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Aerospace Short Courses

Online Courses

Learn where it is convenient for you, while getting the training and development you need to be successful through KU's aerospace online short courses.

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Introduction to Electromagnetic Effects (EME) and Aircraft Engineering Requirements - ONLINE

This course will provide participants with an understanding of electromagnetic effects related to aircraft engineering requirements, FAA certification requirements, testing requirements for both DO-160 bench testing and aircraft level testing related to EMC/P-Static/ESD/TPED's/HIRF/EWIS and lightning.
For a more in-depth focus on aircraft level testing and FAA requirements it is recommended to take Electromagnetic Effects Aircraft Level Testing and FAA Requirements, in-person or online after taking this course as this course.

April 22, 2025 to May 15, 2025, Live Online Training

Introduction to RTCA DO-160 Qualification: Purpose, Testing and Design Considerations - ONLINE

This is an introductory class, designed to educate engineers of all disciplines (hardware design engineers, test engineers, certification engineers, program managers, project engineers and laboratory employees) in the aspects of DO-160 as it pertains to equipment qualification in support of aircraft certification.

July 29, 2025 to August 26, 2025, Live Online Training

Aircraft Structures: Analysis and Design - ONLINE

This course provides an introduction to the analysis and design of aircraft structures. Course content includes design criteria, structural design concepts, loads and load paths, metallic and composite materials, static strength, buckling and crippling, durability and damage tolerance, practical design considerations, certification and repair. Analysis exercises and a design project are included to better involve students in the learning process.

Course preview webinar: Sobering Stories of Aircraft Structural Inadequacy
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in San Diego in September 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Aerodynamic Design of Commercial Airplanes - ONLINE

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.
This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Aircraft Avionics Test and Evaluation Fundamentals - ONLINE

This course provides an overview of basic avionics systems flight test to include the understanding of test planning and risk management, as well as the necessity and complexity of flight test instrumentation and data collection. Students will understand the challenges of testing integrated systems, as well as understanding the importance of time, space and position information (TSPI), sources of TSPI and its use for data acquisition, reduction and analysis. They will review causes and methods of testing software and for identifying electromagnetic interference. Students will also receive a basic understanding of aerospace data bus architectures, communications and radio navigation systems, Global Navigation Satellite Systems, RADAR systems and electro-optical and infrared systems to help understand required flight test techniques. Students will also gain understanding in the challenges of human-machine interfaces which require crew station and workload evaluations as part of the aircraft and systems certification process.

Course preview webinar: Will Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Drive Changes to Avionics Systems Flight Testing?
This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Aircraft Icing: Meteorology, Protective Systems, Instrumentation and Certification - ONLINE

This course covers the meteorology and physics of aircraft icing. Topics include forecasting, finding and avoiding icing conditions, designing and evaluating ice protection systems, and certification of aircraft for flight into known icing conditions.

This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Orlando in October 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Aircraft Structural Loads: Criteria, Analysis, and Validation - ONLINE

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
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in San Diego in September 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Advanced Avionics - ONLINE

Advanced Avionics covers systems that will be the mainstay of CNS (communications, navigation and surveillance) in the future. Course material reviews the basic theory of navigation and provides a thorough introduction and survey of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), with emphasis on GPS. Modern surveillance systems based on Mode-S and ADS-B are also covered as are both wired and wireless communications systems.
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Orlando in October 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Airplane Flight Dynamics - ONLINE

Participants in this course learn an overview of airplane static and dynamic stability and control theory and applications as well as classical control theory and applications to airplane control systems. An overview of flying qualities and regulations is included.

Course preview webinars: Flight Dynamics in Airplane Design: The Importance of Trim and Airplane Design: Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Orlando in October 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Application of Human Factors Engineering to the Life Cycle Management of Aeronautical Products and Systems - ONLINE

This introductory course will provide attendees with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills necessary to successfully apply Human Factors Engineering (HFE) and Human System Integration (HSI) to their daily work. Attendees will attain familiarity with and trust in HFE/HSI principles and practices to consider and implement at their workplace.

