PhD Aerospace and double major

64lakers
Wed, 09 Oct 2013 20:41:07 +0000

yeah you got it right, Dr. Staack. And you are either talking about Cizmas or Dr. Kapetis. Karpetis is a giant in combustion. Never looked up cizmas, so not really sure of him. Good that you are in fluids, so you would know a lot about the field. BTW what did you think about A&M? How did it ‘look’ different from where you are?
Yeah the prices for EP are high and the funding on the down road. Which doesn’t really leave a lot many other propulsion options (solar sail maybe), Is there anything at princeton that would fall under space propulsion (except EP)? If not, i am really looking at space systems, dynamics or fluids ofcourse. Infact I am currently working on hypersonic fluids.

Also would it be better to work in a single research group through the entire undergraduate career so as to make substantial contributions on a a field or would graduate schools prefer an undergraduate who has worked in multiple groups? The stuff I am working on right now is fresh and we except some big breakthroughs but it will take time to get it to that point. The project has just started this year. My main concern is that i would have worked in fluids through undergraduate, but i might apply for space systems or dynamics too, would that be a problem in any way?
PS are you a former student?