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Advanced Topics in System Safety for Commercial Certification

Advanced System Safety will elevate students' safety process acumen by diving deeper into the safety process and introducing a small cradle to grave project to provide practical experience in using the safety process to help design and develop the proper set of documentation for compliance to requirements.

September 14-18, 2026, San Diego Marriott Mission Valley
April 12-16, 2027, DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport Southcenter

Aerodynamic Design of Commercial Airplanes

In this course, participants learn how aerodynamics drive the detailed exterior design of transport aircraft. What aerodynamic phenomena play a role in the exterior design of a wing, a cockpit or an engine intake? What is the effect of aerodynamic add-ons such as vortex generators, fairings or winglets? What are the advantages and penalties of wing sweep, and how can the penalties be mitigated by the aerodynamic design of the wing? These are some of the questions this course addresses.

April 12-16, 2027, DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport Southcenter

Aircraft Structural Loads: Criteria, Analysis, and Validation

This course provides an overview of aircraft structural external loads analysis including: criteria, design, analysis, fatigue, certification, validation, and testing. It covers CFR Part 25 airplane load requirements and the historical CFR Part 23 requirements which are the basis of the current ASTM standards. These concepts are applicable to many military structural requirements, UAV's, and other experimental or novel configuration aircraft.

Course preview webinar: eVTOL - Loads and Dynamics Criteria and Considerations

November 2-6, 2026, Renaissance Orlando Resort
April 12-16, 2027, DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport Southcenter

Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) and FAA Requirements

This course discusses the FAA Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) and design concepts required to ensure all aspects of aircraft electrical wiring and installation are safe. It examines aircraft wiring as a system and reviews all Part 25 CFRs related to EWIS FAA certification.

Course preview webinar: EWIS - Demonstrating Compliance for Aerospace Compliance

November 2-6, 2026, Renaissance Orlando Resort
April 12-16, 2027, DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport Southcenter

FAA Type Certification Plan Development

This course will prepare you to develop a thorough FAA certification plan/project specific certification plan (CP/PSCP) that meets the requirements of Order 8110.4C associated with new type certification projects. Please note that as of 2024 this course has changed length from 4 days to 4.5 days.

April 12-16, 2027, DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport Southcenter

Human Factors Engineering for Civil Flight Deck Design and Certification

This course is intended to give engineers, pilots, and managers involved in the design and certification of civil flight decks an introduction to the required human factors engineering activities. The course reviews the physical, physiological, psychological, and cognitive performance capabilities of flight crews. It explores the limitations of pilots' performance and how they are impacted by systemic variables in the flight deck environment. It then examines how pilots' capabilities and limitations impact crew workload and human error. The course builds a theoretical human factors engineering foundation for designing and assessing civil flight decks and their installed systems and equipment. The course provides flight deck design examples and accident analysis from a human factors point of view.

November 2-6, 2026, Renaissance Orlando Resort
April 12-16, 2027, DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport Southcenter

Operational Test and Evaluation: Customer-Focused Testing

This OT&E course is designed to introduce students to the language, processes and assorted tools to estimate, plan, accomplish risk assessment, provision, conduct, analyze and report on operational tests.

September 14-18, 2026, San Diego Marriott Mission Valley
April 12-16, 2027, DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport Southcenter

Stress Analysis for Aerospace Structures

This course is designed for the practicing engineer who has an interest in the various aspects of stress analysis in aerospace structural-mechanical design and would like to enhance his or her expertise in this important field.

September 14-18, 2026, San Diego Marriott Mission Valley
April 12-16, 2027, DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport Southcenter

Structural Composites

This course provides an introduction to high-performance composite materials, covering both engineering and manufacturing of composite parts and assemblies, basic material properties of the constituents (fiber and matrix), how they combine to form plies, or lamina, how to obtain lamina properties, how laminae are combined to form laminates and how to obtain the laminate properties. Other engineering topics include stress analysis, failure criteria and testing methods.

Course preview webinar: Advances in Composite Aircraft Manufacturing

September 14-18, 2026, San Diego Marriott Mission Valley
April 12-16, 2027, DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport Southcenter