Course preview webinar: Human Factors in the Aerospace Environment
This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Conceptual Design of Unmanned Aircraft Systems - ONLINE

This course provides a conceptual approach to the overall design of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) including concepts of operations, communications, payloads, control stations, air vehicles and support. It also covers requirements and architecture development, initial sizing and conceptual-level parametric and spreadsheet assessment of major system elements.
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in San Diego in September 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) and FAA Requirements - ONLINE

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
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Seattle in March 2025. We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) Safety Assessment - 25.1709 - ONLINE

This course focuses on the requirements and methods that can be used to demonstrate compliance to 14 CFR 25.1709 (EWIS Safety Analysis). The discussion will examine the use of FAA AC 25.1701-1 to prepare a Functional and Physical Analysis. The course will also include an overview of the EWIS requirements included in 14 CFR Part 25, subpart H.

Course preview webinar: Developing an EWIS Safety Analysis: Methodology & Requirements
This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Electromagnetic Effects Aircraft Level Testing and FAA Requirements - ONLINE

This course discusses the concepts of aircraft ground and flight testing that may be required to ensure that aircraft level systems are safe for operation when exposed to the effects of electromagnetic effects (EME), high intensity radiated fields (HIRF), lightning, precipitation static (P-static), and transmitting personal electronic devices (TPEDs).

This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Kansas City in May 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Flight Control and Hydraulic Systems - ONLINE

This course covers fundamental design issues, along with analysis and design methodologies for aerospace hydraulic and flight control systems. Topics include design requirements, component description and operation, component and system math modeling, component sizing, system layout rationale, system sizing and airframe integration. The course emphasizes the fundamentals and necessary engineering tools (both analytical and otherwise) needed to understand and design aerospace hydraulic and flight control systems.

Course preview webinar: The Future of Flight Control: A Flight Control Engineer's Perspective
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in San Diego in September 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Flight Test Principles and Practices - ONLINE

This course provides an introduction to and definition of the basic flight test process, application of engineering principles to flight tests and description of common flight test practices, along with an introduction to the flight test discipline. The course is embellished with a variety of examples from completed flight test programs.

This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Seattle in March 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Flight Testing Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Unique Challenges - ONLINE

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are comprised of an unmanned vehicle (UAV), a manned control element(s), and various data and control links. Although unmanned, the vehicle is still an aircraft and must be tested with the same rigor and precision as manned systems. However, being "unmanned" and being part of an integrated system, UAVs demand unique flight test approaches that present corresponding challenges.

Course preview webinar: Taking the Pilot out of the Cockpit is a Big Deal!
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Orlando in October 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Fundamental Avionics - ONLINE

This course provides a very broad overview of avionics. It covers the historical evolution of the avionics industry and usage of avionics to the present day. You will learn why avionics is what it is today, in addition to understanding how it works. The course covers legacy systems still in use and the latest state-of-the-art systems currently being installed.

This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Fundamentals of V/STOL Rotorcraft - ONLINE

This course will present key aspects of vertical flight and rotorcraft challenges through a review of their historical evolution, basic principles and enabling technologies. It will cover the fundamental principles underlying rotorcraft flight, flight performance, rotor limitations, configurations and conceptual design. Emphasis is placed on relating rotorcraft aerodynamics to airplane aerodynamics for those making the transition.

Course preview webinar: The History of Rotorcraft: Development of an Industry
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Seattle in March 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) Certification and Compliance - ONLINE

This course covers the design concepts required to ensure all aspects of aircraft HIRF electrical wiring, installations, and aircraft-level systems are safe for operation. It also covers the typical certification process for HIRF from a very practical, step-by-step perspective and examine all steps used by aircraft OEMs to show compliance to HIRF regulations. The 14 CFR 25.1317 for transport category airplanes will be used as the baseline regulation.

