The Aerospace Engineering (ASE) graduate program at The University of Texas at Austin is a top-10 nationally ranked program where students perform world-class research under the supervision of distinguished faculty. Students have the opportunity to complete advanced study and research leading to the Master of Science degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Our graduates go on to pursue careers as engineers, scientists, inventors, astronauts, administrators, and leaders in the field of aerospace engineering.<br>We offer advanced study and research leading to the Master of Science in Engineering degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in aerospace engineering. The normal prerequisite for graduate study is a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering or in a related field of engineering. Graduate study is possible for those with degrees in science or mathematics, but some undergraduate coursework will be needed to make up any deficiencies. This area involves research in hypersonics, aerodynamics, turbulence, plasma science and engineering, mixing combustion and gas dynamics in space science.<br>Research is presently being conducted in nonequilibrium and rarefied gas flows, turbulence and turbulence control, shock-boundary layer interactions, thermal and glow-discharge plasmas, turbulent mixing and combustion, nonlinear flow interactions and advanced optical diagnostics and sensors. Facilities include a Mach 2 and 5 blowdown wind tunnel, Mach 3 low-Reynolds number tunnel, Mach 1.8 direct-connect scramjet isolator, 50 kW inductively-coupled plasma torch, laser diagnostics and sensors laboratory, high-pressure combustor and a plasma engineering laboratory. Computational work is supported by the Texas Advanced Computing Center, which boasts the most powerful academic supercomputer in the nation.