Badge Courses | Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State University

Wichita State University's badge program makes workforce training and continuing education accessible and affordable. Each badge is designed with the practicing professional in mind so coursework can be completed online and at your own pace.

A badge is worth 0.5 credit hours and equates to about 22.5 hours of combined online instruction and study time. This makes workloads more manageable for someone who is already busy with a full-time job and family!

The Aerospace Engineering department offers a variety of badges or short credit special topics courses. Be sure to visit this site and the WSU Workforce Education and Badge Programs site regularly for new and updated offerings.

A series of composites manufacturing technology related badge courses (AE 770B series) and graduate credit courses(AE 765 series) are currently available. Click below for more information on the courses:

• Composite Manufacturing Technology Safety Awareness-1(AE 765A/AE 770BA, 0.5 cr) - Students will be provided with composite materials technologies basic knowledge, an overview of different forms of composites manufacturing, various factory workflows and the associated regulatory guidance documents.
• Composite Manufacturing Technology Safety Awareness-2 (AE 765B/AE 770BB, 0.5 cr) - This course educates the students on the issues related to raw material manufacturing, their transport, incoming quality control and storage of composite materials. The preparation of tooling, cutting of composite preforms, layup and bagging of composite parts, and curing are discussed in detail . The use of procurement specifications and process control documents are emphasized in this course.
• Composite Manufacturing Technology Safety Awareness-3 (AE 765C/AE 770BC, 0.5 cr) - The topics covered in this course include technical aspects related to trimming and drilling of composites, defects in composites, adhesive bonding and assembly, non-destructive and destructive inspection. The implications to the role and responsibilities of the manufacturing inspector are discussed in each case.
• Composite Manufacturing Technology Safety Awareness-4 (AE 765D/AE 770BD, 0.5 cr) - The topics covered in this course include technical aspects related to painting and finishing of composites, handling and storage, manufacturing defects and their root cause analysis, and scarf repair of composites. The implications to the role and responsibilities of manufacturing inspector is discussed in each case.

• Composite Manufacturing Technology Safety Awareness-5 (AE 765E/AE 770BE, 0.5 cr) - This lab course provides students with hands-on experiences on prepreg cutting, manual layup and bagging of simple laminated composite parts, Non-destructive inspection and scarf repair. Prerequisites: AE 770BD/AE 765D or Instructor’s consent.

A series of composites structural engineering related badge courses (AE 770B series) and graduate credit courses(AE 765 series) are currently available. Click below for more information on the courses:

• Composite Structural Engineering Technology - 0 (AE 765F/AE 770BG, 0.5 cr) - This course provides the students with the background knowledge related to composite material applications, materials, processes, manufacturing, structural design, proof of structures, maintenance, Aeroelastic issues, crashworthiness, fire safety and lightning protection. This course serves as a foundation course for the follow-on courses which elaborate on the aforementioned topics. Prerequisites: Instructors consent.

• Composite Structural Engineering Technology - 1 (AE 765G/AE 770BI, 0.5 cr) - This course provides an historical overview of composites usage in aircraft structures; discusses the key technical characteristics of composite structures; composites safety and certification initiatives by FAA; issues affecting cost of incorporating composites; role of standards organizations; some evolving composite technologies; evolution and objectives of integrated product teams. Prerequisites: AE 765F/AE 770BG
• Composite Structural Engineering Technology - 2 (AE 765I/AE 770BJ, 1 cr) - The topics covered in this course include control of composite materials and the processes used to fabricate airframe parts, material specifications, related FAA regulations and guidance materials; common processing defects and damage, protection of structures, manufacturing implementation and maintenance considerations. Prerequistes : AE 765G/AE765BI
• Composite Structural Engineering Technology - 3 (AE 765J/AE 770BK, 1 cr) - The topics covered in this course include Structural Design Details, Design Considerations for Manufacturing and Maintenance; Design Requirements, Criteria and Objectives; Lamination Theory and Design; Composite Analysis Methods; Composite Material Allowables, Design Values and Knockdown Factors; Structural Bonding; Structural Bolted Joints. Prerequisites : AE 765I/AE 770BJ and AE 753/Instructor's consent.
• Composite Structural Engineering Technology - 4 (AE 765K/AE 770BM, 1 cr) - This course provides detailed information on the structural substantiation of composite airframes and their sub-components. The topics covered include FAA Regulations and Guidance for Proof of Structures, Certification Approaches and Related Considerations, Addressing Damage and Defects, Building Block Testing & Analysis, and Additional Considerations for Large Scale Testing. Prerequisites : AE 765J/AE 770BK and AE 753/Instructor's consent.
• Composite Structural Engineering Technology - 5 (AE 765M/AE 770BN, 0.5 cr) - This course provides detailed information on the manufacturing and maintenance interfaces for the composite airframes. The topics covered include Quality Control, Certification Conformity Process, Manufacturing Defect Disposition, Inspection and Maintenance, Structural Repair Development and Substantiation, Teamwork, and Repair Techniques. Prerequisites : AE 765K / AE 770BM and AE 753/Instructor's consent.
• Composite Structural Engineering Technology - 6 ( AE 765N/AE 770BO, 0.5 cr) - This course provides detailed information on the basic principles, regulations, guidance materials and compliance methodologies related to flutter, crashworthiness, fire safety, and lightning protection.

  Prerequisites: AE 765M/AE 770BN and AE 753/Instructor's consent.

  
  Feel free to contact Dr. Suresh Raju for additional information on these badges or versions sutable for graduate credit.

WSU's NEW online Advanced MatLab Badge course provides an understanding of Matlab tools for the simulation of dynamic systems, design of controllers and optimization of goals subject to constraints. Specific topics that will be covered include the Matlab tools for the following: ordinary differential equation, two-point boundary value problem, constrained non-linear optimization, curve-fitting, controllability and observability of linear systems, classical control techniques, linear quadratic regulator, simulink modeling, animation and file-based input-output. The course will provide an initial review of Matlab programming basics.

The Advanced MatLab Badge course is designed for people who want to solve engineering problems using MatLab, specifically related to control, optimization and simulation of dynamic systems.

Click here for more Advanced MatLab Badge information.

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