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Wednesday, 29 July 2020 | Dr Kamal Bansal

Flying for a career

Wednesday, 29 July 2020 | Dr Kamal Bansal

Aerospace engineering makes for an interesting career choice. Dr Kamal Bansal tells you how students can make it a lucrative option

Aerospace is a branch of engineering that never ceases to kindle a curious mind. Even in the current times of struggles and negativity around us that has got the entire world in a turmoil, we can cheer as Space X becomes the first private entity to launch humans to the International Space Station. Falcon 9 launched Crew Dragon to the ISS with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board.

The Indian Space Research Organisation — ISRO continues to march forward with the same strong spirit in announcing opportunity for Development of Technologies for sustained Indian Human Space Programed Space Exploration in April 2020. ISRO’s Human Space Program will endeavor to send humans to destinations from low earth orbits and beyond.

Human Space Mission requires innovations and creative technologies for space explorations which will lead to widening of scientific knowledge, economic growth, value addition to the quality of life of a common man and thus national development. There is need to build capabilities to derive scientific benefits from ISRO’s Human Spaceflight Program. Initiatives like these help us to understand that there is no limit and hurdles we cannot overcome. The courses that students can explore in Aerospace world: BTech Aerospace Engineering:

Major subjects cover: Flight Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Aircraft Structures, Aerospace Propulsion, Rocket Propulsion, Aircraft Design, Helicopter Engineering, Space Dynamics and Space Science and Space Environment,

BTech Aerospace with Specialisation in Avionics:

Major subjects cover: Flight Mechanics, Aircraft Structures, Aerospace Propulsion, Signal and System, Digital Avionics, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Aircraft Electrical System, RADAR Technology, Embedded System, Avionics System and Design

For pursing a degree in Aerospace Engineering students must have a good knowledge in physics and mathematics at school level. Coding has also become an integral part of the curriculum. Students should be provided with projects and assignments that involve partially or completely the digital system.

An aerospace engineer should have a never stop learning attitude, strong sense of responsibility, a good sense of time management. The students should keep themselves updated to the current happenings in the field, read a lot and subscribe to the magazines and articles and build a mind set for research by accessing the latest publications and targeting good quality projects.

Here is a look at the career opportunities Aerospace Engineering offers students:

Aerospace Engineers have the job to involve in Design, System integration, Structural Analysis, Trouble Shooting. The field opens up other plethora of career avenues in engineering services provider organisations. The students of Aerospace Engineering have opportunities to become either: