THE ROLE OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING IN EVERYDAY LIFE

If someone says, “My major is Aerospace Engineering”, the person is very likely to receive unicorn effect reactions even in the US. Other majors which can be as difficult and useful like Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering would not cause the same effect. The reason is that Aerospace Engineering (or interchangeably used as Aeronautical Engineering) is mostly viewed as an extraordinary field of study related to something military or defense or as rocket science around the world. The reality is that the major is as diverse as its sister major like Mechanical Engineering. Yes, of course, the typical projects Aerospace Engineers work on will be for expensive products such as drones, planes, satellites, and rockets. However, engineers in this field also involve in everyday commercial products around such as cars, sport balls and equipment (for example golf, tennis), and even toys! But, of course, RC aircraft or camera drone type of toys require the operator to be older than certain age to responsibly play. It is also valid to say that the Aerospace Engineers also have much contributions in cell phones connections, TV’s, and Wifi because they all are getting data from satellites orbiting the Earth up there in space. As more engineers in aerospace field apply their knowledge to help solve problems in society such as agriculture, people who do not have a chance to learn the technology like farmers can have a chance to take advantage of it to improve their framing capabilities. A graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with Aeronautics and Astronautics major has started a business to operate drones in combination with satellite images for improving agriculture in Africa, Russia, US, and UK. The goal of his company called Aerobotics is to detect and monitor short and long-term health of agriculture fields such as pest, disease, and lack of water. For more information check out the article and the shown photo on CNN Tech here.