OVERVIEW
The Master's Degree in Aeronautics offers an integrated, multiscale view of fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, materials, structures, and propulsion with an emphasis in modern mechanics and aeronautics. This rigorous, interdisciplinary, one-year program is for students interested in mechanics and aeronautics who may wish to pursue further studies in this area, as part of the broad research scope within GALCIT, as well as for professionals interested in mechanics and aeronautics who wish to increase their knowledge base and expand their versatility. The coursework and training emphasize fundamental fluid and solid mechanics, with topics and applications drawn from propulsion, materials science, biomechanics, and other areas of modern mechanics and aeronautics.

Among the special resources that help make this program unique are the unparalleled experimental facilities in solids, fluids, biomechanics, and materials; state-of-the-art large-scale numerical-simulation capabilities; as well as connections across campus to research centers of excellence (ASCI, CSEM, CIMMS, CACR).

Faculty for the program are drawn broadly from the Engineering and Applied Science Division at Caltech, including professors from Aeronautics, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering.

Students interested in learning more about the Master's Degree in Aeronautics are encouraged to contact Professor Dale Pullin, the Option Representative.

Course Requirements
The program of study consists of the following required courses:

Fluid Mechanics
(Ae/APh/CE/ME 101abc), 27 units
Solid/Structural Mechanics
(Ae/AM/CE/ME 102 abc), 27 units
Introductory Methods of Applied Mathematics
(ACM 100 abc, or equivalent), 27 units
Experimental Methods
(Ae 104 abc), 27 units
Aerospace Engineering Seminar
(Ae 150 ab), 3 units
Electives
(27 units total)

EXAMPLE ELECTIVES
The list below is indicative. Any Caltech course (100 level and above) can be used to satisfy the electives requirement.

Computational Mechanics
(Ae/AM/CE 108 abc), 9 units
Continuum Mechanics of Fluids and Solids
(Ae/Ge/ME 160 ab), 9 units
Advanced Fluid Mechanics
(Ae 201 ab), 9 units
Bio-fluid Mechanics
(BE/Ae243), 9 units

Students must have a proposed program approved by their adviser prior to registration for the first term of work toward the degree.