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April 16, 2014, 09:50 |
Masters in Aerodynamics
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Hi guys,
I need advice in choosing between two programs I have been offered. 1. University of Michigan for MSE Aerospace Engineering 2. Imperial College London for MSc Advanced Computational Methods for Aeronautics, Flow Management and Fluid Structure Interaction. My core field of interest in CFD and aerodynamics especially pertaining to the ground vehicles/motorsport industry and it is becoming very difficult for me to make a choice amongst the two. Please provide you inputs. |
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April 18, 2014, 07:38 |
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Bruno Santos
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Greetings mechkween,
I honestly cannot give much feedback on this, as I'm not familiar with either one of them. Many of other people here on the forum don't known them either, but might be able to give you an educated array of suggestions, based on what more information you can provide. Therefore, my question is: which are the specific topics in each program? Because basing only on the titles, it would seem that the one in Michigan is more hands-on in the physical world, while the one on ICL is more of a computational course. Best regards, Bruno |
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April 18, 2014, 08:00 |
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Hi Bruno,
The one at Michigan is a 2 year course where I have to study a maximum of 10 ten subjects, no thesis and no final examination. The subjects I plan to choose are as follows: 1. CFD - I 2. CFD - II 3. Compressible Flow 4. Viscous Flow 5. Introduction to Turbulent Flow 6. Aerodynamics II 7. Gas Turbine Propulsion 8. Advanced Topics in Turbulent Flows 9. Advanced Gas Dynamics 10. AEROSP 590 where a project is done under a Professor The course at Imperial is a 1 year course where I have to study a minimum of 12 subjects and a minimum of 19 subjects for the Distinction. This includes a Individual project Report. The subjects are as follows: 1. Introduction to Flight Dynamics 2. Introduction to Programming 3. Introductory Mathematics 4. Revision Stress Analysis 5. Technical Writing 6. Aeroelasticity 7. Advanced Flight Mechanics 8. Introduction to Flow Control 9. Analysis of Laminated Composites 10. Compressible Flow 11. CFD 12. Computational Linear Algebra 13. Control Systems 14. Design of Experiments 15. FEM 16. Fundamentals of Flight Mechanics 17. Hydrodynamic Stability 19. Navier Stokes Equations and Turb-Modelling 20. Separated Flows and FSI 21. Structural Dynamics The ICL course looks pretty packed and I am in touch with a friend who is doing all the above subjects. It is from him I heard that many F1 teams visit the campus for projects. While all this does sound rosy, there is an imminent flip side to it too. Doing so many courses in a year, doesn't in compromise on quality? Besides this, the rankings are as below 1. Imperial WR - 5, Branch Rank - 6 2. Michigan WR - 22, Branch Rank - 5 ICL looks good to me personally but many of my friends say US over UK anytime in terms of work prospects. I know F1 is a pretty restricted sector and getting into a team pretty difficult. So would I be better off getting work in a general CFD position and then maybe work my way into F1? These are the reasons it is so hard for me to figure it out. Surely you would have some valuable inputs to this. Thanks |
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April 25, 2014, 11:42 |
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Bruno Santos
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Hi mechkween,
I didn't answer the other day, because as I wrote before, I can't give much feedback on this as I don't have any experience with either courses. And I'm far from being a CFD expert. Nonetheless, here's what I think I can comment on, based on my experience and about a few tidbits I know:
Best regards, Bruno |
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April 25, 2014, 20:05 |
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