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.
Modified from aero.calpoly.edu
Senior Projects from 2012
Computation Time Comparison Between Matlab and C++ Using Launch Windows, Tyler Andrews
Thermal Vacuum integration for Cal Poly's Space Environments Laboratory, Chelsea Barackman and Steven Jackowski
Instrument Panel Design, Martin Bialy, Amber Carney, and Michael Roche
Development of a Pyrotechnic Shock Simulation Apparatus for Spacecraft Applications, Joseph Binder, Matthew McCarty, and Chris Rasmussen
Low Cost Vacuum Chamber Design for Electromagnetic Railgun Operation, Andrew W. Bothwell and David J. Foster
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
Feasibility Analysis for Electrically-Powered Hoverboard, Cameron Chan, Jason Cortez, and Jay Lopez
Assembly of a Passive Slat System for a CH-701 Kit Aircraft, Jordan Coenen and Spencer Spagnola
Registering an Amateur-Built Light Sport Kit Aircraft, Kevin Condron
The Numerical Open-Source Many-Body Simulator (NOMS), Jason Lloyd Daniel and Javen Kyle Foster-O'Neal
Development of a Flight Test Program for a Homebuilt Zenith STOL CH 701, Reed Danis and Dave Nguyen
Investigating Various Propulsion Systems for an External Attachment for a Controlled-Manual De-orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope, Nelson de Guia
The Importance and Challenge of Launch Environment Testing, Christina Diaz
Electric Aircraft Propulsion System, Austin J. Doupe
Electromagnetic Railgun Safety, Sven Ericson
Solar Energy Collection Analysis Tool for Conceptual Aircraft Design, Grant Glazebrook
Data Acquisition for Flight Tests using Handheld GPS and Electronic Flight Instrument System, Christopher Michael Gocha
Degradation of Solar Cells Due to Arcing in a Vacuum Chamber, Christina Gonzalez
Flaperon Assembly Manual for PegaStol Aftermarket Wings, Eric Alan Gray
Aerial Deployable Autonomous Solar Powered Glider, Brandon Groshong and Jacob Ohana
De-Orbiting Upper Stage Rocket Bodies Using a Deployable High Altitude Drag Sail, Robert A. Hawkins Jr. and Joseph A. Palomares
High-Fidelity Low-Thrust Trajectory Determination Research and Analysis, Tyler Hill
Validation of the Ballistic Limit Equation for Monolithic Aluminum Shielding at Geostationary Orbital Debris Impact Velocity, Brandon Holladay
Test and Verification of Vortex Shedding for a 3D bluff body, Paul D. Innes and Charles E. Carlson
Comprehensive Matlab GUI for Determining Barycentric Orbital Trajectories, Steve Katzman