Aerospace Science and Engineering
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Faculty Affiliation
Applied Science and Engineering
Degree Programs Offered
Aerospace Science and Engineering - MASc, MEng, PhD
UTIAS offers graduate programs leading to research intensive MASc and PhD degrees and a professionally oriented MEng degree. Faculty research areas include aircraft flight systems and control, flight simulation, computational fluid dynamics, combustion and propulsion, aerodynamic shape optimization, experimental fluid dynamics, flow control, structural mechanics, advanced composite materials, multidisciplinary optimization of aircraft, multifunctional systems, spacecraft dynamics and control, autonomous space robotics, microsatellites, space mechatronics, plasma-materials interactions, and materials for fusion reactors. Details of entrance regulations and courses of study are given in the calendar of the School of Graduate Studies and on the Web site www.utias.utoronto.ca.
Contact and Address:
Web: www.utias.utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 667-7714
Fax: (416) 667-7743
Graduate Department of Aerospace Science and Engineering
University of Toronto
Room 169, 4925 Dufferin Street
Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T6
Canada
Degree Programs
Aerospace Science and Engineering
Master of Engineering
Minimum Admission Requirements
- Applicants holding a University of Toronto Bachelor of Applied Science degree, or an equivalent four-year degree in engineering, are considered for admission under SGS general regulations.
Program Requirements
- Under the guidance of the graduate coordinator or a staff supervisor, a student selects a program of study that consists of at least 10 half-courses (5.0 full-course equivalents (FCE)). Individual programs will be arranged to make up for background deficiency. The program may be pursued on a full-time or part-time basis. On a full-time basis, completion is possible in three sessions. All students must complete the program within six calendar years.
Master of Applied Science
Minimum Admission Requirements
- Admitted under the SGS general regulations. Qualified graduates in engineering, mathematics, physics, or chemistry are encouraged to apply. Individual programs are arranged to make up for background deficiencies.
Program Requirements
- Minimum of 2.5 FCE of which 0.5 must be AER 1800H Research Seminar in Aerospace Science and Engineering. All required courses must be completed during the first year of the program.
- A thesis based on research or development, selected in consultation with the student's supervisor.
- Research performance is assessed by a Research Assessment Committee (RAC), which includes the student's supervisor.
- MASc students are anticipated to complete their degree requirements in 18 months.
- Students interested in pursuing a PhD degree, who have achieved excellent performance in an MASc program at UTIAS, are encouraged to transfer directly into a PhD program, under the same supervisor, at the end of their first year of MASc studies. Approval for transfer is based on the student’s research ability, research progress during the first year, and academic standing. Students transferring from an MASc to a PhD program shall be referred to as "transfer students".
Doctor of Philosophy
Minimum Admission Requirements
- MASc degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or chemistry and demonstrated ability to perform advanced research. Applicants with a bachelor's degree who wish to pursue PhD studies at UTIAS will initially be admitted into the MASc program and will be considered for direct transfer into the PhD program.
Program Requirements
- Full-time continuous registration for every session, including the summer session, until all degree requirements are completed. PhD students starting with an MASc or MEng degree must spend a minimum of two years in the program. Transfer students spend a minimum of three years in the program from the date of registration in the MASc program.
- Following acceptance into a PhD program, the student shall undertake a program of study under the guidance of a Doctoral Examination Committee (DEC) which includes the student's supervisor.
- Course work and a thesis which must be based on research conducted while registered for the PhD program. PhD students starting with an MASc or MEng degree require 2.0 FCE. Transfer students need 1.0 FCE in addition to the 2.5 FCE completed prior to the MASc to PhD transfer for a total of 3.5 FCE. All courses must be completed during the first two years in the PhD program.
- A student with a master's degree in a discipline appropriate to the field of PhD study is anticipated to complete the PhD program on a full-time basis in less than four years. The anticipated period for transfer students is less than five years from the date of registration in the MASc program. The DEC plays an important role in assisting students to meet this goal. The functions of the DEC are to:
- Ascertain the suitability of the student for advanced research,
- Assess the thesis topic,
- Conduct formal reviews of the student’s progress at least once a year (unsatisfactory progress may result in the termination of the student’s candidacy), and
- Provide first assessment of the completed thesis.
- Program Milestones:
- 1. The first DEC meeting is held within six months of Ph.D. program start (or date of transfer for transfer students); the aim is to identify the topic and scope of the thesis.
- 2. The second DEC meeting (approximately 1.5 years after PhD start) is the Qualifying Examination, which determines whether the student should continue in the program or whether his or her candidacy should be terminated.
