
Aerospace Short Courses
Webinars
Throughout the year, our industry-expert instructors create and present free, one-hour webinars on a variety of aerospace topics. These webinars are recorded and made available on our website.
History of Airplane Design Webinar Series
Dr. Jan Roskam led numerous webinars on airplane design during his years teaching for the KU Aerospace Short Course program. Sadly, Dr. Roskam passed away in 2022, but recordings of his webinars are still available to view for free using the links below. Each one-hour webinar focuses on specific companies and their contributions to the commercial, military and transport aircraft industries. Learn from a legend in aircraft design how some of today's best known companies got started, persevered or went bankrupt, merged or made it on their own.
Courses & Events
Advances in Composite Aircraft Manufacturing
This webinar was held on September 27, 2023. A recording of this webinar will be posted within 1 week of when it was held.
To view the recording of this webinar, visit: https://jayhawkglobal.ku.edu/aero-online
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Sobering Stories of Aircraft Structural Inadequacy
This webinar was held on July 12, 2023. A recording of this webinar will be posted within 1 week of when it was held.
To view the recording of this webinar, visit: https://jayhawkglobal.ku.edu/aero-online
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eVTOL - Loads and Dynamics Criteria and Considerations
This webinar was held on November 16, 2022. A recording of this webinar will be posted within 1 week of when it was held.
To view the recording of this webinar, visit: https://jayhawkglobal.ku.edu/aero-online
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Will Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Drive Changes to Avionics Systems Flight Testing?
This webinar was held on May 24, 2023. A recording of this webinar will be posted within 1 week of when it was held.
To view the recording of this webinar, visit: https://jayhawkglobal.ku.edu/aero-online
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History of Airplane Design: Airplane Design Lessons Learned the Hard Way
This webinar was held on July 20, 2022. A recording of this webinar will be posted within 1 week of when it was held.
To view the recording of this webinar, visit: https://lpe.ku.edu/aero-online
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History of Airplane Design: Airplane Designs that Did Not Make It and WHY
This webinar was held on June 15, 2022. A recording of this webinar will be posted within 1 week of when it was held.
To view the recording of this webinar, visit: https://lpe.ku.edu/aero-online
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History of Airplane Design: Beginning, Rise and Decline of the Wichita, KS Aircraft Industry
This webinar was held on May 18, 2022. A recording of this webinar will be posted within 1 week of when it was held.
To view the recording of this webinar, visit: https://lpe.ku.edu/aero-online
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History of Airplane Design: Overview of Unusual Configurations, Part 2
This webinar was held on April 20, 2022. A recording of this webinar will be posted within 1 week of when it was held.
To view the recording of this webinar, visit: https://lpe.ku.edu/aero-online
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History of Airplane Design: Overview of Unusual Configurations, Part I
This webinar was held on March 16, 2022. A recording of this webinar will be posted within 1 week of when it was held.
To view the recording of this webinar, visit: https://lpe.ku.edu/aero-online
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