The Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics (AEM) Department at the University of Minnesota is the descendant of one of the first ten accredited Aeronautical Engineering programs in the country and the Mechanics of Materials program. The AEM Department is part of the Institute of Technology, which includes the engineering, math and science departments at the University of Minnesota. The degrees offered by the AEM Department include the undergraduate Bachelors of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics and graduate Masters of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. The AEM faculty conduct research in the areas of Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics and Materials, Aerospace Systems and in other emerging fields such as Nanotechnology. Departmental facilities include the Hypersonic Research Center, wind tunnels, crystal grower, materials testing machines and aerospace systems laboratories, as well as two cluster supercomputers