Bachelor of Science - Still Exploring Engineering

Program Description

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's College of Engineering prepares students to become problem solvers, innovators, and leaders in their profession. Equipped with cutting-edge skills, College of Engineering graduates take on the critical challenges humankind faces on earth, in space, and beyond.

The College of Engineering contains several academic departments: Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Fundamentals, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science.

Aerospace Engineering deals with the scientific principles that govern the design of airplanes, spacecraft, and jet engines. After studying fundamental mathematics and physics, Aerospace Engineering students study the core areas of aerodynamics and propulsion, dynamics and control, and structures and materials. These studies give them the necessary background to take the year-long senior capstone aircraft/spacecraft/propulsion design courses. There are ample opportunities for lab courses and hands-on experiences.

Civil Engineering involves all the design activities that make the world habitable by humans — buildings, bridges, roadways, airports, and the other structures we take for granted all required civil engineering to bring them to reality. The Daytona Beach Campus is perfect for hands-on civil engineering projects, such as the concrete canoe and solar-powered systems. By taking classic civil engineering design problems, applying an approach using space-age technology, and then constructing that solution in a team, students develop the entire spectrum of skills needed to understand the engineering design cycle.

The Department of Engineering Fundamentals doesn’t offer degree programs; rather, the department provides the foundation for the degree programs offered by all of the other departments in the College of Engineering. Freshman students in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, computer and software engineering, and so on begin with the Department of Engineering Fundamentals and then transition into their degree-oriented work during their second year on campus.

Mechanical Engineering is the broadest of the engineering professions, involving work in almost every technical area and in a wide variety of industries and organizations. It is also among the most enduring professional careers, with stable job opportunities during difficult economic periods.

Students in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science work on — and even develop — the technologies that make air and space flight possible. From navigation and control systems to the electroluminescent dimming of the windows in a 787 airliner, these technologies involve embedded computers like those found in mobile phone and flight control systems. There is always something new being developed in this area, and students get to work with the latest systems in electronics and the digital world.