College of Engineering

■  MISSION

As a leading technology for the future, the department of aerospace engineering provides a broads education in the philosophy, approach and disciplines of aerospace engineering, and conducts research at the forefront of a wide range of technology critical to the future development of aerospace. The aerospace vehicles, such as commercial transports, helicopters, missiles, space launchers and satellites, provide focus for many aspects of aerospace engineering with which the department deals. Throughout the department teaching and research activities such as vehicles and transportation system motivates and coordinate the instruction and research.

■  OBJECTIVES

The department of aerospace engineering offers a modern aerospace engineering program administered by a faculty with extensive experience in teaching, research, and industry. The first year of the program is devoted to developing a solid foundation in mathematics, physics, chemistry and liberal arts, and the seconds year is devoted to the basic engineering mechanics. Computer programming is introduced early so that students may use this valuable engineering tool in subsequent courses. In the third year, the fundamental concepts learned earlier are applied to the study of practical problems in aerodynamics, aerospace structures and materials, performance, and aerospace dynamics. Fourth-year studies include aerospace vehicle stability and control, astrodynamics, propulsion, and flutter and vibration. Fourth-year students also undertake a major design sequence involving the preliminary design of an aerospace vehicle or major vehicle component. These courses introduce you to the entire field of aerospace engineering. You may obtain additional specialized training in aerodynamics, astrodynamics, flight dynamics, structures, or propulsion by a proper choice of technical electives. The Department of Aerospace Engineering also offers M.A.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees for those students who wish to continue their education beyond the bachelor's level.

■  AREAS OF EMPHASIS

Members of the department of aerospace engineering and staff are very active in the following research areas: Aerodynamics -this program involves study and research in aerodynamics, compressible fluid mechanics, viscous fluid flows and modeling of fluid flows. Facilities available for experimental research include 70 cm x 70 cm wind tunnel with speeds up to 216km/h for aerodynamics. Structural Mechanics - this program involves study and research in structural Mechanics, manufacturing, fracture mechanics, adaptive structure and aero-elasticity. Dynamic material testing systems and various computational facilities for structural design and manufacturing are available. Propulsion - This program involves study and research in heat transfer, combustion and jet flows those are applied to developments of gas turbines, jet engines, rockets and future aeronautical and astronautical propulsion systems. State of the art hot gas test facilities with optical measurement systems and several computational facilities are used for these studies. Flight Mechanics and Control - This program involves study and research in aircraft stability and control, automatic control, trajectory analysis flight mechanics, gyro-dynamics and orbital mechanics. An automatic control simulator and GPS are available for laboratory applications

■  RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Brain Korea 21 
Brain Busan 21 
Research Institute of Mechanical Technology 
Industrial Liaison Innovation Cluster(ILIC

■  FACULTY

Name	Title	Research Lab.
Cho, Kyeum Rae	Prof.	Flight Dynamics Lab.
Oh, Sejong	Prof.	Applied Aerodynamics & Design Lab.
Kang, Beom-Soo	Prof.	CAE Lab for Design & Manufacturing
Kim, Kuisoon	Prof.	Aircraft Propulsion Lab.
Kim, Wie-Dae	Prof.	Aircraft Structure Design Lab.
Choi, Jeong-Yeol	Associate Prof.	Aeropace Propulsion and Combustoin Lab.
Lee, Dae-Woo	Associate Prof.	Flight Dynamics Lab.
Kim, Jeong	Associate Prof.	CAE Lab for Design & Manufacturing
Yee, Kwanjung	Associate Prof.	Applied Aerodynamics & Design Lab.

■  STUDENT

No. of undergraduate - B.S. program : 542 No. of graduate - M.S. program : 109 , Ph.D. program : 10

■  ALUMNI CAREER

Industry : 45% 
Governmental Agency : 10% 
Academical Institution : 35% 
Research Institution : 5% 
Non-governmental Organization : 5%