MSc in Engineering in Aerospace Engineering - Aerodynamics and Propulsion in Ann Arbor United States | University of Michigan Ann Arbor

The Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) serves as the flagship graduate program in our department, enabling students to develop advanced expertise in aerospace engineering beyond the undergraduate BSE curriculum. This primarily course-based degree includes optional research components for interested candidates, typically requiring three to four academic terms to finish (summer excluded, as no graduate courses are available). The fields of aerodynamics and propulsion focus on fluid dynamics - examining external flows around aircraft structures (aerodynamics) or internal flows within engine systems (propulsion). These disciplines play crucial roles across aerospace applications, including aircraft design, rotorcraft aerodynamics, jet and rocket engine systems, advanced propulsion technologies, and space environment characteristics. Michigan's curriculum explores diverse subjects like incompressible and compressible flows, viscous flow dynamics, turbulence phenomena, plasma dynamics, non-equilibrium and rarefied gas flows, various propulsion systems, and computational fluid dynamics. The university's research initiatives span cutting-edge topics in these fields, with several notable specializations highlighted below. Detailed research areas can be found on individual faculty profiles.