<p>Ga-Tech has NO funding for Internationals not even Merit scholarships.</p>
<p>ajayc: I understood that, thanks :) Too bad, because it seemed like a nice place.</p>
<p>Does Harvey Mudd offer aid? If so, why not look at that, if you're willing to head west?</p>
<p>tetrisfan: I'm looking at their website, but I can't make heads or tails of their Majors list... do they offer aero/astro? </p>
<p>I'm trying to avoid having to do an undergraduate degree in mech. engineering and then doing a graduate in aero/astro... I want to start a career in this as soon as I can because I know that after my undergraduate degree I won't be able to directly continue to grad school... and besides, I already have a world-class college in my country that offers me such a plan for much less money.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd offers aid yes, both financial and merit based (I think). Normal students get a 10k scholarship just for meeting certain requirements (which includes 750+ on Math), but I am not sure about internationals. They also have their need-based grants which btw are really good compared to other colleges. However, for international students they only have limited funds so it typically hurts your chances if you need it (in theory at least).</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd does offer a limited number of degrees, however you should not think that an HM engineer would not get good aero training. Harvey Mudd's General Engineering degree is not comparable to the general engineering degree at most other institutions, but rather obtaining a series of engineering degrees across all fields. Our engineers were meant to be able to be thrown from ChemE to EE to AeroE with little to no problem; they are trained in everything. Plus, every engineer HAS to do research before they graduate via the CLINIC programs which basically makes you a temp developer for any number of companies which pay HMC for your service. And when you sign of for such CLINIC, you can request to work on an aero-related project. And in many cases this will result in a job-offering before graduation.</p>
<p>Ill let RocketDA cover more on this though if you are interested, he Mudd's CC aero-resident on crack.</p>
<p>Wow! That sort of thing sounds wonderful! I'm a very versatile person, and am always trying to get more adept in as many fields as I can, so such a diverse undergraduate degree sounds like a dream :)</p>
<p>As you can see, I am indeed interested!</p>
<p>Some more schools:</p>
<p>Northeastern (for Mechanical/Industrial Eng) - it's in the Boston area, which you appear to want, and has the best co-op program in the country.</p>
<p>Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Many locations (though the most prestigious is in Florida, specializes in aero/astro, program is top-ranked for schools that don't offer doctorates.</p>
<p>U of Michigan, Ann Arbor - US News ranks it #3 for undergrad aero/astro programs at schools that go through the doctorate</p>
<p>I'd suggest GA Tech. Atlanta isn't as expensive a city to live in as Boston, New York, etc.</p>
<p>"Ill let RocketDA cover more on this though if you are interested, he Mudd's CC aero-resident on crack."</p>
<p>LOL. Yes, I guess I am an Aero guy.... but I'm not on crack, I think.
I believe that Mudd's general engineering degree is a near-perfect blend of material for the modern aero-enthusiast. As you may know, modern aerospace is a conglomerate of many different fields of technology. Smart-structures, polymorphic wing bodies, supersonic/hypersonic aerodynamics, manetoplasmadynamics are all cutting-edge research areas which require much cross-over between the classic electrical, mechanical, chemical, and computer engineering fields.</p>
<p>At Mudd, you can specialize in a particular field by tailoring your technical electives to your interests. In addition, as Seiken stated, Clinic will give you research opportunities in real-life aerospace applications.</p>
<p>As president of the Mudd Amateur Rocket Club, I have found many students at Mudd are interested in aerospace engineering. Recently, there has been a surge of interest and personnel (and we just got a new engineering prof that was on the ground-floor of SpaceX).</p>
<p>In response to this new interest, we are altering the Experimental Engineering course (required for engineers) to a rocket-based class. The course will focus on experimental techniques and analysis on the rocket and its components during flight. For the final project teams of 4 will have their own rocket instrumented with strain gauges, CCD camera, GPS, rate gyros, accelerometers, etc and be asked to characterize the performance of the rocket during 6 flights. Such an analysis will require knowledge of continuum mechanics (mechanical), electrical systems, data acquisition, systems and signals, and aerodynamics. Prior to the final project students will have labs where they must test the rocket parts in a wind tunnel, vacuum chamber, turn-table centrifuge, and understand and build the electrical components for signal conditioning.</p>
<p>So yeah, that coupled with Fluid Mechanics, Compressible Fluid Mechanics, Rocket Propulsion Elements, and others will give you a really good background in aerospace. Mudders do some amazing things after graduation...and some of those things are in aerospace.</p>