Overview
Space Engineering Program Includes Academics and Exciting Air and Space Research Opportunities
Graduate students at UTSI can earn the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Aerospace Engineering. Students of the space engineering program receive academic instruction and research opportunities in the areas of air and space vehicles, flight mechanics, and propulsion as part of the air and space flight program components within aerospace engineering. There is also coursework and related research in air and chemical combustion dynamics, fluid mechanics, energy conversion, and structures.
Students within the space engineering and space flight programs will use analysis, computer modeling, and experimental techniques. They receive a strong foundation in the aerospace sciences, including air and chemical combustion dynamics.
Space engineering, space flight, and scientific studies are conducted in academic facilities that incorporate research and development activities. UTSI has an accomplished record of investigation, development, and application of advanced fluid dynamics technology in relation to aerodynamic, propulsion, and industrial systems. Experimental activities at the institute include the areas of propulsion and combustion.
Graduate space engineering programs are open to students with Bachelor of Science Engineering degrees from ABET-accredited undergraduate programs or the foreign equivalent. Faculty members guide studies in space engineering and space flight programs through classroom instruction and seminars. They conduct their own advanced research, while directing the research efforts of students.
Graduate Study in Aviation Systems Leads to Knowledge in Aerospace Engineering and Flight Science
Aviation systems unites the studies of aerospace engineering, aviation technology, and flight science, including sub-orbital flight. The aviation systems academic program provides students with a specialized Master of Science degree. This degree delivers both theoretical and practical education within technical areas. Students who choose to pursue the aviation systems course of study will experience "hands-on" flight test engineering programs and flight research. Faculty direct student research in a wide scope of areas, including aircraft performance, advanced flight test instrumentation, atmospheric and earth/ocean science, and flight systems and human factors.
The University of Tennessee Space Institute students may conduct research within the institute's fleet of aircraft. These aircraft are operated at the UTSI Flight Research Facility at the Tullahoma Regional Airport. Students have opportunities to fly in these aircraft in the role of flight researchers and flight test engineers. Research can be conducted in conjunction with the institute's other academic departments, including aerospace engineering.
Students with an undergraduate degree in engineering, aerospace engineering, advanced mathematics, or physics will be more prepared for a graduate program in aviation systems. In addition to attending classes, aviation systems students spend additional hours participating in flight research and flight test engineering programs. The future of aviation advancement, aerospace systems, and sub-orbital flight vehicles will be influenced by visionaries in aviation systems research.
Engineering Management Program Balances Technical Knowledge with Leadership Development
The master and doctoral industrial engineering programs at UTSI center upon engineering management programs. These programs are directed toward practicing engineers and balance technical knowledge with leadership development. The engineering management programs are designed to provide graduate students with the leadership and business tools to attain success within technical organizations and their processes. Students in the programs gain advanced skills in the areas of: project management, financial management, technology transfer, ethical and legal perspectives, team relations, organizational behavior, and continuous quality improvement.
Students pursuing a graduate degree from UTSI will be seeking professional development and advancement within a technical field. A technical degree gives students a useful scientific approach to discovering workplace solutions. This technical knowledge can be combined with graduate studies in engineering management to provide students with the business resources and leadership training they need to succeed within industry and private companies at the managerial level.
In contrast to many MBA programs, graduate engineering management programs take into account the high level of technical education engineers have already acquired and their existing problem-solving skills. The University of Tennessee was one of the first to offer graduate-level engineering management programs so engineers could acquire the valuable leadership skills and business tools to advance in industrial and corporate sectors.
