What is Aerospace Engineering and Career Scope?

What is Aerospace Engineering and Career Scope?

Aerospace Engineer Job Description:
As an aerospace engineer, you could be working on a mission to the Orion space, which plans on putting astronauts on the moon by 2020. Or, you can be involved in developing a new generation of space telescopes,  the source of some of the most significant discovery of the universe. But the space is just one of many areas to explore, as an aerospace engineer. You could develop commercial airliners, military aircraft, helicopters, or  for our airways. And it becomes even more down to earth, you could design the latest land and sea transport, including high-speed trains, racing cars, or deep-sea vessels that explore life on the ocean floor.

Aerospace Engineers Working Projects:

• Improving the safety of space shuttles
• Building a more spacious passenger plane
• The establishment of satellite detection of drought in parts of the world
• Design robots to collect samples on other planets, showing a deep understanding of our Galaxy
• Development of parachutes, using new materials to improve their performance.

Aerospace Engineer Salaries:
B.S. degree
$ 66,335
M.S. degree
$ 79,506
Ph.D.
$ 95,025

Best iPhone App For Aerospace|Aeronautical Maintenance Engineering Students: Explore The Mysteries of Universe on your iPhone

Best iPhone App For Aerospace|Aeronautical Maintenance Engineering Students: Explore The Mysteries of Universe on your iPhone

The NASA App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

Are you in a mood of  Space Exploration? NASA has developed an iphone application NASA App HD for the iPad that will remain you online and in touch with space. At the touch of your screen unfold the hidden mysteries of the universe, access to all the answer the universe has to offer.

NASA App

iPhone application NASA App HD by NASAcombines all of your favorite NASA images, videos, missions and information into one, easy-to-use, application. It's available free of charge on the App Store from Apple directly on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad or within iTunes. WiFi or 3G network connection required, no flash is required for this iphone app.

Features:

• Thousands of images from NASA IOTD, APOD and NASAImages.org
• On demand NASA Videos from around the agency
• Live Streaming of NASA TV
• Current NASA Mission Information
• Launch Information & Countdown clocks
• Current Visible Passes for the International Space Station (ISS)
• ISS and Earth Orbiting Satellite Tracker
• NASA Twitter Feeds from around the agency
• Facebook® Connect and Integrated Twitter™ client for easy sharing
• Map and links to all of the NASA centers
• Quick links to the NASA topic areas
• Featured content section

This iPhone App alone is almost worth the price of your iPad. (available free of charge on the App Store from Apple)

Best iPhone Apps for Engineering Maintenance Students

Best iPhone Apps for Engineering Maintenance Students

 iPhone Apps in iTunes are thousands and many are free.

Want free iphone apps? Start in itunes

• Best  iphone apps is in itunes on the homepage of the App Store

• Top ten list of free apps can be find on right side of the screen

• Click on "see all' link

• A page loads with each category of free iphone apps in itunes specific to that category

AppDay and AppShopper are free iphone apps websites and you can find all free apps.

 “Five years from now on the web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world,” Gates said at the Techonomy conference in Lake Tahoe, CA today. “It will be better than any single university,” he continued.

 Gates said that technology is the only way to bring education back under control and expand it.

 Bill Gates is Right. So, here are :
Free Engineering  iPhone Apps

AEC Info:
Get the latest architectural, engineering, and construction industry new and opinions right on your iPhone! Whether you are an industry professional or just someone interested in these topics, you'll want to download this app

Punch in Numbers:
This is a calculator application that gives students access to a fully functional scientific calculator. 

X-Plane TRAINER:
Based on the X-Plane engine, this gives you a Cessna 172 trainer and all of the flying regions of the full X-Plane.This training really helps you fly the plane more accurately (like a REAL one!) and I find that as I fly X-Plane trainer, I really do fly it more like a REAL plane because of the tips on power, flaps, speed, and altitude that keep my flight under control, rather than getting too fast or high on approach!

Dictionary.com:
This app is a must have application for students of all ages. It incorporates a dictionary, thesaurus and a word of the day feature. Students can have the words pronounced out loud to them, and examples of how to use the words in a sentence correctly are also included.

World Wiki:
Master international relations with this demographic goldmine. World Wiki collates information from over 200 countries from Wikipedia, and organizes them into useful categories like capital cities, currencies, flags, governments, populations and even national anthems

Evernote:
This app can help students take notes and organize web media easily. You can take a photo, a screenshot, a typed note or save a web page and Evernote will save it, index it and make it searchable for when you need it most. In short it lets you learn on the go, and keep track of the most interesting notes and media that students might need for a class project or presentation. Best of all, it works  on PCs, Macs and other portable devices, so the content you save on one is available to view on all the rest. When used well, this is easily one of the best apps for education users.

