Department of Aerospace Engineering
The Department of Aerospace Engineering aims to train engineers and researchers who have a high level of creativity, comprehensiveness, and an international perspective, and who will play a leading role. There are three major courses: Aerodynamics and Propulsion, Structure and Production, and Flight and Control, and we are engaged in education and research on the development of new technologies for aircraft, rockets, artificial satellites, etc.
Introduction of Department
Aiming to Realize Humanity's Dreams
Aerospace engineering is a discipline that was created to realize mankind's dream of flying freely like a bird. It has been more than 100 years since the invention of the airplane, and now most of the long-distance transportation on the earth is done by airplanes. In recent years, the development of small unmanned aerial vehicles, known as drones, has been remarkable, and they are expected to be used for a variety of purposes, including transportation of goods, weather observation, and infrastructure inspections of bridges and other structures. In addition to airplanes, new transportation systems based on new principles, such as hydrofoil ships, hovercraft, and levitated high-speed railroads, are also being developed using aerospace engineering ideas.
The development of aerospace engineering is rapidly expanding into outer space. Satellites orbiting the earth now allow us to know the weather changes from moment to moment, creating an information and communication network that unifies the earth and a broadcasting network with no inaccessible areas. Furthermore, the space station has been built to develop new materials and medicines that cannot be obtained on the ground by taking advantage of the microgravity and ultrahigh vacuum of the space environment. Many private venture companies are also entering the space industry, which is expected to usher in a new era of space development. Life on the moon and Mars may be possible by the end of this century.
Advanced Comprehensive Engineering for the Challenge of Developing Unexplored Technology
Aerospace engineering is highly advanced comprehensive engineering that challenges the development of unexplored technologies. The Department of Aerospace Engineering aims to nurture engineers and researchers who possess a high degree of creativity and comprehensiveness and who can play a leading role with an international perspective.
The Department of Aerospace Engineering has three major courses: Aerodynamics and Propulsion, Structure and Fabrication, and Flight and Control. and is engaged in the development of new technologies for aircraft, rockets, satellites, etc. from various fields such as fluid dynamics, shock wave and space propulsion, propulsion energy system engineering, structural dynamics, production engineering, aerospace aircraft motion system engineering, and control system engineering.
Message from Department Chair
Taku Nonomura
Department Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering