The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University if Michigan offers various courses of study in aerospace aviation control systems. Students who study at the university benefit from receiving their education from one of the top engineering schools in the nation. Michigan offers both undergraduate and graduate courses in the field. Undergraduate courses of study include areas such as Flight Dynamics and Control, Embedded Control Systems, Automatic Control, Control Systems Analysis and Design and Modeling, Analysis and Control of Dynamic Systems. At the graduate level, Michigan also offers additional related courses in Flight and Trajectory Optimization, Adaptive Control Systems, Avionics, Navigation and Guidance of Aerospace Vehicles and Data Analysis and System Identification.
University of Michigan
EECS Department
1301 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-763-6563
umich.edu
The National Test Pilot School in Mojave, California, is a professional flight-simulation school that allows students to gain the necessary hands-on experience through various short and specialized courses of study. The Modern Flight Control Systems course provides training in basic control systems and structures utilized during flight. Areas of instruction covered by the course include analysis and evaluation of control systems, understanding the principles of linear control systems, handling control system quality issues and methods of testing to evaluate aircraft control systems.
National Test Pilot School
P.O. Box 658
Mojave, CA 93502
661-824-2977
ntps.edu
Vauhgn College of Aeronautics and Technology in New York also offers flight-engineer training as part of its associate and bachelor's degree programs in mechanical and electrical engineering. Both the Associate of Applied Science degree and the Bachelor of Science degree program offered by Vaughn can be pursued with a concentration in avionics. Areas of study covered by these degree programs include aircraft radar systems, long-range navigation systems, aircraft navigation and communications systems, traffic avoidance and alert systems and electronics flight instrument systems, among others.
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
86-01 23rd Ave.
Flushing, NY 11369
866-682-8446
vaughn.edu