About AME
High-Profile R&D at Core of AME Programs
Undergraduate and graduate students studying aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona learn from and work alongside professors internationally renowned for their research in hypersonic flight, space situational awareness, heat transfer, tissue engineering and robotics, for example.
Exceptional facilities, coupled with the University’s commercialization support through Tech Launch Arizona, give researchers an edge in R&D. And, the high-speed wind tunnels, an on-site machine shop and modern labs provide students with invaluable hands-on experience.
AME’s strong industry ties – in the No.1 state for aerospace manufacturing – translate into exceptional career opportunities for graduates.
The AME Student Experience
“How many people get the chance to start their career with their dream job?”
Bradley Williams, OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite systems engineer
“The senior design project helped prepare me for working at Caterpillar.”
Kyle Daughenbaugh, Caterpillar test engineer
“To be able to contribute to something that will be around in our lifetime is really cool.”
Nick Morris, UA NavLab manager
“My internship at Arizona Public Service really helped me get a job.”
Morgan Struble, Redhawk Power Station engineer
Fast Facts
31
st
aerospace engineering schools
(U.S. News & World Report)
(U.S. News & World Report)
Top
30
%
mechanical engineering schools
(U.S. News & World Report)
(U.S. News & World Report)
$
5.5
million
annual research expenditures
4
th
aerospace manufacturing, state ranking
(PricewaterhouseCoopers)
(PricewaterhouseCoopers)
4
:1
graduate student-faculty ratio
22
nd
R&D ranking, public universities
(National Science Foundation)
(National Science Foundation)