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 systems. Undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered in both disciplines, with more than 570 undergraduate students and more than 125 graduate students enrolled. We have a yearly graduation rate of some 100 Bachelor's, 25 Master's and 10 Doctoral degrees. The Department has 21 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.
News
Events
- May 07, 2013 11:10 AM2013 Senior Banquet
- May 07, 2013 10:00 AMGraduation Brunch
- May 03, 2013 8:23 AM2013 Spring AOE Advisory Board
Seminars
AOE Seminars
- May 06, 2013 4:00 PM
Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics Research at Cal Poly Pomona
- Mr. Steven Dobbs
- California State Polytechnic University
- 104D Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Apr 29, 2013 4:00 PM
Skin-Friction Drag Reduction: Physics and Simulation
- Dr. Lian Duan
- National Institute of Aerospace
- 104D Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Heng Xiao
- Apr 22, 2013 5:00 PM
Two-Fluid Plasma Physics Relevant to Fusion and Propulsion
- Dr. Bhuvana Srinivasan
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Lin Ma
- Apr 18, 2013 5:00 PM
Micro-Cathode Arc Thruster: Recent R&D and Perspective
- Dr. Alexey Shashurin
- The George Washington University
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Apr 15, 2013 5:00 PM
Issues Related to Solid Propellant Combustion
- Dr. Thomas Jackson
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Mar 29, 2013 11:00 AM
Transportation Fuels for the 21st Century
- Dr. Frederick Dryer
- Princeton University
- 316 Randolph Hall
- 11:00 a.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Mar 28, 2013 5:00 PM
Global Ship Structural Response Due to Slamming Events
- Dr. Dominic J. Piro
- University of Michigan
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Wayne Neu
- Mar 25, 2013 5:00 PM
Structural Analysis of Nonlinear Two-Dimensional Curved Membranes
- Dr. Sara Jabbarizadeh
- American Bureau of Shipping
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Leigh McCue-Weil
- Mar 21, 2013 5:00 PM
Predictive Simulation of Nonlinear Fluid-Structure Interactions: Models, Methods, and Applications
- Dr. Kevin Guanyuan Wang
- California Institute of Technology
- 1060 Torgersen Hall
- 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Christopher Roy
- Mar 04, 2013 4:00 PM
UAV x Ship Dynamic Interface Study: The Case for Air Vehicle Auto Recovery
- Dr. Bernard Ferrier
- NAVAIR
- 104D Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Leigh McCue-Weil
- Feb 26, 2013 2:00 PM
Wind Tunnel Testing and Hypersonic T&E Advances
- Ms. Judy Bergmann
- MIRATEK, Inc.
- 321 McBryde Hall
- 2:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Joseph Schetz
- Feb 25, 2013 4:00 PM
Dynamic Clustering and Coverage Control: A Maximum Entropy Approach to Resource Allocation
- Dr. Carolyn Beck
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 104D Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Mazen Farhood
- Feb 18, 2013 4:00 PM
Advanced Laser Diagnostic Measurements in High-Pressure Combustion Test Rigs
- Dr. Robert Lucht
- Purdue University
- 104D Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Lin Ma
- Feb 11, 2013 4:00 PM
System F6
- Dr. Owen Brown
- Kinsey Technical Services
- 104D Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Troy Henderson
- Feb 04, 2013 4:00 PM
Novel Nanofluid Fuels
- Dr. Li Qiao
- Purdue University
- 104D Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Lin Ma
- Jan 30, 2013 4:00 PM
Advanced Composite Joining Techniques
- Dr. Stephen Clay
- Wright Patterson Air Force Base
- 1050 Torgersen Hall
- 2:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
- Jan 28, 2013 4:00 PM
Aircraft and Space-Based Applications of Advanced Manufacturing
- Dr. Karen M. B. Taminger
- NASA Langley Research Center
- 104D Surge Building
- 4:00 p.m.
- Faculty Host: Dr. Rakesh Kapania
Heng Xiao joins AOE faculty
Dr. Heng Xiao has joined the Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering. After receiving a B.Sc. in civil engineering from Zheijian University in China, Xiao received his M.Sc. in mathematics from The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. He received his Ph.D. in civil engineering and computational mechanics from Princeton University where he developed numerical models to study the seabed responses and sediment transport during tsunami waves. This research included experiments that were conducted in the tsunami wave basin at the Wave Research Laboratory of Oregon State University. Read more...
Contact Us
Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
215 Randolph Hall (0203)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-6611
Fax: (540) 231-9632
