Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Aerospace and mechanical engineers (AME) design complex mechanical, thermal, fluidic, acoustical, optical, and electronic systems, with characteristic sizes ranging from microns to tens of kilometers. Such systems are used everywhere, from the depths of the ocean to near-earth, planetary, interplanetary and galactic space.
JOIN ONE OF AME’S DESIGN TEAMS ● Advanced Spacecraft Propulsion and ENergy (ASPEN) ● AeroDesign Team (ADT) ● USC Racing (FSAE) ● USC Formula Electric ● Recumbent Vehicle Design Team (RVDT) ● Solar Car* ● Autonomous Underwater Vehicle* ● Advanced Composites Design Team (ACDT) *also in CSCI and ECE POPULAR STUDY ABROAD SITES
PROFESSIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS ● American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) ● SAE International ● American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
● University of Auckland ● University of Edinburgh ● University of Melbourne ● Queen Mary, London
Thinking about studying abroad? Spring of sophomore year is the recommended time for AME students.
RESEARCH
CAREERS Alejandro Gonzalez Class of 2019, Aerospace Engineering Advanced Concepts Engineer at The Boeing Company
Dr. Paul Ronney
LAB: Combustion Physics Lab RESEARCH FOCUS: Combustion problems but more generally on “chemically-reacting flows” RESEARCH PROJECT: Efficient propulsion systems for clusters of small
My job is to create future aircraft and aircraft technologies. Specifically, I use engineering tools to evaluate new concepts that can be applied to aircraft in order to better improve them for customers and the world as a whole. I love that I get to do exactly what I went to school for. You often hear that people attend college and get a degree that they “never use” but I use the fundamentals and skills that I learned at USC every day.
satellites COURSES: AME 101 (Intro to Mechanical Engineering) and AME 436 (Automotive & Flight Propulsion) FUN FACT: Dr. Ronney was the Payload Specialist Astronaut (Alternate) for two Space Shuttle missions in 1997
Advice? Get involved with the AeroDesign Team!
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