Global Aerospace Campus

The Global Aerospace Campus brings together students, researchers, and industry experts from around the world to drive innovation in aerospace. As part of the international RLS-Sciences network, it connects seven regions: Bavaria, Georgia (USA), Québec, São Paulo, Shandong, Upper Austria, and Western Cape.

The Campus offers:

• Online courses on aerospace topics for students and young professionals
• International conferences to share knowledge and build networks
• Joint research projects and publications across continents

By combining regional strengths with global collaboration, the Global Aerospace Campus helps train the next generation of aerospace leaders and tackle the challenges of tomorrow’s aviation.

Conferences

Since 2016, aerospace researchers have been organizing scientific events in the seven partner regions on a variety of topics.

Partner regions & coordination

Researchers from the seven partner regions coordinate international exchange:

• Bavaria
• Québec
• São Paulo
• Western Cape
• Upper Austria
• Georgia
• Shandong

Professor Klaus Drechsler

Member of the Munich Aerospace Executive Board, Chair of Carbon Composites at Technical University of Munich

info(at)munich-aerospace.de

Professor Luis Rodrigues

Member of the Montreal Aerospace Institutes, Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University in Montréal

luis.rodrigues(at)concordia.ca

Professor William Roberto Wolf

Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at University of Campinas

wolf(at)fem.unicamp.br

Dr Jaa (Japie) Engelbrecht

Senior Lecturer for Aerospace Control Systems at Stellenbosch University

jengelbr(at)sun.ac.za

Professor Roland Markus Hinterhölzl

Head of Research Group for Lightweight Construction and Composite Materials at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

roland.hinterhoelzl(at)fh-wels.at

Professor Dimitri Mavris

Director of the Aerospace System Design Laboratory at Georgia Institute of Technology

dimitri.mavris(at)aerospace.gatech.edu

Professor Ning Guo

Associate Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai Shandong

Academy of Sciences

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E-learning

The Global Aerospace Campus offers an e-learning programme for students and young professionals eager to dive deeper into the world of aerospace. Experts from academia, industry, and research teach practical, future-focused topics in easy-to-access online courses.

Four MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are available on Coursera:

• Space Exploration
• Urban Air Mobility
• Space Safety
• Digitalisation in Aeronautics and Space

Whether you’re starting your career or expanding your expertise, these courses bring global aerospace knowledge straight to your screen.

Testimonials

The online course “Digitalisation in Aeronautics and Space” provides up-to-date knowledge about the implication of digitalisation in aerospace industry in terms of methodologies, strategies and way of thinking. I am personally impressed by the carefully selected group of professional instructors from well reputed universities and aerospace industry in Germany. Thank you!

Dalia AltaherAircraft Program Manager, Collins Aerospace, Doha, Qatar

Munich Aerospace’s online course has widened my views on industrial activities and research streams related to the digitalisation of processes and products. The course covers the integration of emerging digital technologies into the whole product lifecycle, from design and development to manufacturing and verification up to deployment and operations.

Dr. Riccardo BenenutoSystems Engineer and Project Manager, OHB System AG, Bremen, Germany

The Global Aerospace Campus is vetted by experts from reputed aerospace organisations and academia. The flexibility to chose modules is a speciality of the first online course on Digitalisation. As an aerospace professional, the course has provided me invaluable knowledge in the aspects of digitalisation in aerospace industry.

Gracio Joyal Lobo

Munich Aerospace’s online course provides a top-notch representation of what is to expect for the future aerospace industry through a very well put together course structure, by world-class experts, on the most recent concepts and technologies. The course shares the general mindset essential to make the aerospace industry fit for future. That is one of a kind in the aerospace sector.

Sara Sadeghloo Aerospace Engineer/Strategy Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Berlin, Germany

The course is an excellent opportunity to get updated with the ongoing efforts on Digitalisation in Aerospace and shows how leading aerospace institutions handle this big challenge.

Aldo Díaz, PhD Research associate, University of Campinas, Brazil

The Munich Aerospace online course “Digitalisation in Aeronautics and Space” is provided by a world-class institute, with renowned teachers, offering the flexibility to follow it from anywhere, at my own pace.

Marion Stoffel Portfolio R-D Project Manager, CRIAQ, Montreal, Canada

The Global Aerospace Campus online course greatly helps to understand current engineering trends and gives a unique online learning experience with high quality and well-structured content. Especially in the Human Factors 4.0 class, a conversation between human and robot provided a forward-looking experience.

Gnanavel Chandramohan Systems Engineer, Infin8 Initiative, Hauteville-Lompnes, France

Funding opportunities for researchers

Information on international funding opportunities is provided for scientists at the Global Aerospace Campus here: https://www.rls-sciences.org/aerospace-funding.html

Contributors

Since the launch of the Global Aerospace Campus in 2016, various organisations have contributed: