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Aerospace Engineering. By Neil Berg. Education. An Aerospace degree takes 4 to 7 years to obtain A bachelors degree takes 4 years at most colleges Masters and doctorate degrees take 2 additional years . Job outlook. Job outlook: 5% growth (2010-2020)
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Aerospace Engineering By Neil Berg
Education • An Aerospace degree takes 4 to 7 years to obtain • A bachelors degree takes 4 years at most colleges • Masters and doctorate degrees take 2 additional years
Job outlook • Job outlook: 5% growth (2010-2020) • Number of jobs: 81,000 (2010) • Average pay: $97,480
What Do Aerospace Engineers do? • Direct and coordinate teams • Assess feasibility and safety of products • Work on a team • Develop criteria for equipment • Inspect malfunctioning products • Career Profile- Aerospace Engineer • Aerospace Engineering on the job
Boeing • Boeing is the leading company in aerospace engineering • Boeing creates everything aeronautical from missiles and satellites to business jets and commercial airplanes Products • V-22 Osprey • Boeing 747 • Global positioning system (GPS) IIF • AH-64 Apache More Boeing Products
NASA • From Apollo 11 to STS-135 NASA has become the leader in space technology • NASA became the first company to land a man on the moon • NASA was created in competition with the Soviets who were in a “Space Race” with the USA Products • Flash Infrared Thermography software • Aircraft management information System • Hypoxia detection and warning system
Neil Armstrong • Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon • He was also an aerospace engineer • He became a test pilot for NASA • Armstrong was accepted to Purdue for Engineering
Homer Hickam • Famous for winning a science fair in the area of propulsion with his friends • Hickam originally went to school for industrial engineering but eventually went to work at the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command • He proceeded to help train astronauts for shuttle missions and to work on the Hubble telescope
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