The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree is intended primarily for students who desire a career in research, advanced development, or teaching. Students in the PhD program obtain a broad education in the core areas of Aeronautics and Astronautics through coursework, while also engaging in intensive research in a specialized area, culminating in a doctoral thesis. For the past 50 years, most of our experience with aircraft has involved traveling between large airports with hundreds of fellow passengers. Recent technological revolutions, however, will make future aircraft more important to our lives in many ways From silent, efficient global transportation to personal or on-demand flight that frees us from roads, to autonomous air vehicles for delivery of information and goods, the future of flight will look considerably different than it does today. Our aircraft design research focuses on these enabling technologies and their application to future flight concepts.

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