Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
This is the youngest of the KNTU faculties. The core of the faculty was formed as Aerospace group in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in the year 2000. It provided MSc programs in aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics and aerospace structures. In the year 2001, it launched the first MSc program in space machinery engineering in Iran. Later, in the year 2004, the BSc joint aerospace engineering program with MATI(Moscow Aerospace Technological University) was launched. In the year 2006, the Faculty had officially become independent from the Mechanical Engineering faculty and the first group of BSc state students were admitted through the Iranian University Entrance Examinations.
During the years 2000-2007 the faculty used the facilities of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty. In June 2007, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering moved to its new campus, and the faculty became independent. Some of the facilities of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (such as workshops) were kept on the Aerospace Engineering campus.
The campus is located in University Boulevard, Vafadar St., Tehranpars. The faculty has a large library that is being equipped.The aerospace engineering student accommodation is located just beside the faculty. The Nasir Gym(K. N. Toosi University of Technology's newest recreational building) is also located beside the faculty. There are plans for building several recreational facilities, including a gym, at this site. Currently, the workshop complex of K. N. Toosi University of Technology is also located at this campus.
There are about 170 students studying at the faculty and there are 10 full-time faculty members. The faculty also uses many part-time professors, usually from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The first group of joint program students were sent to Russia in August 2007. The faculty is going to launch its P.H.D program in 2008.
The faculty was the host of the Sixth national and Second international Conference of the Iranian Aerospace Society. A new research Center eas established at the faculty in 2007, conducting industrial research in aerospace. There are currently several research laboratories located at the faculty, including:
- MDO Lab
- Control Lab
- Combustion and Propulsion Research Lab
- Aerodynamics Lab and Wind tunnel
- Parallel Processing Lab
- Space Research Lab
The table below shows the programs currently available at the faculty:
| B.Sc. | M.Sc. | Ph.D. |
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering(Propulsion) | Aerospace Engineering(Propulsion) |
| Aerospace Engineering(Joint Program with MATI University- Russia) | Aerospace Engineering(Aerodynamics) | Aerospace Engineering(Flight Dynamics and Control) |
| Aerospace Engineering(Space Machinery) | Aerospace Engineering(Joint Program with MATI University-Russia) | |
| Aerospace Engineering(Flight Dynamics and Control) | ||
| Aerospace Engineering(Aerospace Structures) |
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