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which type of engineering deals with making airplanes?

i like airplanes and engineering.

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rene’s Answer

I have worked over 30 years at Boeing, and I will have to disagree with the previous answers. Aero major is important, but it is only one aspect of airplane design.
- Aero defines the body shape, wing planform, control surfaces, etc.
- Mechanical engineers design the parts that make up the airplane body, wings, landing gear, etc.
- Electrical engineers work on generators, entertainment system, aircraft electrical system, wiring, circuit breakers, etc.
- Controls engineers to design all the automated functions on the airplane.
- Software engineers to work on all the computers that run flight controls, avionics, air conditioning, etc.
- Lately, due to recent incidents, human factors engineering has became important. This is the study of how flight crews react to multiple airplane cues and indications when failures happened.

rene recommends the following next steps:

The aircraft company will hire any of the majors from above. The important thing is somehow to get an intership. Then you can explore the various jobs while you're there.
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Sreedhar’s Answer

Hi Leacky,
I agree with Robert Rossi. Aeronautical Engineering deals exactly what you are interested in. During your Aeronautical Engineering study, start as early as possible (after first year?) to look for summer internship by applying at companies that deal with making airplanes. Such an internship can keep your interests alive and also will help you get more interested in later classes after you get back to college.

One thing to remember is that such internships are highly competitive - especially those that pay enough to cover your living expenses. So, you will have to keep your grades up right from the first semester and you need to start learning very early (starting now) about how to do job interviews.

Good luck!

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Robert’s Answer

You are looking for Aeronautical Engineering, which is often part of an Aerospace Engineering program. Astronautical engineering focuses on space-going flying things while aeronautical focuses on airplanes and other things that stay inside the atmosphere.

Robert recommends the following next steps:

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace_engineering for more details, and good luck!
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Solomon’s Answer

Hi Leacky,
I also agree that Aeronautical Engineering is what you need to study to build airplanes.

Wish you all the best.
Solomon
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