
B.F. Goodrich
Boeing
Bombardier Aerospace
Cessna
Electric Boat
General Dynamics
#1 in the Nation.
♦ Smart materials and composites
♦ Aircraft design
♦ Aerodynamics
♦ Turbomachinery endwall design
♦ Computational fluid dynamics
♦ Wind energy systems
♦ Aeroelasticity
♦ Unmanned aerial vehicles
Graduates with
internship experience
— U.S. News & World
Report 2013
Real-World Experiences
In addition to faculty-mentored research and
in-class design projects, many students join
a SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering
Experience & Design) team. Clarkson
offers 16 teams, including Design, Build &
Fly, RASCAL-AL team (NASA-sponsored
Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts
competition), Formula SAE, Mini-Baja and
Clean Snowmobile.
General Electric
Lockheed Martin
NASA
Pratt and Whitney
Sikorsky
Many of our graduates are also accepted into
top-ranked graduate schools, including our
own as well as Berkeley, Cal Tech, Dartmouth,
Illinois, Michigan, MIT and Stanford.
For more information contact:
Dept. of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering
Clarkson University
Box 5725, 8 Clarkson Ave., Potsdam, NY 13699
315-268-6588
tshatraw@clarkson.edu
www.clarkson.edu/mae
For an application or to schedule a visit:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Clarkson University
Box 5605, 8 Clarkson Ave., Potsdam, NY 13699
800-527-6577 • 315-268-7647 (f)
admission@clarkson.edu
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Through Clarkson’s award-winning Career
Center, students get co-ops and internship
experience at companies that include
Lockheed Martin, NASA, Pratt & Whitney
and General Dynamics.
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Clarkson University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age,
disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status in provision of educational opportunity or employment
opportunities and benefits.