Courses Category: Aeronautics

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.

Advanced Hydrogen Aerospace Technologies and Design

Instructed by experts from the HYSKY Society

✔    In this new joint course from AIAA and HYSKY Society, the latest and greatest in hydrogen aerospace technology is presented in the context of Fixed-Wing and eVTOL aircraft/vehicle design.

✔    All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.

Aircraft Maintenance Management

  • Access to training materials will be provided; classes will not be recorded
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course

Practical Design Methods for Aircraft and Rotorcraft Flight Control for Conventional Civil/Military, UAV, and AAM Applications with Hands-on Training using CONDUIT® – Online Short Course

Instructed by Dr. Mark Tischler and Dr. Tom Berger

  • From 16–19 November 2026 (4 Days, 4 Classes, 20 Hours)
  • Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday at 11:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
  • Classes will be recorded and available for replay; course notes and student software for hands-on exercises will be available for download
  • The course will be a combination of lectures, interspersed with associated hands-on lab exercises (aircraft and rotorcraft) to be completed by the students on their own computers using a 2-month trial of the CONDUIT® Pro version, provided with the course.
  • Course will include technical examples based on conventional and high-speed rotorcraft, UAV, and eVTOL for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and package delivery
  • All registrants will receive an eBook copy of the instructors’ AIAA textbook Practical Methods for Aircraft and Rotorcraft Flight Control Design: An Optimization Based Approach (Tischler et al., AIAA, 2017).
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course

Technical Writing Essentials for Engineers – Online Short Course

  • From 27 October–5 November 2026 (2 weeks/4 Classes, 8 Hours)
  • Every Tuesday and Thursday at 1–3 p.m. Eastern Time (all sessions will be recorded and available for replay; course notes will be available for download)
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course

Aircraft Handling Qualities

  • This new online course provides a comprehensive overview of the design, analysis and test processes surrounding Aircraft Handling Qualities.
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.

Flight Test Techniques for UAS

  • This unique course on Flight Testing specific to UAS provides participants with overview, objectives, theory, techniques, software, and analysis methods for development, qualification, and acceptance tests of UAS.
  • All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.