Aerospace Engineering Technical Elective (Research)
Honors Research Distinction Technical Elective Track
The Honors Research Disctinction Track is intended for students with at least a 3.4 cumulative GPA who wish to perform undergraduate research. Under this track, students may apply 3 hours of AEROENG 4999H towards their undergraduate technical elective program.
The steps listed below allow a student to meet the College of Engineering Requirements for Honors Research Distinction.
- A total of 6 cr-hrs of AEROENG 4999H. While only 3 hours can count towards the TE program, it is a requirement of the College to take 6 hours of 4999H
- Two other technical elective courses
- Successful defense of thesis and submission of thesis to Knowledge Bank
- Completion of an Honors Contract in Engineering or performing at least 1 action from the following list:
- Presentation of the research at one OSU-sponsored event (e.g., Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, CoE Research Forum, etc.) or at a national conference
- Submission of a manuscript to a peer-reviewed research journal or conference proceedings with the student as a co-author
- Submission of a manuscript to an undergraduate research journal or non-peer-reviewed journal or proceedings with the student as lead author
- Completion and submission of a patent disclosure application
- Other appropriate activity that has been approved via petition by the Honors Committee in Engineering
Research Distinction Technical Elective Track
This track is intended for students with at least a 3.0 GPA who wish to perform undergraduate research. Under this track, students may apply 3 hours of AEROENG 4999 towards their undergraduate technical elective program.
The steps listed below allow a student to meet the College of Engineering Requirements for Research Distinction
- A total of 6 cr-hrs of AEROENG 4999. While only 3 hours can count towards the TE program, it is a requirement of the college to take 6 hours of 4999
- Two other technical elective courses
- Presentation of the research at a local conference (e.g., Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, CoE Research Forum, etc.) or a national conference
- Successful defense of thesis and submission of thesis to Knowledge Bank
