Synopsis:
Whether you work in the tactical world or the strategic world, this course will help you understand and appreciate the unique challenges of each. So everyone can clearly understand the principles of both tactical and strategic missile guidance, concepts are derived mathematically, explained from a heuristic perspective, and illustrated with numerical examples. Material is presented so that participants with different learning styles can benefit. The course will be of value to both novices and experts wanting to learn more about missile guidance and to understand its importance to system design.
Key Topics:
- Interceptor guidance system technology.
- How subsystems influence total system performance.
- Useful design relationships for rapid guidance system sizing.
- Using adjoints to analyze missile guidance systems.
- How various guidance laws can improve system performance.
- Factors which limit missile system performance
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Who Should Attend:
This course will benefit managers, engineers, and programmers at all levels who work with or need to learn about interceptor guidance system technology. The heuristic arguments and numerous examples will give managers an appreciation for guidance so that they can interact effectively with specialists. Engineers and programmers will find the detailed course material and many MATLAB source code listings invaluable for both learning and reference.
Instructed by Mr. Matej Forman, OpenFOAM training team leader, ESI Group
Highlights:
- Bootcamp-style live online course over 2 days
- Learn OpenFOAM CFD Advanced techniques for Aerospace with a combination of lectures and associated hands-on lab exercises
- All course notes and exercises will be available for download. No sessions will be recorded.
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
Instructed by Dr. Walt Silva, Emeritus Langley Associate, Aeroelasticity Branch at NASA Langley Research Center, former NASA Structures Lead for the Low Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD) X-59, AIAA Fellow.
- 1-Day Course, held in conjunction with the AIAA AVIATION Forum 2026 in San Diego, California
- Sunday 7 June 2026
- Covers concepts and terminology associated with aeroelasticity, including structural dynamics, unsteady aerodynamics, aeroservoelasticity, and recent developments such as computational reduced-order models.
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
Instructed by Dr. Michael Mohaghegh, Boeing Technical Fellow: Advanced Structures and Materials
- This applied introductory course covers 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
Synopsis:
In this intensive short course a pragmatic and non intimidating approach is taken in showing participants how to build both linear and extended Kalman filters by using numerous simplified but non trivial examples. Sometimes mistakes are intentionally introduced in some filter designs in order to show what happens when a Kalman filter is not working properly. Design examples are approached in several different ways in order to show that filtering solutions are not unique and also to illustrate various design tradeoffs. The course is constructed so that participants with varied learning styles will find the courses practical approach to filter design to be both useful and refreshing.
Key Topics:
- Learn how to build both linear and extended Kalman filters
- How process noise can save many filter designs from failing
- Why some choices of filter states are better than others
- Advantages and disadvantages of filtering in different coordinate systems
- Why linear filters are sometimes better than extended filters for some nonlinear problems
- Use MATLAB source code to explore issues beyond the scope of the course
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Who Should Attend:
Managers, scientists, mathematicians, engineers and programmers at all levels who work with or need to learn about Kalman filtering. No background in Kalman filtering is assumed. Engineers and programmers will find the detailed course material and many MATLAB source code listings invaluable for both learning and reference.
This course covers Theoretical and Applied concepts in Computational Aeroacoustics (CAA) using OpenFOAM, touching on progressive Multiphysics design challenges, e.g. Aero-Vibro-acoustics (AVA). In the practical part of the course, we will see how to use acoustic analogy, how to prepare and set up the case to resolve the air-born sound. Post-processing leading to noise characteristics is explained and tested.
An experienced trainer from OpenCFD – the company delivering official distribution of OpenFOAM every 6 months – will be presenting practical training based on the latest release. Training is based on mixture of lectures and hands-on exploring simple applications run on a cloud computer. More information can be found at https://openfoam.com/training/aerospace.php
Instructed by Mr. Matej Forman, OpenFOAM training team leader, ESI Group
Highlights:
- Learn OpenFOAM CFD Advanced techniques for Aerospace with a combination of lectures and associated hands-on lab exercises
- All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
Synposis:
Atomization of liquids is at the heart of operations of many of the devices we use on a daily basis. From our shower in the morning (water atomization at the shower head), to liquid-fueled engines in ground transportation (gasoline and diesel engines), to gas turbine in airplanes/power stations and rocket engines. Other areas such as electrostatic car-body spray painting, agricultural crop spraying, ink jet printing, pharmaceutical nebulizers, spray drying, and chemical liquid rockets, are just a few examples of the very wide applications of the liquid spray production technology.
In the aerospace industry, the engine thrust, efficiency, and the emission levels are directly related to the performance of the liquid fuel injector designs. For this reason, R&D activities in this area have intensified in the past two decades in a quest to design and operate efficient and low-emission gas turbine engines. It is imperative then individuals involved in research, design, and operation have the requisite knowledge and training to choose intelligent and innovative approaches when it comes to liquid fuel nozzle and its optimum performance.
This seminar is about understanding the processes of liquid atomization and spray formation and relating this understanding to fuel injection systems and emission of pollutants in modern engines. The approach in this course is to build sufficient background through introduction of a consistent and widely-used terminology in sprays and atomization. Justifications, reasons, and purposes of the liquid atomization and spray formation are discussed along with presentation of different designs of atomizers and nozzles employed in various industries. Characterization methods of sprays are discussed after the definition and meaning of different averaged liquid droplet diameters are touched. Droplet size measurement devices are covered and examples are shown. Armed with these critical background information, the focus of the course is then heavily directed to gas turbine fuel nozzle designs and their performance requirements for optimum engine operation with lowest possible emission of harmful pollutants.
Key Topics:
- Understand and be familiarized with important terminology commonly used in atomization and sprays
- Gain a general physical understanding of the important processes in atomization and spray formation
- Possess adequate background and foundation to educate yourself beyond the depth and topics covered
- Be able to intelligently judge, adapt, and, transfer technological advances from one discipline to the other
- Understand effects of fuel nozzle design and operating conditions on engine performance, combustion and emission of pollutants
- Be able to communicate intelligently with engineers working on fuel nozzle and fuel system design aspects in your company
- Grasp the technology and the logic behind different injector designs
- Gain sufficient knowledge to intelligently contribute to human being’s efforts in minimizing emission of pollutants and maximizing efficient usage of earth’s energy resources
- Anticipate future trends and technology developments in fuel nozzles
- Learn and appreciate the role the fuel nozzles play in combustion and emission and how it is used to provide guidance in design of low-emission combustion systems
- Effectively contribute to the design of the critical engine components affected by the fuel nozzle performance
Who Should Attend:
This seminar will be especially valuable for engineers, technical and project managers, researchers, and academicians in the aerospace industries. In the aviation industry, engineers working on the design of components for high efficiency and performance of combustion engines, particularly those directly and indirectly involved in reducing emission of harmful pollutants from combustion engines, will highly benefit from this course. Additionally, this course provides adequate background for engineers and managers in contact with those directly involved in the fuel nozzle systems. Therefore, this experience prepares the attendees for a more efficient and intelligent communication in an interdisciplinary technological environment. The course is also of interest to academicians wishing exposure to the field and those engineers active in development and applications of software, modeling in-cylinder injection combustion and emission processes.
