Graduate School Programs

Research in: 

• Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

• Computational Science & Engineering

• Earth & Space Sciences

• Human-System Collaboration

• Systems Design & Engineering

• Transportation & Exploration

• Vehicle Design & Engineering

Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT)

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Research in: 

• Physics of Fluids

• Physics of Solids

• Measurement and Diagnostics

• Computational and Theoretical Mechanics

• Space Technology

• Aerospace Autonomous Systems and Technologies 

• Biological Fluid Dynamics

• Structural Mechanics

Research in: 

• Cyberphysical Systems, Safety, Security, & Reliability

• Large-Scale Computations, Data, & Analytics

• Mechanics of Multifunctional Structures and Materials

• Robotics, Autonomy, and Human Interaction

• Space Exploration & Earth Monitoring

• Sustainable Transportation & Energy Systems

• System of Systems and Complex Systems Integration

• Vertical Lift and Urban Air Mobility 

Research in: 

• Autonomous Systems and Controls

• Cyber Safety for Transportation

• Distributed Space Systems

• Future Aircraft Design

• Planetary Science and Exploration

• Multidisciplinary Computational Aerosciences

• Multifunctional Materials and Intelligent Structures

Research in: 

• Aerodynamics

• Aerospace Systems

• Astrodynamics and Space Applications

• Autonomy and Control

• Propulsion

• Structures and Materials

Research in: 

• Aerodynamics & Propulsion

• Autonomous Systems & Control

• Computation

• Model Based Systems Engineering Lab

• Space Systems

• Structures and Materials

• Sustainable Aviation

Research in: 

• Aeroacoustics

• Aeroelasticity

• Aerospace Materials

• Aerospace Structures

• Aerospace Systems Design and Simulation

• Applied Aerodynamics

• Astrodynamics

• Combustion and Propulsion

• Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Controls, Dynamical Systems and Estimation

• Experimental Fluid Mechanics

• Flow Control

• Hypersonics

• Laser and Optical Diagnostics

• Satellite Design and Manufacturing

• Space Systems

• Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles

Research in: 

• Astrodynamics & Satellite Navigation Systems (ASN)

• Autonomous Systems (AUT)

• Bioastronautics (Bio)

• Fluids, Structures and Materials (FSM)

• Remote Sensing, Earth and Space Sciences (RSESS)

Research in: 

• Autonomous and Intelligent Systems

• Hypersonics

• Laser Diagnostics, Remote Sensing and Propagation

• Multi-Functional and Extreme Environment Materials

• Reacting Flows and Propulsion

• Space Domain Awareness

• Space Flight and Operations: Human and Robotic

Research in Air & Space: 

• Control Systems

• Effects of nanoparticulate fuel additives

• Improved efficiency and performance of launch and spacecraft propulsion systems

• Reactive and non-reactive flow experiments and simulations relevant to air-breathing and rocket propulsion systems

• Investigation of hypersonic turbulent boundary layers

• Physics and control of turbulent boundary layers

• Health monitoring of aircraft and aerospace structures 

• Rocket and aircarft propulsion

• Controls/Formation Flight

• Aerospace Materials 

• Plasma Technology 

• Rocket Propulsion

• Spacecraft and Space Mission Design

• Advanced High-order Methods for Hypersonic Flow Simulation

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  Hypersonic Flows

• Laminar and Turbulent Transition of Hypersonic Boundary Layers

• Advanced-Propulsion

• High-energy lasers, materials and plasma

Research in:

• Aerothermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics

• Computational Engineering

• Controls, Autonomy and Robotics

• Orbital Mechanics

• Solids, Structures and Materials

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