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The Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering offers a unique blend of two disciplines that takes advantage of commonality in the analysis and design of aerospace and ocean vehicles. Undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered in both disciplines, with more than 400 undergraduate students and more than 100 graduate students enrolled. We have a yearly graduation rate of some 100 Bachelor's, 25 Master's and 10 Doctoral degrees.  The Department has 19 full-time faculty working in aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, structural mechanics, material science, dynamics and control, multidisciplinary design optimization, and energy systems. All faculty are actively engaged in our broad research program, which has annual expenditures of more than $6.5 million, and all teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Department has extensive facilities including world class wind-tunnels, water tunnels, structural test equipment, high-performance computer systems, and state-of-the-art spacecraft simulators. 

AOE Graduate Students' Flight Test
of Remotely Piloted Joined Wing Vehicle

This video shows the first flight test of the 5 Meter Joined Wing Sensorcraft which took place at the Foremost Air Base in Alberta, Canada. The Joined Wing Sensorcraft is a proposed next generation High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). This research is part of a joint project between Virginia Tech and the University of Victoria (Canada).Virginia Tech AOE graduate students Tyler Aarons, Jeff Garnand-Royo, and Charles Eger, the flight test director, a ground station operator, and videographer, respectively, were advised by Profs. Bob Canfield and Craig Woosley. PhD student Jenner Richards, advised by Prof. Afzal Suleman, of University of Victoria was a ground station operator and vehicle technician.

 

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Jeffrey Stettler AOE Adjunct Instructor

   

Dr. Stettler

Dr. Jeffrey Stettler is an experienced engineer and teacher, with experience across a range of academic environments and an array of technical and operational leadership positions in the U.S. Navy, with significant related experience with government and industry.  He is a recognized...more


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Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: (540) 231-6611
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