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Name: Shoaib Alam

Email: alam3@buffalo.edu

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Hey! Welcome to my site. I’m a senior in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Program here at UB. An Indian by nationality, but have lived most of my life outside India. I was born in Guwahati, Assam. A beautiful north eastern state in India. I’m crazily involved on campus because if I wasn’t, I’d probably just sleep all day. Currently, along with being the president of Sigma Beta Rho fraternity inc, Buffalo Colony, I’m employed as the graphic artist for Student Association, an active member of CYLC (Congressional Youth Leadership Council) and an active participant in most of the club events in UB.

Keeping up with my academics and social life is quite a challenge. That is where time management, being organized and multi-tasking play a major role.

Why Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering? (back to top)

Throughout history, engineers have pushed the technological frontiers, building what others thought couldn’t be built and creating what never before existed.

A hundred years after the first flight, aerospace engineers have pushed the boundaries farther and higher than most and now have exciting opportunities in cutting-edge fields that range well beyond the traditional aerospace applications in airplanes, spacecraft and rocket science.  Aerospace engineers can now apply their skills in numerous technology-based industrial sectors, ranging from automobiles to power generation to air separation to computer industries.  Aerospace engineering graduates can work in such exciting new areas as computational fluid dynamics, robotics, artificial intelligence, process automation, and smart materials.

Mechanical engineers are involved in research and development, design, manufacturing, and technical sales of the widest variety of products. Specific areas of involvement include computer-aided design and manufacturing; robotics; power plants; engines; machine tools; construction equipment; materials; agricultural implements; automotive vehicles and systems of transportation; domestic and industrial appliances; control and measurement devices; instrumentation; biomedical devices; apparatus for the control of air, water, noise, refuse, and other types of pollution; underwater technology; space flight equipment; safety devices; and food processing machinery. As you can see from this list - mechanical engineering covers a wide range of applications and is, in fact, one of the broadest of the engineering disciplines.

Why University at Buffalo? (back to top)

Here at the University at Buffalo, our four-year undergraduate program leading to the B.S. degree in aerospace engineering is designed to prepare students to assume leadership positions in the aerospace industry and related industries.  This includes the traditional aeronautics and astronautics applications (subsonic and supersonic aircraft, satellites, space shuttle, space station, etc.) as well as aerospace-related component development (design of structures, devices and instruments) and vehicle and propulsion system design. A variety of industries need and seek the talents of aerospace engineers. The automotive industry, for example, has recently seen increased interest in aerospace technologies such as aerodynamics, feedback control, propulsion, system dynamics, and lightweight structures. The aerospace engineering program is also intended to prepare students for service in aerospace-related government agencies, such as NASA; FAA; and the U.S. Air Force, Navy, or Marine flying services. While many students enter industry directly after completing the B.S. program, a significant number elect to pursue graduate work in engineering or other fields.

The undergraduate aerospace engineering program imparts knowledge of the fundamentals of the profession to provide a meaningful foundation for the entire career span of its graduates. We state the objectives of our program formally in the box alongside. The goal is to provide students with a broad, solid foundation in applied mathematics, physics, and the engineering sciences during the first and second years. During the third and fourth years, students will build upon this foundation by learning the specialized topics of aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, vehicle design and stability and control.

Based on the objectives above, our program presents students with the knowledge and skills of the profession (as detailed inside the cover page) that will be useful as they begin their careers and/or prepare for advanced studies. We offer a comprehensive program that is well balanced among the technical topics of the thermal-fluid sciences, mechanics, materials, systems and design.

Our Engineering Career Institute and our cooperative education opportunities provide many students with the possibility of obtaining practical experience working with local and national companies.  Our laboratories boast up-to-date testing and instrumentation systems and our extensive computational facilities are available 24 hours a day to meet the demands of our students.  Most importantly, our nationally and internationally recognized faculty are here to help you become an Aerospace engineer ready to contribute to the world of technology in industry and research.

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