(Including but not limited to the following topics)
Topic 1: Aerospace Engineering
Aerodynamics of aircraft
Overall design of aircraft
Propulsion and thrust systems
Structural mechanics and strength of aircraft
Aeropropulsive elasticity mechanics
Flight control and navigation guidance
Aircraft stealth technology
Supersonic flow and thermal protection
Design of unmanned aircraft systems
Aircraft engine rotor machinery
Design of air intakes and nozzles
Aircraft landing gear dynamics
Aircraft electronic systems
Aerodynamic noise prediction of aircraft
Aircraft icing and deicing
Aircraft fatigue and fracture mechanics
Multidisciplinary design optimization of aircraft
Aerodynamics of rotor wings
Aircraft stall and spin stall
Aircraft flight quality assessment
Topic 2: Composite Materials
Microscopic mechanics of composite materials
Theory of laminated plates
Mechanics of fibers and matrix interfaces
Interlaminar fracture toughness of composite materials
Damage and failure analysis of composite materials
Fatigue and creep of composite materials
Thermosetting and thermoplastic matrices
Design and preparation of composite laminates
Composite sandwich structures
Mechanical modeling of woven composite materials
Composite impact response
Composite ballistic resistance
Composite health monitoring
Composite repair and connection
Composite environmental aging and durability
Nanofiber-reinforced composite materials
Multiscale simulation of composite materials
Composite ply optimization design
Composite liquid molding processes
Topic 3: Physics
Continuum mechanics
Thermodynamics and statistical physics
Electromagnetic field theory
Fundamentals of quantum mechanics
Solid state physics
Phase transitions and critical phenomena
Phonons and lattice dynamics
Electronic transport theory
Mesoscopic physics
Surface and interface physics
Nonlinear dynamics
Chaos and solitons
Condensed matter theory
Many-body physics
Relativistic fluid dynamics
Plasma physics
Fundamentals of optics and photonics
Radiation and interaction with matter
Quantum dots and superlattices
Topological physics and quantum Hall effect