Courses Category: Aeronautics

Fundamentals of Python for Engineering Programming and Machine Learning (Starts 27 October 2026)

Instructed by Dr. Peng Ho, Boeing Designated Expert on engineering software development

  • From 27 October–19 November 2026 and 3 December 2026. No class on 3 November. (8 Classes, 32 Total Hours)
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12–4 p.m. Eastern Time (all sessions will be recorded and available for replay; course material will be available for download)
  • The final eighth session on Tuesday, 3 December is for reviews, questions and interactive code development (following an intermission for material/code reflection).
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course

Test Foundations for Flight Test

  • This course introduces the components involved with planning, executing, analyzing, and reporting on a flight test program. Concepts such as test planning, risk identification and management, test conduct, data analysis, and technical reporting are presented with real-world flight test examples.
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.

Business Development for Aerospace Professionals – Online Short Course (Starts 6 Oct 2026)

  • From 6–15 October 2026 (2 Weeks, 6 Classes, 12 Hours)
  • Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 12–2 p.m. Eastern Time (all sessions will be recorded and available for replay; course notes will be available for download)
  • Taught by a former Senior Vice President at Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems and Program Executive at Airbus US, with vast experience and expertise in the field, and author of Blind Spots: Why Product Development Projects Miss Their Targets. This is the ONLY course of its kind that teaches business development in the aerospace industry.
  • The course teaches essential concepts and actionable techniques, with emphasis on real-world applications that you can leverage immediately. Lessons learned are derived from patterns seen in aerospace and other high-tech industries.
  • For each key discipline, essential concepts and actionable techniques are discussed in detail. The focus is on real-world applications that you can leverage immediately and consistently. Lessons learned are derived from patterns seen in aerospace and other high-tech industries.
  • Part of a two-course series, this essential course on Business Development for Aerospace is designed for individuals trying to identify customer needs and the best sales opportunities.
  • Note: while both courses are recommended as a pair, you can register for the second course only (Project Execution for Aerospace Professionals) if your primary problems are with overruns or project execution.
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course

Wind Tunnel Testing for Aircraft Development

Image courtesy of Bombardier Aerospace

  • This course is a primer on wind tunnels and wind tunnel testing, primarily for aviation applications. The course considers these aspects from both the client side and the facility side, underpinned by a focus on cost and data quality. Numerous examples are provided.
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.

Electric VTOL Aircraft Design: Theory and Practice

  • In this joint course from AIAA and the Vertical Flight Society, the latest and greatest in eVTOL technology is presented.
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course

Guidance and Control of Hypersonic Vehicles

Image Courtesy of Northrop Grumman

Instructed by Bong Wie, Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University

  • This course presents a comprehensive overview of the recent, emerging technological advances in hypersonic flight vehicles, with an emphasis on solving a variety of guidance and control problems of hypersonic vehicles.
  • It includes numerous illustrative GN&C design examples of various hypersonic vehicles, such as hypersonic aircraft/missiles, Mars hypersonic entry vehicles, hypersonic reentry vehicles, and hypersonic missile interceptors, to enhance the learning experience.
  • All students will receive a copy of MATLAB code employing the numerical predictor-corrector guidance algorithm as applied to various hypersonic entry guidance problems.
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.

Advanced Solid Rockets

  • Instructed by the AIAA Solid Rockets Technical Committee, consisting of the world’s leading experts in solid rocket research and technology.
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course

Metal Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications

  • This comprehensive course details all aspects of the additive manufacturing process for aerospace applications from concept, process selection, material evaluation, post-processing, design, and certification.
  • Includes an eBook copy of the instructor’s 850+ page AIAA textbook “Metal Additive Manufacturing for Propulsion Applications” for all registrants
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.

Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics

  • Taught for the very first time online, this comprehensive overview of the discipline of Structural Dynamics will cover the dynamic characteristics of structures and the prediction of response of structures to dynamic environments.
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.