My Path to Becoming an Aerospace Engineer
From the stereotypical topics of planes, missiles, and spacecraft, to more common technologies such as motorcycles and electric cars, aerospace research has gotten the world to the current level of complexity and expertise in scientific knowledge. Aerospace engineering encompasses such a large array of fields that their impact on society is crucial to innovation. Because of my analytical, organized, and determined mentality, I have chosen to follow my ambition to pursue a career pertaining to chemical and mechanical engineering at Cedarville University, with the goal of becoming an aerospace engineer at a revolutionary organization such as NASA, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, or Boeing and take
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I would like to take this specific career path because I am inspired by past engineers and inventors and want to contribute to the advancement of technology. I have also always had a passion for learning, and with this job, I will be able to study and further my knowledge everyday through applied math and science. I feel that studying mechanical engineering will best prepare me for this field of research. From this educational foundation, I plan to become an aerospace engineer at a major aerospace company. The Bureau of Labor Statistics states Aerospace engineers perform engineering duties in designing, constructing, and testing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft. [They] may conduct basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture. [They] may recommend improvements in testing equipment and techniques… Aerospace engineers work in industries that build aircraft and often oversee …show more content…
As an aerospace engineer, one can expect to work in a variety of settings, from testing models in a laboratory, to conceptualizing plans in an office, to overseeing a build in a warehouse. The average annual salary for this career was $107,830 as of May 2015 (“17-2011 Aerospace Engineers”), but it can range from $55,747 to $151,010 (“Average Salary for (NASA) Employees”). There are many different aspects to this field; aviation, weaponry, space exploration, and fuel being just a few. I hope to focus on the chemical side of research and development. There are very specific areas that hold these jobs, including eastern Virginia, near military bases and in Texas with NASA. According to the article “NASA Employee Benefits,” as an aerospace engineer
You receive a very competitive salary with a comprehensive retirement and benefits package. As a Federal employee, you have numerous employment safeguards that insure that promotions and advancement are based on performance, achievement, and productivity... What this means to you is that if you join NASA and continue to perform satisfactorily, you most likely will have the opportunity to remain with us throughout your entire career. As shown by our very, very low turnover rates, NASA is a proven "employer of
SpaceX was founded in March of 2002 by multi billionaire Elon Musk. Musk and SpaceX's plan is to make humains multi-planetary. This may mean that the human race will be evolving and adapting on multiple planets. Such as, Earth, the planet most humans are on now and Mars, the 4th planet from the sun. Why mars, Mars has 25 hour days very similar to the earth's 24 hour days, Mars is also the only planet that is not too hot or cold. Mars has no o-zone, an o-zone protects the planet's surface from the sun’s radiation. This means the red planet’s surface is covered with radiation from the sun. But this will not stop Musk and his team. They have dreamed up domes that will protect us from the outside world on mars. He as also thought of a very ingenious
William E. Boeing’s vision was first inspired after riding in a Curtiss aircraft. He was overjoyed with his experience and bought his own airplane. Although soon after he crashed it. Once he learned replacement parts would not be available for months, he decided to build his own with the help of George Conrad Westervelt. This idea ended up leading to the incorporation of the Pacific Aero Products on July 15, 1916 (Executive).
I have always taken an interest in space travel and what lies beyond or observable universe, or even in it. The private sector company I have chosen for this paper is SpaceX. Currently, this company deals in space transport with an end goal of reducing costs and ultimately, the colonization of Mars. Being that I am highly interested in building mechanical engines, rockets, or anything really that has to do with combustion, SpaceX is currently the leader in making the strongest rockets available, while still managing to maintain a lower cost than their competition. I believe that life on Mars is a possible scenario and with the human species slowly killing off the planet with not much hope in the distant future, a very much necessary
Aerospace Engineers have many duties that need to be done at the end of the day. According to Occupational Outlook Handbook, in the “Aerospace Engineers” they get paid on average up to $51 an hour (para. 3). On average $51 dollars an hour is a high amount of money, which is probably due to a higher amount of responsibility on the job. The OOH explains Daily task involve directing and coordinating the design, manufacture, and testing of aircraft and aerospace products (para. 5). Mechanical engineers and aerospace engineers are very similar to each other.
In addition to the NASA’s advancement of technology and knowledge, the agency has other, less apparent benefits. The major benefit is economics. Specifically, the NASA technology has been applied in civilian life so well and in so many different ways that the modern economy could not exist without it. NASA innovations have spawned/benefitted numerous companies including Tempur-Pedic, Quantum Devices Inc., Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Thikol Propulsion, and just about any company that uses satellites (NASA). These companies and others inspired by/using NASA technology employ people, make money, create products, and pay taxes, all important economic functions.
