Phoenix Education Panel: Keeping Aerospace Engineers Current the Drexel-Martin Program

The Drexel-Martin program is a not-on-campus graduate program established in 1956 in Baltimore for the purpose of offering advanced studies leading to the degree of Master of Science in certain fields of science and engineering. The courses are held in the late afternoon or early evening in the facilities of the Kenwood High School, located near the Martin plant. The enrollment for the current year is 238 students distributed between Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics and Engineering Management. While the majority of the students are employees of the Martin Company, some students come from other industries in the area. Some of the details of operation as well as proposed criteria for this type of program are presented.