July 2026 – Department of Aeronautics

Yash Talekar: Learning to shoot for the stars

28 July 2026

I’m Yash, a class of 2026 graduate from the MEng Aeronautical Engineering with a Year in Industry programme at Imperial College London. I’m a Singaporean who initially joined the course with the goal of learning how to design and build aircraft, but along the way my interests shifted to quite literally shoot for the stars. Now, I’m particularly interested in spacecraft propulsion, orbital mechanics, hypersonics, and computational aerodynamics, with the goal of a career in the space sector.

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Eddy McInally: The projects that shaped my Aeronautics degree

Sree Jagadeesan

20 July 2026

Undergraduate

MEng Aeronautics student Eddy McInally shares how two major design projects, including a carbon fibre wind turbine and a lunar exploration vehicle, helped develop his understanding of design, manufacturing and systems engineering.

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Lea Liu: Why I chose Aeronautical Engineering

Sree Jagadeesan

16 July 2026

Undergraduate

My passion for aeronautical engineering began with an experience I had when I was 12 years old during a family trip to the United States. I was taking an introductory helicopter flying lesson and, under the guidance of a flight instructor, I was able to briefly fly the helicopter myself.

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Natasha Patnaik: Pushing boundaries in aerospace engineering

Sree Jagadeesan

15 July 2026

My fascination with Aeronautics stemmed from a curiosity about how large vehicles such as aircrafts and rockets conquer the sky. I chose to study Aeronautics at Imperial as it represents the pinnacle of engineering at a globally renowned university, where the relentless demand for innovation in aerospace perfectly bridges complex theoretical physics with tangible, world-changing technology.

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