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Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

Recent News

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Graduate Student Selected as First Recipient of AEM Alumni Fellowship

Mel Nightingale, a third-year PhD student in the AEM department, is the inaugural recipient of the Michele Brekke Fellowship.
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Driving Reliability In Aerospace

PhD student James Johnson is using his research to help create more reliable aircraft systems.
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Inside an Aerospace Lab Teaching Students to Think Like Real Engineers

Learn about the lab that centers on autonomy, uncertainty, and the kind of engineering problem-solving students will face beyond graduation.

Aerospace engineers play a key role in the advancement of society, performing work that touches our lives in countless ways beyond aircraft and spacecraft design alone. 

With a stellar reputation and strong research focus that yields real-world results, the University of Minnesota (UMN) Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics (AEM) Department is the premier destination for the next generation of leaders in the industry. 

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350

Undergraduate students
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100

Graduate students
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Faculty members
1st
Ranked for a department with less than 20 faculty
2nd
Ranked in research activity and student support
4th
Ranked undergraduate program in the nation