 Free Wi-Fi Finder:
Students are always strapped and find it difficult at time to afford wireless network connection to carry out their studies. Free Wi-Fi finder allows them to locate free internet portals that they can log unto to gain access to their universities.

I Student:
This application allows you to input your class schedule and other important events such as homework, exam dates, and department meetings. This eliminates reasons for students to be late.

iTune U:
iTune U is designed specifically for the Online University community. It contains lectures from various courses offered by the leading online universities. Via their 3G iPhone network, students can easily watch and listen to lectures from the over 200,000 available audio and video files.

iTalk Recorder:
This applications allows students to record anything from lectures, notes read aloud or just their own ideas on the go. They can then replay them at anytime.

Fring:
Fring allows you to instant message your entire online student peers at once by combining all your registered instant message providers.

Looking for a Aviation Jobs in Aviation Industry. Never go to an Interview Unprepared again!

Looking for a Aviation Jobs in Aviation Industry. Never go to an Interview Unprepared again!

 Key Elements for  an Aviation Careers in today's Aviation Industry:

"Take charge of your future today"
the aviation industry offers career opportunity to suite many interests and backgrounds. As aviation remains an integral part of our society, there is a growing need for qualified maintenance personnel.

"Plan for you're future". 

very reason many enter into aviation industry dreaming big, but in the process they end up a looser(serious tone).this statement more applicable to students of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering License.
AS in my earlier articles i said AME is not exiting nor as glamor as other Aviation careers. So  in the process many aircraft maintenance engineering students lacks the interest and zeal as it was in the beginning of their career.

Here listed 
Things for successful  Aviation Careers:

Know what to expect ... Be Who You Want To Be
keep an early bird view on your career

Know what airlines really look for ...
keep updating on industry news

Know where to find the jobs ...
know the right place and be at right time to capture your big dream

Never go to an interview unprepared ...
know your basics

know the application process ...
know the knowledge of applying knowledge at the right time and at right place ...  keep busy in touch with right aviation consultancy

know the attitude ...
keep professionalism and be fast learner.
particularly aircraft maintenance engineers and aviation mechanic. A slight negligence from you side results great loss in lives

One of the most important skills that a maintenance engineer must develop is the skill to ignore those things that were designed by non-pilots to get the pilot's attention.

Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory... in other words, for every take-off, there WILL be a landing.

Keep looking around; there's always something you've missed.

Fuel in the tanks is limited. Gravity is forever.

Never trust a fuel gauge.

"Remember, you’re always a student in an airplane."

Aerospace Engineering Salary And Career Education

Aerospace Engineering Salary And Career Education

Careers in Aerospace Engineering

Elementary High School College

Courses and Subjects  :

Aerospace Engineering

 Math, Science, Physics, Trig, Algebra, Calculus, English (!)........>Engineering Courses

Information Gathering:
Family, Friends
Library, Magazines, Internet
CAP, Scouts, EAA
Teachers, Professors
Co-op, Intern

Aerospace Engineering Employers Employed in:

• Government

  -  DOD, NASA, FAA

• Private Industry

  -  Civil Aviation, General Aviation, Military Aircraft, Spacecraft

• Academia

  -  Teaching, Research
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Aerospace Engineering Salaries:

• Analytical Design

• Field Service

• Manufacturing

• Materials and Processes

• Software

• Systems

• Test

Aerospace Engineering Knowledge:

• Analytical

- Aerodynamics

1. Performance
2. Stability & Control
3. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

 - Guidance and Control
 - Strength
 - Loads
 - Propulsion
 - Structural Dynamics

  - Aerodynamics

• Performance

  -  Determine drag, range, fuel use, airspeed, altitude

• Stability & Control

  -  Determine flying qualities, math model of aircraft dynamics, spin analysis

• Computational Fluid Dynamics

  -  Computational Fluid Dynamics uses computing to calculate data similar to that collected in a wind tunnel.



Salary for a typical Aerospacce Engineer according to the area is as follows:

USA Employment: 100,000 

Starting Salaries 2009: 

BS $67,000 

MS $75,000 

PhD $85,000 

Median 2008 Salary: $74,000
US$65k, Albany, New York
US$59k, Dallas , Texas
US$60k, Los Angeles, California
US$67k, Boston, Massachusetts
US$60k, Chicago, Illinois

Is Aeronautical Engineering is a Branch of Aerospace Engineering? Do you know First Airplane was designed by a Pair of Bicycle Makers?

Is Aeronautical Engineering is a Branch of Aerospace Engineering? Do you know First Airplane was designed by a Pair of Bicycle Makers?

