博士学位要求包括获得学士学位的研究生课程的学生72学分，或获得硕士学位的学生的课程48个学分。除了居住和学位论文学分要求之外，如果获得学士学位，则学生必须成功完成36个学分；如果获得硕士学位，则必须成功完成12个学分。研究生的博士学位 顾问将指导学生进行学术和研究计划的各个方面。该顾问通常是MANE系的教职人员，但有时也可能来自其他系。如果学生选择与其他部门的顾问一起撰写论文，则需要MANE部门内的博士委员会联合主席，他们的研究也适用于固定翼飞机，旋翼飞机和航天器关于风能，海底车辆和建筑物等领域。几位航空
The doctoral degree requirements include 72 credits for students entering the graduate program with a bachelor's degree or 48 credits for students entering with a master's degree. In addition to residence and dissertation credits requirements, students must successfully complete 36 course credits if entering with a bachelor's degree or 12 course credits if entering with a master's degree. The graduate students's Ph.D. adviser will guide the student in all aspects of his/her academic and research programs. This adviser is usually a faculty member from the MANE department but can occasionally be from a different department. <br><br>RPI Aero faculty and graduate researchers are at the forefront of discovery in experimental and computational flow physics and flow control, adaptive and morphing structures, adaptive modeling and simulation, new computational analysis and optimization techniques, structural health monitoring, dynamics and control, materials and nanocomposites, and propulsion systems. Their research has application to fixed-wing aircraft, rotary-wing aircraft and space vehicles, as well as to areas such as wind-energy, undersea-vehicles, and buildings. Several Aero graduate students are winners of prestigious national fellowships supported by agencies such as NSF, NASA and the DoD. Graduate students have the opportunity to engage with student chapters of professional societies such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the American Helicopter Society, and participate in student design competitions sponsored by these societies as well as agencies such as NASA.