This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Instructions for Continued Airworthiness Using Enhanced Zonal Analysis Procedure - ONLINE

This course will discuss the Enhanced Airworthiness Program for Airplane Systems/Fuel Tank Safety (EAPAS/FTS) rule. This rule requires design approval holders (DAH) and applicants to develop instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA), consisting of maintenance and inspection tasks, intervals, and procedures for the representative airplane's electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) for each affected type design.

This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Seattle in March 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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MIL-STD Qualification: Purpose, Testing and Design Considerations - ONLINE

This class is designed to educate program managers, system engineers, design engineers and test engineers/technicians about United States military standard-oriented environmental, electromagnetic interference and power quality testing, with the goal of obtaining an Airworthiness certification.

Course preview webinar: US Military Airworthiness Certification: The What's, Why's and How's
This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Operational Aircraft Performance and Flight Test Practices - ONLINE

This course provides an overview of airplane performance theory and prediction, certification standards and basic flight test practices. The course will focus on turbojet/turbofan powered aircraft certified under JAR/CAR/14 CFR Part 25. This standard will briefly be compared to military and Part 23 standards to show different approaches to safety, certification, operational and design differences.

This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Operational Test and Evaluation: User-Centric Systems Testing - ONLINE

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.

This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Principles of Aeroelasticity - ONLINE

This course is designed to provide a qualitative understanding of aeroelastic behavior for aerospace vehicles. The class will explore different forms of aeroelastic phenomena and associated issues in structural dynamics and aerodynamic-structure interaction. The level of class instruction is appropriate for engineers and managers with an undergraduate degree in engineering.

This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in San Diego in September 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Propulsion Systems for UAVs and General Aviation Aircraft - ONLINE

This course provides an in-depth understanding of the state-of-the-art propulsion issues specific to UAVs and general aviation aircraft, including propulsion options, cycle analysis, principles of operation, systems, components, performance and efficiencies.

This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Kansas City in May 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Stress Analysis for Aerospace Structures - ONLINE

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.
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Orlando in October 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Structural Composites - ONLINE

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
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in San Diego in Seattle 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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System Safety Assessment for Commercial Aircraft Certification - ONLINE

This course develops the skills necessary to write and review system safety assessments for regulatory compliance to 14CFR 2X.1309 and 23.2510. Class participants are walked through the evolution of the safety rule and specific techniques for compliance through a comprehensive look at the regulations and current regulatory guidance. In-depth reviews of industry standards in system safety such as SAE ARP4761A and SAE ARP4754B, and ASTM F3230-17 followed by exercises, examples, and class discussions strengthens the students understanding of safety for compliance. By the end of the class, students gain the ability to develop meaningful system safety requirements, design safety compliant systems and equipment, and improve their skills in developing system safety compliance documentation.
This course is scheduled to be held next in-person in Orlando in October 2025.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Systems and Safety for Electric/Hybrid-Electric Aircraft and Urban Air Mobility - ONLINE

Electric and hybrid-electric technologies and autonomy pose a unique set of challenges. Nevertheless, using these technologies, the opportunity exists to create novel fault tolerant and redundant architectures. In this course, students gain practical knowledge of the certification approach afforded by Part 23 Amendment 64 applied to non-traditional aircraft types. Students will consider the application of industry consensus standards for electrical propulsions systems, energy storage systems and sense and avoid. They will recognize different techniques for the creation of safety process artifacts, including Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Modes Effects Summary (FMES), and how these might be performed on a complex electric or hybrid-electric aircraft that could incorporate vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. Throughout the course, agile techniques are considered in order that the safety process can guide the design and development of the aircraft.
This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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Unmanned Aircraft System Software Airworthiness - ONLINE

This course covers the software airworthiness requirements for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). It addresses the development and airworthiness evaluation of complex integrated software intensive unmanned aircraft systems, as well as the relationship between the acquisition/development processes for these systems and the key software airworthiness assessment processes.
This course is available for online delivery directly to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 

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