- Covers the aerodynamics of propellers and rotors for aircraft applications, from fundamentals to complex propeller-airframe integration challenges
Courses Category: Aeronautics
Design of Electrified Propulsion Aircraft
Fundamentals of Aeroelasticity: From Basics to Application
Instructed by experts from Delft University of Technology
- Learn about the fascinating interaction between aerodynamics, structures and control, their modelling challenges, and their impact on the aircraft behavior.
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
Financial and Business Acumen for Navigating the Aerospace Industry
- This new, practical course will develop students’ “business mindset” so they can make sound business/financial decisions for their organizations, and successfully navigate the various funding avenues available to them, while also setting the foundation for leadership positions within their organizations.
- The course consists of lectures and in-class exercises using the public financial statements of several firms within the aerospace, defense, and space industries.
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.
Mission-based Vehicle Design: Digital Mission Engineering for Advanced Air Mobility
- This class familiarizes users with the workflows of modeling and analyzing a UAV mission using digital mission engineering best practices.
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
Design Evolution of Aircraft Structures
Instructed by Dr. Michael Mohaghegh, Boeing Technical Fellow: Advanced Materials and Structures
- This applied introductory course covers the evolution of the most important fundamental and practical concepts of modern aircraft structures.
- Course will also include illustrative application examples, practice exercise problems, and supplemental material to enhance the learning experience
- At the conclusion of the course, students may choose to complete an optional design project to test what they’ve learned.
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
Optimal Control Techniques for Unpiloted Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
- This unique guided online course covers the application of optimal control theory for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
Hypersonic Flight Vehicle Design and Performance Analysis
Instructed by Members of the Hypersonic Technologies and Space Planes (HyTASP) Technical Committee: Profs. Frank Lu and Luca Maddalena, University of Texas at Arlington; Mr. Paul Hagseth and Dr. Dennis Finley, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; Dr. Kevin Bowcutt, Boeing Research & Technology
- Instructed by premiere experts from Academia and Industry
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
A Practical Approach to Gas Turbine Engine Performance & Design using GasTurb14
by Dr. Ian Halliwell, Northwind Propulsion Inc.
- This 32-hour course introduces GasTurb14 through software demonstration, complete engine model generations, simulations, and optional homework assignments.
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
The Anatomy of Autonomy: Technology, Integration & Applications Across Aviation & Space Domains
- Based on instructors’ AIAA textbook “The Anatomy of Autonomy” (2025)
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.