- 3. Subsequent DEC meetings are held at least once a year.
- Upon thesis completion, the student presents the thesis at a Departmental Doctoral Seminar before defending it at the Final Oral Examination as prescribed under the SGS degree regulations in this calendar.
- Prior to convocation, PhD students must prepare at least one formal manuscript, based on the thesis, for publication in refereed journals or refereed conference proceedings.
Course List
This list represents course offerings at the time of publication. Course descriptions are available on the UTIAS Web site.
Aircraft Flight Systems
AER 0503H Aeroelasticity
AER 1202H Advanced Flight Dynamics
AER 1211H Human Control of Flight Systems
AER 1214H Airplane Dynamics (Flight Laboratory)
AER 1215H Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics of Rotorcraft
AER 1220H Remotely Piloted Flight Vehicles
Aerodynamics, Fluid Dynamics and Propulsion
AER 0510H Aerospace Propulsion
AER 1301H Kinetic Theory of Gases
AER 1302H Viscous Flows and Boundary Layers
AER 1304H Fundamentals of Combustion
AER 1306H Special Topics in Reacting Flows
AER 1310H Turbulence Modelling
AER 1311H Unsteady Gasdynamics
AER 1312H High Temperature Compressible Flows
AER 1314H Dynamics of Dusty Gases (reading course)
AER 1316H Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics
AER 1318H Topics in Computational Fluid Dynamics
AER 1319H Finite Volume Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics
AER 1320H Air-breathing Propulsion
Structures and Multidisciplinary Optimization
AER 0501H Advanced Mechanics of Structures
AER 1401H Introduction to Composite Materials
AER 1402H The Finite Element Method and Applications
AER 1411H Theory of Composite Materials
AER 1415H Optimization Concepts and Applications
Space Systems Engineering
AER 0506H Spacecraft Dynamics and Control I
AER 0525H Robotics
AER 1503H Spacecraft Dynamics and Control II
AER 1512H Multibody Dynamics
AER 1513H State Estimation for Aerospace Vehicles
AER 1515H Intelligent Robotics
AER 1520H Microsatellite Design I
AER 1521H Microsatellite Design II
Engineering Physics
AER 1705H Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy
AER 1706H Fusion Reactor Systems
AER 1716H Fusion Reactor Materials (reading course)
AER 1717H Applied Plasma Physics I (reading course)
AER 1720H Applied Plasma Physics II (reading course)
AER 1730H Protection of Materials and Structures from Space Environmental Effects
Research Seminars and Professional Courses
AER 1800H Research Seminar in Aerospace Science and Engineering (for first-year MASc students only)
AER 1810H MEng Project (for MEng students only)
JDE 1000H Ethics in Research (Students registered in the MASc or PhD programs are required to participate in this non-credit seminar course during their first or second session of registration. This course must be completed in order to graduate.)
Graduate Faculty
Full Members
Damaren, Christopher - BASc, MASc, DPhil
D'Eleuterio, Gabriele - BASc, MASc, PhD
Ekmekci, Alis - BS, MS, PhD
Emami, M. Reza - BSc, MSc, PhD
Gottlieb, James - BSc, MSc, PhD
Grant, Peter - BASc, MASc, PhD
Groth, Clinton - BASc, MASc, DPhil
Gulder, Omer - BSc, MSc, PhD
Haasz, Anthony - BASc, MASc, PhD
Hansen, Jorn - BASc, MASc, PhD
Lavoie, Philippe - BSE, MSc, PhD
Liu, Hugh - BSc, MASc, PhD (Interim Associate Director & Graduate Coordinator)
Martins, Joaquim - MEng, MSINAE, PhD
Sislian, Jean - MSc, PhD, PhD
Stangeby, Peter - BSc, MSc, PhD
Steeves, Craig - BA, BASc, PhD
Zee, Robert - BASc, MASc, PhD
Zingg, David - BASc, MASc, PhD (Director)
Members Emeriti
de Leeuw, Jacob - MS, PhD
DeLaurier, James - BS, MS, PhD
Hughes, Peter - BASc, MASc, PhD
Reid, Lloyd - BASc, MASc, PhD
Sullivan, Philip - DIC, BEng, MEng, PhD
Tennyson, Roderick - BASc, MASc, PhD
Associate Members
Davis, James - BASc, MASc, PhD
Kleiman, Jacob - BS, MS, PhD, PhD
Jacob Kleiman - BS, MS, PhD
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