Aerospace Engineering Research
Aerospace engineering research at Penn State covers a broad spectrum of topics relevant to industry today, and encompasses both computational and experimental research approaches. Our researchers embrace traditional fields like aerodynamics, propulsion, flight science, vehicle dynamics, aeroacoustics, and rotorcraft engineering, as well as leading-edge research areas such as UAVs, commercial space, nanomanufacturing, and wind energy.
Join us and launch a responsible and rewarding research career in one of the most ever-evolving, critical fields that contributes to programs of national importance and has a significant, positive impact on global society and its future.
Research Areas
- Aeroacoustics
- Air-breathing Propulsion
- Astrodynamics
- Autonomous Flight and UAVs
- Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics
- Flight Science
- Multifunctional Structures and Nanomaterials
- Rotorcraft Engineering
- Space Propulsion and Plasmas
- Structural Dynamics and Adaptive Structures
- Vehicle Dynamics and Control
- Vehicle Systems Engineering
- Wind Energy
