Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
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 500 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 Students took top honors at the recent AIAA Student Conference. See the full story here for more details.
News
Events
- Apr 26, 2012 2:07 PM2012 AOE Graduation Brunch
- Mar 08, 2012 10:52 AMCollege of Engineering 2012 Open House
- Feb 23, 2012 9:53 AMCAMEO Engineering Career Fest
Seminars
AOE Seminars
- May 17, 2012 4:00 PM
A Consistent Hybrid LES/RANS Framework for Turbulence Modeling
- Dr. Heng Xiao
- Institute of Fluid Dynamics
- 221 Randolph Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Alan Brown
- Apr 30, 2012 4:00 PM
Drag Reduction and Other Good Things for UAVs
- Dr. Goetz Bramesfeld
- Saint Louis University
- 118C Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Apr 19, 2012 4:00 PM
Design Optimization Methods and Applications for Aerospace Vehicles
- Dr. Seongim Choi
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- 261 Durham Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Apr 16, 2012 4:00 PM
PARAMETRIC SIZING - A 21st Century Aerospace Decision Aid
- Dr. Bernd Chudoba
- The University of Texas at Arlington
- 118C Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Apr 12, 2012 12:00 PM
A Perspective on CFD for Aircraft Design: From Irrational Exuberance to Sobering Reality
- Dr. Pradeep Raj
- Independent Consultant
- 310 ICTAS
- 12:00 noon
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Apr 09, 2012 4:00 PM
Collaborative Multi-Physics Research: Naval Hydrodynamics, Wind and Hydro Power, Trace Detection, and Cardiovascular Devices
- Dr. Eric Paterson
- The Pennsylvania State University
- 118C Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Roger Simpson
- Apr 05, 2012 4:00 PM
Project Firefly: Steps toward the Organic UAV
- Dr. James Hubbard
- University of Maryland
- 261 Durham Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Roger Simpson
- Mar 26, 2012 4:15 PM
Morphing Helicopter Rotors to Adaptive Cellular Structures
- Dr. Farhan Gandhi
- The Pennsylvania State University
- 4:15 p.m.
- 118C Surge Building
- Faculty Host: Dr. Roger Simpson
- Mar 22, 2012 4:15 PM
Asymptotic Modeling of Composite Beams, Plates, and Shells
- Dr. Dewey H. Hodges
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- 261 Durham Hall
- 4:15 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Roger Simpson
- Feb 27, 2012 4:00 PM
Biorobotic Models of Highly Deformable Fish Fins
- Dr. James Tangorra
- Drexel University
- 118C Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Michael Philen
- Feb 06, 2012 4:00 PM
Development of Floating Blanket System 'ABAS' to Damp Sloshing Motion within LNG CCS
- Dr. Sang-Eon Chun
- Samsung Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- 118C Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Feb 01, 2012 2:00 PM
Cycloidal Deep Ocean Wave Energy Conversion
- Dr. Stefan Siegel
- Atargis Energy Corporation
- 211 Randolph Hall
- 2:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Jan 30, 2012 4:00 PM
Constrained H2 Control and its Applications to the Mixed H2/H∞ LPV Control
- Dr. Guoming (George) Zhu
- Michigan State University
- 118C Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Cornel Sultan
- Dec 05, 2011 4:00 PM
Adjoint-Based Techniques for a Posteriori Error Estimation in Finite Element Methods
- Dr. Serge Prudhomme
- Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES)
- 113 McBryde Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Christopher Roy
- Nov 14, 2011 4:00 PM
Automata-Switched Systems and Multi-Resolution Control Over Networks
- Dr. Geir Dullerud
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 113 McBryde Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Mazen Farhood
- Nov 07, 2011 4:00 PM
Experimental Studies of Autoignition and Photoignition – Combustion Phenomena Relevant to Aero Propulsion
- Dr. Matthew Oehlschlaeger
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 113 McBryde Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Lin Ma
- Oct 17, 2011 4:00 PM
Fundamentals of Airplane Design
- Mr. Philip Van Seeters
- Boeing Commercial Airplanes
- 113 McBryde Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Oct 10, 2011 4:00 PM
On Turbulence and Wind Energy
- Dr. Luciano Castillo
- Texas Tech University
- 113 McBryde Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. William Devenport
- Oct 03, 2011 4:00 PM
The Role Of Motion Constants In Dynamic Systems
- Dr. Andrew Sinclair
- Auburn University
- 113 McBryde Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Troy Henderson
- Sep 29, 2011 7:30 PM
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Leadership Forum
- Dr. David Poling
- Deputy Program Manager
- Joint Multi Role Program, Boeing
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 7:30 - 8:00 p.m.
- Sponsored by the AOE Advisory Board with AIAA, ASNE, SNAME, and SGT.
- Sep 29, 2011 7:00 PM
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Leadership Forum
- Ms. Kristin Swift
- Principal Deputy Director
- USN and USMC Airworthiness Directorate at Naval Air Systems Command
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 7:00 - 7:30 p.m.
- Sponsored by the AOE Advisory Board with AIAA, ASNE, SNAME, and SGT.
- Sep 29, 2011 6:30 PM
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Leadership Forum
- Mr. Bob Hanley
- Director
- USN and USMC Airworthiness Directorate at Naval Air Systems Command
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.
- Sponsored by the AOE Advisory Board with AIAA, ASNE, SNAME, and SGT.
- Sep 26, 2011 4:00 PM
Dynamics and Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems: Limitations and Nonequilibrium Dynamics
- Dr. Umesh Vaidya
- Iowa State University
- 113 McBryde Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Cornel Sultan
- Sep 19, 2011 4:00 PM
Distributed Strain and Temperature Sensing Using Rayleigh Backscatter
- Mr. Alex Sang
- Luna Technologies
- 113 McBryde Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Christopher Roy
- Sep 05, 2011 4:00 PM
Cooperative Geolocation Using UAVs With Gimballing Cameras
- Dr. William Whitacre
- Northrop Grumman
- 113 McBryde Hall
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Craig Woolsey
- May 09, 2011 4:00 PM
Very Agile Small Satellites
- Dr. Mason Peck
- Cornell University
- Holden Auditorium
- 4:00 p.m.
- May 06, 2011 10:05 AM
Parametric Geometry for Multi-Fidelity and Multi-Discipline Analysis in Conceptual Design
- Dr. Rob McDonald
- California Polytechnic State University
- 104D Surge Building
- 10:05 a.m.
- May 04, 2011 10:05 AM
Air Vehicle Configuration and Component Design Innovation
- Dr. Mark Costello
- Georgia Tech
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 10:05 a.m.
- May 02, 2011 4:00 PM
Nanosatellites at the University of Michigan
- Dr. James Cutler
- University of Michigan
- Holden Auditorium
- 4:00 p.m.
- Apr 25, 2011 10:05 AM
Study of Propulsion Systems Using Advanced Laser Diagnostics
- Dr. Lin Ma
- Clemson University
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 10:05 a.m.
Virginia Tech selects Eric Paterson to head aerospace and ocean engineering
Dr. Eric Paterson (PSU) named to head Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Eric G. Paterson, a world-renowned expert in computational fluid dynamics, will join Virginia Tech as head of its aerospace and ocean engineering department, effective August 10.
Paterson is currently a senior scientist at Penn State University’s Applied Research Lab, the chief scientist of the computational mechanics division of the Applied Research Lab, and a professor of mechanical engineering. More...
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Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
215 Randolph Hall (0203)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-6611
Fax: (540) 231-9632
