First formed as an Aeronautical Engineering Department in 1927, the Aerospace Department has continually been at the forefront of Hands On and Learn-by-Doing education. The purpose of the program was to teach students about the maintenance and repair of aircraft and their engines. Today, the Aerospace Engineering Department prepares students for work in the exciting field of aerospace engineering. Students are prepared for engineering work dealing with aerodynamics, propulsion, stability and controls, and structures of aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft.

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Senior Projects from 2012

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Computation Time Comparison Between Matlab and C++ Using Launch Windows, Tyler Andrews

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Thermal Vacuum integration for Cal Poly's Space Environments Laboratory, Chelsea Barackman and Steven Jackowski

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Instrument Panel Design, Martin Bialy, Amber Carney, and Michael Roche

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Development of a Pyrotechnic Shock Simulation Apparatus for Spacecraft Applications, Joseph Binder, Matthew McCarty, and Chris Rasmussen

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Low Cost Vacuum Chamber Design for Electromagnetic Railgun Operation, Andrew W. Bothwell and David J. Foster

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Two-Stage, High-Altitude Rocket with Internal Skeleton Design Entered in Advance Category of 7th ESRA IREC, Samuel S. Bowman, Kevin J. Byrne, Allen Capatina, Aliki S. Loper-Leddy, and Joshua A. Van Schoyck

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Feasibility Analysis for Electrically-Powered Hoverboard, Cameron Chan, Jason Cortez, and Jay Lopez

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Assembly of a Passive Slat System for a CH-701 Kit Aircraft, Jordan Coenen and Spencer Spagnola

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Registering an Amateur-Built Light Sport Kit Aircraft, Kevin Condron

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The Numerical Open-Source Many-Body Simulator (NOMS), Jason Lloyd Daniel and Javen Kyle Foster-O'Neal

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Development of a Flight Test Program for a Homebuilt Zenith STOL CH 701, Reed Danis and Dave Nguyen

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Investigating Various Propulsion Systems for an External Attachment for a Controlled-Manual De-orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope, Nelson de Guia

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The Importance and Challenge of Launch Environment Testing, Christina Diaz

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Electric Aircraft Propulsion System, Austin J. Doupe

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Electromagnetic Railgun Safety, Sven Ericson

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Solar Energy Collection Analysis Tool for Conceptual Aircraft Design, Grant Glazebrook

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Data Acquisition for Flight Tests using Handheld GPS and Electronic Flight Instrument System, Christopher Michael Gocha

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Degradation of Solar Cells Due to Arcing in a Vacuum Chamber, Christina Gonzalez

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Flaperon Assembly Manual for PegaStol Aftermarket Wings, Eric Alan Gray

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Aerial Deployable Autonomous Solar Powered Glider, Brandon Groshong and Jacob Ohana

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De-Orbiting Upper Stage Rocket Bodies Using a Deployable High Altitude Drag Sail, Robert A. Hawkins Jr. and Joseph A. Palomares

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High-Fidelity Low-Thrust Trajectory Determination Research and Analysis, Tyler Hill

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Validation of the Ballistic Limit Equation for Monolithic Aluminum Shielding at Geostationary Orbital Debris Impact Velocity, Brandon Holladay

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Test and Verification of Vortex Shedding for a 3D bluff body, Paul D. Innes and Charles E. Carlson

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Comprehensive Matlab GUI for Determining Barycentric Orbital Trajectories, Steve Katzman