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Instructor: Donald T. Ward
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Biography: Donald T. Ward is a professor emeritus of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University and a former director of its Flight Mechanics Laboratory. Previously, he served 23 years as an officer in the United States Air Force, retiring as a colonel. His last military assignment was as Wing Commander of the 4950th Test Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Earlier tours included Commandant of the USAF Test Pilot School and Director of the F-15 Joint Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base. A Fellow of the AIAA, Ward is the senior co-author of two textbooks, Introduction to Flight Test Engineering, Volumes I and II. He is a member of the Society of Flight Test Engineers and the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Ward holds a B.S. in aeronautical engineering from the University of Texas, an M.S. in astronautics from the Air Force Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Mississippi State University. Dr. Ward is currently the manager of the Systems Architecture Virtual Integration (SAVI) program, a Model Based Systems Engineering project of the Aerospace Vehicle Systems Institute (AVSI), an industry, government, and academia research collaborative. SAVI is intended to radically improve the integration process for complex, software-intensive systems through the use of virtual integration. He has taught short courses for the University of Kansas Professional & Education Division for over 30 years. Courses taught by this instructor: Aerospace Applications of Systems Engineering Advanced Flight Tests Flight Test Principles and Practices |
