We're home to the second-oldest aerospace engineering program in the country with well-established ties to the aerospace industry locally and nationally.
Modern aerospace systems become increasingly intricate as technology advances. Successful, safe, and sustainable aerospace engineering requires coordination of many interrelated processes and systems.
By encompassing the areas of aeronautics and astronautics, the aerospace engineering program at UC prepares you to analyze, design and implement aerospace systems to become the next generation of explorers. You'll build a foundation in the contemporary aerospace engineering principles required to innovate in a variety of fields and learn to design and develop flight vehicles and aerospace systems like avionics, propulsion, remote sensing and autonomous navigation.
Course work includes the analysis and design of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets and satellites. Students engage in hands-on training in the fields of fluid mechanics, propulsion, structures, controls and electronics. Computer skills are increasingly vital in the aerospace industry, so students also take courses in computer-aided design, structural analysis and simulation studies.
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October 22, 2025
Engineering researchers at the University of Cincinnati developed a moth-like drone that flies autonomously using extremum-seeking feedback systems instead of artificial intelligence. The research could help explain how tiny insects with small brains are such adroit flyers.
October 21, 2025
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are working to muffle the sound of jet aircraft without sacrificing engine performance.
October 14, 2025
Drawn to the University of Cincinnati by the reputation of the aerospace engineering program, Hesham Abdelfattah is working to better understand complex dynamical systems for a variety of applications in the industry. On campus, Abdelfattah is a teaching assistant for several courses, sharing his knowledge with younger students, and has published three journal papers in collaboration with his advisors. Recently, he was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
