About Aeronautical
Engineering at DWC
Aeronautical engineering
focuses on the design, development,
manufacture, and implementation of aircraft.
The Bachelor of Science degree in
Aeronautical Engineering will prepare you to
enter the dynamic and challenging
aeronautical and aerospace engineering
industry or consideration for continued
education at the graduate level.
Aeronautical Engineering
students take part in the intensive design
sequence including concurrent engineering
design.. a core part of the engineering
foundations at Daniel Webster College.
One of the highlights of the
Aeronautical Engineering program occurs in
the senior year when engineering students
are paired up with senior aviation students
to perform in-flight experiments in the
flight mechanics course. Additional
experimentation occurs in the new
Aerodynamics Lab at Daniel Webster College
which contains the new wind tunnel.
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You’ll
focus on the design,
development, manufacture, and
implementation of aircraft--at a
college with a robust aviation
program.
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You and
your teammates will focus on the
full cycle of engineering, from
concept to computer design
through prototyping all the way
to analysis through testing, all
starting in your first year.
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You’ll have
access to our new Aeronautical
Engineering Lab, with our new
wind tunnel, along with the
other engineering labs.
- In your
senior year, you’ll team with
senior aviation students to
perform in-flight experiments as
part of the flight mechanics
course.
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One Common Core
Students can earn a Bachelor in Science
degree in either Aeronautical Engineering or
Mechanical Engineering. The engineering core
of: design, theory, and practice is common
to both options. It develops skills basic to
all engineering fields utilizing computer
programming, simulation, drafting, and
analysis providing students with practice on
engineering projects using current
technology. Some technology that students
will become familiar with through their
experience includes: SolidWorks,
MSC.visualNastran 4D, Cosmos, Visual Basic,
C++, Maple, MathCAD, MATLAB, and
Pro/ENGINEER. Program development and
curriculums for both programs have been
guided by Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (ABET) standards
and the division is working hard for
accreditation when DWC becomes eligible upon
awarding its first Bachelors Degree in
Engineering.
Science Meets Service:
Daniel Webster College and Alvirne High
School FIRST Program Partnership
Since 1995, DWC competes
annually in a National Robotics competition
entitled FIRST (For Inspiration and
Recognition of Science and Technology). The
FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting,
multinational competition that teams
professionals and young people to solve an
engineering design problem in an intense and
competitive way. For FIRST, DWC students
have an alliance with Alvirne High School in
Hudson, New Hampshire. DWC engineering
students serve as the design consultants for
the robot, a role usually filled by
professional engineers. This cooperative
partnership allows Daniel Webster College
students the opportunity to work with and
actually teach the concepts they have been
learning in their engineering programs to
the students of Alvirne High School and
develop a community service experience that
lasts a lifetime.
Click here to see the full course outline for
the Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor of Science
and sample sequence.
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