9/13/2013 Susan Mumm
Written by Susan Mumm
Aerospace Engineering at Illinois welcomes a diverse and talented group of students this fall.
Undergraduate Students
At 133, the Fall 2013 addition of new undergraduates (freshmen and transfer students) represents the largest incoming class that AE has seen in recent years! They also are exceptionally bright, averaging a score of over 32 on their ACT exams! The new undergraduates come from Illinois, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, China, India, Indonesia, Italy, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and United Arab Emirates. Their addition brings total AE undergraduate enrollment to 410.
Graduate Students
Aerospace Engineering at Illinois welcomes 39 new graduate students this fall, for a total graduate student enrollment of 127! Of those, 67 are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The remainder brings to Illinois worldwide diversity from countries including China, Korea, India, Turkey, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, and Brazil. The students’ research interests are spread among AE’s concentrations:
* Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Combustion and Propulsion
* Astrodynamics, Controls and Dynamical Systems
* Structural Mechanics and Materials
* Systems Engineering