The Department of Aeronautical Engineering was started in the year 2008, offers B.E. Aeronautical Engineering Program, and is permanently affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. With dedicated faculties specialized in different aspects of Aeronautical Engineering and the state of the art Laboratory facilities, the Department caters to its students through academia; and industries through research and consultancy projects.  In conjunction with the various specialized laboratories available in the Department, a full-fledged Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Laboratory, that promotes design, development, analysis, and piloting of UAVs. Being a specialized program, the Department has made all the provisions necessary to equip the students with the required skills to grow and contribute to society.

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Strengths of the Department:

Choice-based credit system to meet the requirements of the aviation industry through the flexibility of course selection

Well-equipped laboratories and aircraft hangar

Faculties specialized in Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Structures, Thermal Engineering and Materials

R&D and Consultancy project work in collaboration with industries

Publications in refereed journals

Centre of Excellence in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with a full-fledged Laboratory facility

State of the Art Equipments

Subsonic, Supersonic and Hypersonic Wind Tunnels

Avionics Laboratory with a Flight Simulator 

Cessna 152 and Aviat A-1B Husky Trainer Aircrafts

Computer center with licensed software packaged such as CATIA, Autodesk, Ansys and MATLAB

One Credit courses and Value added courses on UAV and RC aeroplanes, piloting. NDT, etc.,

Dr.J.David Rathnaraj

HOD