What is Aeronautical Engineering?
Aeronautical Engineering is a sub-branch of aerospace engineering. Though few people often interchange these two terms. Basically aeronautical involve activity of designing, developing and constructing of machine planes that can fly, as commonly know by aircraft.

The aeronautical engineers primarily responsible for creation of safer and more energy efficient economical methods for travelling including aircraft, helicopters, satellites, missiles and spacecrafts.
These includes science of propulsion and aerodynamics, even it covers the development and selection of materials and equipment that are utilized in aircraft.

Aero Engineer's are part of the designing process to make the fastest vehicle. Eg: Airplanes that weighs over a million pounds can ease into the air and spacecraft travels 17.000 miles an hour.

What do Aeronautical Engineers do?
Aero engineers bring concept into reality by emphasising on the design of aerofoils(wings). Propulsion is another aspect in aeronautical engineering. The force of propulsion helps an airplane to remain in flight, and encompasses the design and development of engines. These two basic principles are considered when choice of material for aircraft design, strenght and weight. Selection of material is a crucial area of specialization for the aeronautical engineering

As a Aero graduates you can specialize in any areas including:
Structural designing, Flight mechanic and control system, Aerodynamics, Instrumentation and communication, Manufacturing and maintenance.

Wright Brothers bicycle

Aeronautical Engineering Career Opportunities:
Commercial aviation industry
Government defence forces
Flight crew in both commercial and defence aviation
Research institutes
Space exploration centres.

Aeronautical Engineers Employers includes:
Aer Lingus, Airbus the Air Corps, FLS Aerospace, Rolls Royce and Ryanair to name but a few.

Aeronautical Engineering Future Prospects:
Create new, innovative methods of transportation to meet future demands.
Improve safety of an aircraft travel with more energy-efficient, economical methods
Develop and manufactures rockets and satellites.
Research and development formula one racing cars.
Perform and supervising the design of military aircraft.

Aeronautical Engineering salary: The average aeronautical engineer earns over $90,000 a year.

The first airplane was designed by a pair of bicycle makers, who worked on it largely as a hobby.
Wright Brothers bicycle on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Aircraft Maintenance Engineering and Aerospace Engineer Interview Questions

Aircraft Maintenance Engineering and Aerospace Engineer Interview Questions

Body of aircraft is made up of aluminum due to its good tensile strength & good conductor.This is the combined effect low pressure & speed of plane in sky.

What is ram jet?

A ramjet, sometimes referred to as a stovepipe jet, or an athodyd, is a form of jet engine with no moving parts. Ramjets cannot produce thrust at zero airspeed and thus cannot move an aircraft from a standstill.

What is a liquid metal?

Mercury. "Liquid metal" is a type of alloy, a mix of three or more metals, with end results of similar properties and characteristics  to plastic that cools faster and has more than twice the strength of titanium.

What kind of work is carried out in Line Maintenance?

Are thermal protection systems of space crafts commonly composed of one panel or a collection of smaller tiles?

Does not simplification of complex honeycomb designed for thermal protection system of are usable launch vehicles jeopardize the accuracy of results?

It jeopardize the accuracy but it also has some advantages but cannot be used due to its inaccuracy.

What is the highest temperature the space shuttle under surface experiences during its mission?

Under surface of the space shuttle will experience above 2300'c at the time of re-entering.

Explain how you overcame a major obstacle?

To overcome obstacle, one should have strong determination and self confidence on himself /herself. They have to face life as it comes.

What is SPICE? Where was it developed?

SPICE is Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis. This is analog simulator which was developed at electronics research lab of California University.

Fueling and refueling  Precautions?

In hydraulic system, what stands for red and blue colors?

What are the main areas in Aviation?

Artificial intelligence

Aircrafts and parts

Advanced materials, composites and specialty metals

Computers, electronic components and systems

Fighters and attack aircraft

Government defense policies and goals

Lasers

Navigation controls and guidance systems

Ordinance and Military vehicles

Computers, electronic components and systems

Aviation electronic/Avionics

Robotics

Satellites

Search and detection equipments

Strategic defensive initiative

Sensors and instrumentation

Ships

Space vehicles and commercialization of space

What made you choose aircraft maintenance engineering/aerospace engineer line as your career?

In aircraft maintenance/aerospace engineering there are lots of interesting topics which include rocketry, aeroplanes, Lego’s. As a school student I started sketching for future aircraft and space craft,military aircraft. I analyzed the importance of space travel, aviation history, and aerospace industry and hence decided to get into this field.

Explain the day to day responsibilities of Aerospace engineering?

Each job profile even in aerospace industry differs from others. To mainly speak about aerospace there are two branches or field. One is aeronautical and other is astronautics engineering.

