航空航天工程-旋翼飞机工程哲学博士

博士 是基于论文的博士学位。它非常注重研究，是打算从事研究，开发，研究管理或大学教学工作的学生的最终学位。对于希望在该领域从事学术，政府和/或行业研究的职业，拥有工程，物理科学或数学硕士学位的个人来说，这是一个很棒的计划。博士生必须满足核心要求。除核心要求中指定的要求以外，研究生课程要求由候选人的博士委员会根据个人情况确定。通常，博士学位没有指定的学分数量。但是，学生通常会获得MS学位以外的至少24个课程学分。
The University is engaged in a wide range of research and educational activities related to vertical flight technology. In 1996, led by faculty in the aerospace engineering department, a Penn State team was competitively awarded one of the three Rotorcraft Centers of Excellence (RCOE) by the newly formed National Rotorcraft Technology Center (NRTC). Since that time, Penn State rotorcraft research and graduate student enrollment has grown 10 fold, having been competitively awarded RCOE and Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE) Cooperative agreements from the NRTC in 2001, 2006, 2011, and most recently in 2016. Penn State also receives strong support from the US Office of Naval Research, NAVAIR, US Army Research Office, AATD, AED, NASA (Ames, Glenn and Langley Research Centers), and the Vertical Lift Consortium (formerly RITA and CRI). Approximately one-third of our funding is competitively awarded from DoD 6.2 or industry IRAD programs