Aerospace Engineering

By: Mara Yella

Drafting Class

An airplane in the middle of

production

What do Aerospace Engineers do?

Aerospace engineers work with aircrafts, space crafts, and other tools
related to finding new information about space. The following are some
projects that aerospace engineers could work on.

Aerospace engineers could build robots and drones that go to other planets
to explore and collect data.
Aerospace engineers could create new airplanes, jets, or helicopters for
commercial or military use, that travel faster or have new features that
improve their performance.
Aerospace engineers could also develop better space crafts that would take
astronauts or equipment up into space.

Part of the Major Engineering Disciplines

Aerospace engineering is part of the major engineering disciplines of
mechanical engineering and electrical engineering.
This is because aerospace engineers need to be familiar with mechanical
processes to be able to design, build, or improve aircrafts, space crafts, and
other machines.
Also, an aerospace engineer would have to know how to apply electronics to
the projects they work on. (Electrical systems that would need to be operable
to be able to use the aircraft, space craft, or machine.)

Two engineers
working with 3D
computer
modeling

Aerospace
engineers
working on
the
turbine/jet
engine

More About Aerospace Engineering

The average salary of an aerospace engineer varies between about $65,000

and $149,000 with and average of about $103,000.
To become an aerospace engineer a person would need to have at least a
bachelors degree in aerospace engineering or in another engineering
field.
Aerospace engineers can, at times, work on military or national defense
projects for which they may need more job experience or higher level of
qualification.

Engineers
working on the
wiring on the
exterior of a
plane

Two engineers
working on the
turbine/jet
engine, along
with the
exterior, of an
airplane

Work Cited
Information:

"Summary."U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d. Web. 16 Sept.
2015.
"Aerospace Engineering."TryEngineering Today. N.p., 18 Sept. 2013. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.
"Discover Engineering."DiscoverE. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.

Images:

"GKN Aerospace Opens Its Fourth Global Engineering Centre." GKN Aerospace. N.p., n.d.
Web. 16 Sept. 2015.
"Aerospace Engineering - Fundamentals."Cranfield University. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.
Webley, Kayla. "Aerospace Engineering."Time. Time Inc., 24 May 2011. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.
Work Environment."U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d. Web.
16 Sept. 2015.
"Manufacturing Orders Low but Firms More Hopeful."The Telegraph. Telegraph Media
Group, n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.