The University of Dayton is a Catholic, Marianist research university founded in 1850 in Dayton, Ohio. Its School of Engineering offers undergraduate aerospace pathways through a mechanical-engineering concentration, a new co-major, and a minor; an Aerospace Engineering M.S.; and Aerospace Engineering D.E. and Ph.D. degrees. Students use facilities including a low-speed wind tunnel, water tunnel, and Merlin flight simulator, with research opportunities connected to the University of Dayton Research Institute and the Dayton aerospace ecosystem.