I’m often posed with the question, “If you want to study engineering then why do you want it to be Aerospace? Why not Mechanical or Electrical Engineering,” when expanding on my plans for college to family and friends who inquire about the subject. “Mechanical Engineering will open up the door to more job opportunities once you graduate. The field is much larger,” is also a comment that I frequently receive. Having been given many chances to reflect on this, my answer has become as efficient as I could possibly make it; Aerospace Engineering is what I have wanted to do since I knew what ‘Engineering’ was and that has not changed.
In the career of aerospace physiology you have the opportunity to be a leader and the lives of others may be in your hands. You are required to have a high school diploma or GED with 15 college credits. There are quite a few responsibilities that come with this job. You are working in the area of research and development and clinical hyperbaric treatment
Once my class began the Senior Project, I began researching places that would give me the opportunity to learn about Aerospace Engineering. I eventually found an Aerospace Engineering firm named Absolute Technologies Incorporated that was willing to give me the opportunity I needed. However, once I completed the required interview, I realized that my interest in the major became very bleak. I was then lost in what major to pursue after high school.
This includes a wide range of colleges across the country. Some examples of big colleges that have this program are University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), etc. Personally, since I am going into aerospace engineering next fall, I am attending Western Michigan University. Western isa a bit smaller of a school but will still teach me the same things I would learn at a bigger university and I am saving on tuition because it is cheaper to go there rather than more places. I went on to the Bureau of Labor Statistic and found multiple interesting articles that gave me a lot of knowledge about aerospace engineers and what they do. I was really surprised to find that there are nearly 70,000 people employed as aerospace engineers and I thought that most of them would either work at Boeing, NASA, or SpaceX as those are the dominant three air and space companies/administrations, but that turned out not the be the case at all. There are a lot of smaller companies that employ aerospace engineers and have them build planes. What I was also really surprised to find was that some aerospace engineers may not even work on planes. For example, since most of the engineers deal with aerodynamics, F1 racers will have the engineers look at the build of the racecar and how to improve the way air flows around it so that it can go even faster. Moving on from what they do to what they use, I also learned that there is a lot of physics involved in engineering. I personally thought that it would just be more basic maths like algebra, calculus, trigonometry, and geometry. Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy physics but I thought it would be more algebra and geometry based. As I was looking through the campus’s website I stumbled across a page that talked all about how there are tutors that can help with math and physics that are
Learning is a continuous process and the day that you stop learning is the day that you start decreasing your rewards and lower levels of satisfaction. My ardent desire to acquire knowledge has motivated me to pursue higher studies at graduate level, and to take up a career in research in industry. I have taken this decision after carefully considering my academic background, profound interest in research and strong aptitude for problem solving. Banking on an excellent academic record coupled with a keen interest in the ever-growing field of science and technology motivated me to take up engineering.
Aerospace engineering is becoming more and more important, jobs are opening up and we are exploring in the sky and outer space. That’s where aerospace engineers come in. This description reveals that the field is growing, and more and more job opportunities are coming. It will revolutionize the future based on what we do in this field, and it will shape all categories of society and our daily lives. Aerospace engineering is good because of all of the building, protection, social, military and technological advancements which makes the world a better place, and will shape it in the future.
Missions in space became notable on April 12, 1961. This was the day when the first human went to space. Yuri Gagarin was sent by the USSR in Vostok 1 on a Vostok 3KA rocket into space. Since that first space mission, space missions became more prevalent over time. Alan Shepard was the first astronaut sent by the US on May 5, 1961 aboard the Freedom 7. Later, Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman sent to space on June 16, 1963 aboard Vostok 6. This was when humans were sent for space missions, but humans were not the only ones sent to space for these missions. Human’s first space mission participant was a satellite called Sputnik I. On October 4, 1957, Sputnik I was launched into space by the Soviet Union and it was known as the world’s
What are two interesting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers that many Americans are searching for? The answer is materials scientists and aerospace engineers. From improving rubbers and glass to designing and building rockets, these are two hot jobs. A common question is: which of these two careers is better? Even though the tasks and pay for aerospace engineers and materials scientists are very different, both careers have several similarities that may be surprising to you.
What exactly is a chemical engineer? Many would say that it is simply a "chemist who builds things" or an "engineer who makes chemicals. However, neither of these statements is completely true. The term "chemical engineer" is not meant to actually describe what it is a chemical engineer does, but to describe what sets it apart from the other branches of engineering: civil, mechanical, and electrical. On average, chemical engineers are numerically the smallest but also the highest paid. It is not a profession the must dwell on the past for comfort and support, for its greatest accomplishments are still yet to come.
My father, being a chemical engineer, inspired in me an innate desire to be a chemical engineer myself. I appeared for the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) and was placed in the top 1% of the 1,100,000 students who had taken the exam. I chose Chemical Engineering as my undergraduate major at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur which provided me the opportunity to explore the breadth of chemical engineering. While the core courses provided the fundamentals of the field, the electives that I chose helped me gain an insight into the various facets of chemical engineering.