University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Calendar 2000 - 2001 Aerospace Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Program in Aerospace Science and Engineering The University of Toronto offers a comprehensive program of study in Aerospace Science and Engineering at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The undergraduate program is offered through the Division of Engineering Science. The curriculum during the first two years is common to all Engineering Science students, with emphasis on mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing. The final two years in the Aerospace option focus on aero-engineering and space-systems engineering. The undergraduate aerospace curriculum reflects the diverse and dynamic activities associated with the aerospace industry in Canada and abroad. Students are exposed to courses associated with aeronautical and space sciences and engineering. Students also gain practical experience in Laboratory and Design courses. Undergraduate Laboratory facilities include several wind tunnels, an aircraft flight simulator, an anechoic room, lasers and computers. The design courses involve participation by engineers from industry. The aerospace field has progressed extensively since the record-setting flights by F.W. Baldwin and J.A.D. McCurdy - both University of Toronto engineering graduates - during the early 1900s. The field has evolved into a multi-disciplinary activity that finds itself at the cutting edge of high technology research and development. Consequently, the field is rich with technological and engineering challenges that extend beyond the scope of traditional aeronautical engineering. Graduate research at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies includes subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic aerodynamics, aerospace structures, flight mechanics, propulsion, rockets, communication and earth resources satellites, the space shuttle, the aerospace plane (which will take off and land as an airplane but fly as a spacecraft outside of Earth’s atmosphere), orbiting space stations, robotics, lasers, advanced materials, special sensors and diagnostics, smart structures, plasmas and fusion energy.Our latest initiative in the “Microsatellite Technology Development Program”. Students at the Fourth Year level will have opportunities to select courses related to some of these specialized areas. While the undergraduate program prepares students for immediate entry into a professional engineering career, the additional experience and training received at the graduate level will enhance their qualifications and employment opportunities. For further information regarding undergraduate aerospace studies please refer to the Engineering Science program in this Calendar or contact the Engineering Science Administrative Office at 416-978-2903. Graduate Program in Aerospace Science and Engineering The Institute offers graduate programs leading to research intensive M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees and a professionally oriented M.Eng. degree. Details of entrance regulations and courses of study are given in the calendar of the School of Graduate Studies. For details of the research fields, assistantships and scholarships, students should consult the Graduate Coordinator of the graduate department. It should be noted that a student who has graduated in
another branch of engineering, mathematics, physics or chemistry, and wishes
to pursue graduate work at the Institute for Aerospace Studies, may be
admitted to the graduate program. In that case the courses leading to the
M.A.Sc. or M.Eng. degree will be arranged on an individual basis to make
up for deficiencies in undergraduate training.
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