Brief Introduction of School of Aerospace Engineering
School of Aerospace Engineering(SAE), established in March 2015, is a secondary college of Guizhou Institute of Technology(GIT). SAE fills the gap of undergraduate education of aeronautics and astronautics in Guizhou under the background of defense science and technology industry’s development. SAE has also approached needs of military enterprises in Guizhou, forwardly regarded serving the country and province's aerospace industry as characteristics, and implemented the national development strategy. Co-constructed by GIT and Aviation Industry Corporation of China Guizhou Aircraft Company Limited in August 2016, Hu Jianxing, the key-airplane chief designer and vice general manager of the company, was appointed as SAE honorary dean. The substantial step has been taken in integration of both industry and education, and characteristic education fields.
At present, the staff number is 27, 22 of whom are teachers with 2 professors and 8 associate professors. 14 teachers have doctoral degree and 10 teachers have master degree, accounted for 84.6% in total. 2 experts have enjoyed special government subsidies from the State Council. 1 expert is a Guizhou Provincial Management Expert. 3 experts have been visiting scholars of Western Light Program. The flexible introduction of a teaching team in the field of intelligent manufacturing from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics provided a teacher guarantee for cultivating high-quality applied talents.
SAE has two undergraduate majors: "Aircraft Manufacturing Engineering" and "Aircraft Power Engineering" with 438 students altogether. "Aircraft Manufacturing Engineering" was selected as a national first-class undergraduate major construction site. SAE won the second prize of Guizhou Provincial Teaching Achievement Award in 2022.
SAE has "Aerospace Science and Technology" provincial key discipline with characteristics and "Aerospace and Intelligent Manufacturing" university-level characteristic discipline group. Intelligent Manufacturing Sino-foreign Cultural Exchange Personnel Training Base Project and Practical Conditions for Industry-school Cooperative Education Construction Project were approved by the Ministry of Education. SAE has provided teaching, scientific research and social service platforms, such as Guizhou province UAV emergency disaster reduction information engineering research center, university-level UAV innovation and entrepreneurship laboratory, sheet metal forming laboratory, aircraft assembly and debug virtual simulation laboratory, aeroengine virtual simulation laboratory, wind tunnel laboratory, et al.
SAE has conducted co-operations with prestigious domestic universities—Northwestern Polytechnical University, to carry out academic exchanges, sent outstanding students to participate in the summer camp of national aerospace institutions, and China International Aircraft Design Challenges. The virtual simulation experiment of aircraft large component assembly completed through remote collaborations with Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics received attention from the national education community at the 6th China MOOC Conference. The "Belt and Road Cup" College Students UAV Flying Dance Creative Programming Contest of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Alliance of Colleges and Universities in the 7th China ASEAN Education Exchange Week, received many media reports and attention.
At present, SAE has integrated a community combined with industry and education,which is based on Aviation Industry Corporation of China Guizhou Aircraft Company Limited, together with Guizhou Liyang International Manufacturing Company Limited, AVIC Guizhou Aeroengine Maintenance Company Limited, Guizhou General Aviation Company Limited. SAE highlights the center on students, students' innovative and practical abilities. The cultivating aim is “Enhance Accountability, Advance Technology, Excel Management, Emphasize Practice, Pursuing Innovation” to cultivate high-quality applied talents in the aviation industry to meet needs of local economic and social development.