Aerospace Engineering By Neil Berg Education An Aerospace

Aerospace Engineering By Neil Berg

Education • An Aerospace degree takes 4 to 7 years to obtain • A bachelors degree takes 4 years at most colleges • Masters and doctorate degrees take 2 additional years

Job outlook $100, 000 $80, 000 $60, 000 $40, 000 Average Annual Wages $20, 000 other occupations Other engineers $0 Aerospace Engineers • Job outlook: 5% growth (2010 -2020) • Number of jobs: 81, 000 (2010) • Average pay: $97, 480 Average Annual Wages

What Do Aerospace Engineers do? • • • Direct and coordinate teams Assess feasibility and safety of products Work on a team Develop criteria for equipment Inspect malfunctioning products • Career Profile- Aerospace Engineer • Aerospace Engineering on the job

Boeing o Boeing is the leading company in aerospace engineering o Boeing creates everything aeronautical from missiles and satellites to business jets and commercial airplanes Products • V-22 Osprey • Boeing 747 • Global positioning system (GPS) IIF • AH-64 Apache More Boeing Products

NASA - From Apollo 11 to STS-135 NASA has become the leader in space technology - NASA became the first company to land a man on the moon - NASA was created in competition with the Soviets who were in a “Space Race” with the USA Products • Flash Infrared Thermography software • Aircraft management information System • Hypoxia detection and warning system

Neil Armstrong • Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon • He was also an aerospace engineer • He became a test pilot for NASA • Armstrong was accepted to Purdue for Engineering

Homer Hickam • Famous for winning a science fair in the area of propulsion with his friends • Hickam originally went to school for industrial engineering but eventually went to work at the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command • He proceeded to help train astronauts for shuttle missions and to work on the Hubble telescope

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