KALAMAZOO, Mich.—“Brilliance is in the basics.” It’s a quote aerospace engineering alumnus Adam Houtman uses to describe not only aircraft design but also something Western Michigan University's ...

This originally appeared on Quora. Answered by Skyler Shuford. The life of an aerospace engineer is whatever you make it. My job has several-month-long phases, where some months I am writing thousands ...

The sounds of construction permeate the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building at the University of Colorado Boulder. The bang of hammers. The wail of electric saws. A new laboratory for a plasma ...