Explain the differences between Aeronautical Engineering and Astronautical Engineering

Aeronautical engineering deals with vehicles which operates in the atmosphere
Aeronautical engineering deals with vehicles operating in space.
Aeronautical engineering works on tunnel tests, analyzing flight test data, manned space flights, planning future space missions, spacecraft operations, designing and testing robotic systems, developing new propulsion system, computing optimum flight trajectories,developing communication systems for distance space probes and designing new rockets.
Astronautical engineer includes designing power systems for spacecraft structure, developing communications systems for distant space probes, developing hardware skills for operations in spacecraft, designing and testing robotic systems, developing new propulsion systems and computing optimum flight.

Does the knowledge of mathematics of Science is required to get into maintenance engineering?

The basic understanding of Math is important as it is not used at all the time during the course of aerospace engineering. One should have a basic understanding of mathematical definitions and knowledge on computers is very important as the computer programs will help in doing simple calculations and verify the results are reasonable.
But on the science front it is very important to have a very good understanding on various subjects like dynamics and mechanics in physics, strong emphasis on chemistry,electromagnetism. For a good engineer one should know how law of forces makes things happen. 

Also if you are good at physical sciences when opposed to life sciences like biology you will be a fit candidate for aerospace engineering.

Reasons for why patch work are in round in shape?

How would you handle if your co-worker is not co-operating with you?

Talk to your co-worker directly and explain him that you are having a problem working with him and make him understand the situation, if he is not willing to listen or not co-operating, then direct the issue to chief pilot.

What would you do if your Captain is not following the instructions properly?

Refer to your plane manual and discuss the same with your client and ensure you make him understand the procedures and rules. If he does not respond, you will call your concerned aircraft officer at the airport and escalate and make sure your voice frequency is recorded.

Without Air Traffic Control, what is the minimum descent rate of the plane?

A Pilot can descend up to 500” bare minimum, without informing the ATC (Air Traffic Controller) and this is only during an exceptional cases. However, it’s always better to be in regular touch with the Air Traffic Controller and to keep him informed about the descent rate. This will not have any traffic problems during landing in the runway.

What is Hard Landing? and Emergency Landing?

How would you handle the extreme pressure during emergency situation if you know that plane is not safe and it might crash anytime?

Few professions demand you to be selfless, and our respective clients would be the most important thing, that is why customer service differs completely in such fields compared to other streams. For example, Doctors, Lawyers, Pilots…these are the professions where employee saving your customer is the up most important thing.

So, as a engineer I fully understand my duties and responsibilities and will ensure that whatever panic situation I could be in, I will continue to deliver my duties till the end and ensure passengers are safe all times. Simultaneously I will own the full responsibility of maintenance of  Air Craft safe and in the airworthy condition.

How many types of emergency landings are there and explain? 

There are three types of emergency landings like:

     Forced landing: This is a situation where Air Craft engine fails and Pilot is forced to land the plane in the nearest airport.

    Precautionary landing: This is used when Pilot faces a problem  due to severe weather conditions, or being lost in the air space traffic or due to lack of fuel or expecting an engine trouble.

     Ditching: This is when where Pilot cannot avoid this situation but to just land on water, which is safer than air bound.

You are a Flight Engineer? How important is to get the passengers switch off the mobile phones and laptops during land off? What could be the consequences?

It is very important to check if laptop and mobile phones are switched off or not, as the consequences can be bad….because interference of air crafts communication devices and electronic devices interfere with each other and there could be chances of not proper landing.

So, it’s highly recommended that all electronic and communication devices should be 
switched off during take off and landing.

What interests and abilities would help me as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineering/Aerospace engineer?

Successful aerospace engineers need lots of curiosity, problem solving skills,organizational skills, written and oral communication skills, people skills (as in leading and participating in teams) and computer skills. There are no physical requirements; in fact, we have many engineers with disabilities and it is not an issue for their job performance

What are the fringe benefits of aircraft engineer/aerospace engineering?

Good pay, good promotion potential, travel, respect from the community at large, and you get to say that you are a man with rocket science!

What are the disadvantages of being in aerospace industry?

The biggest disadvantage is that it is a relatively small field, and the number of companies in the field is getting smaller (lots of mergers between big companies in the news lately). 

Aircraft Maintenance Engineering

 but now foreign companies are catching up; this means that American companies are streamlining their organizations in order to be competitive.

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The Information About This Blog

In this blog, I will introduce about everything in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering. I will also introduce what my institution offered in  this course, their course syllabus until the period I study right now. I will also introduce about license exam, the whole organisation in AME. The MOST importantly, I will share the notes I have, the blog and website I know which will help your guys in studying this course or take license exam. I will also guide you all in this course. Anything about this course, welcome to text me or email me. I will introduce the path way after this course, either Aeronautical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering. Later, I will share the list of university which offered this kind of course. So, see you all soon!