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Flight Test Engineering Concentration

The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) now offers a Master of Science degree in Engineering Science with a Concentration in Flight Test Engineering. This unique graduate engineering degree is focused towards students that desire to work in the areas of aerospace flight testing and research.

The Flight Test Engineering curriculum draws heavily from the UTSI Programs in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Aviation Systems. The curriculum covers the fundamentals of Flight Test Engineering, including Performance, Stability & Control, and Systems Flight Testing and Engineering/Test Management.

The Flight Test Engineering degree is a “hands on” educational experience where the student utilizes the many unique UTSI flight-related facilities, including the fleet of UTSI flight research aircraft, the Flight Research Simulation Laboratory, and the Flight Systems Laboratory. The student will learn Flight Test Engineering by flying in UTSI aircraft, performing flight test techniques and collecting and analyzing real flight data.

Academic and flight laboratory courses available for the Engineering Science / Flight Test Engineering Concentration include the following.

• Air Vehicles (Aircraft Performance Theory)
• Aircraft Stability & Control
• Fluid Mechanics I and II
• Heat Transfer
• Thermodynamics I
• Performance Flight Testing
• Stability & Control Flight Testing
• Aircraft Design
• Introduction to Airborne Radar
• Flight Test Instrumentation
• Flight Data Processing
• Systems Engineering
• Introduction to Aircraft Structures
• Introduction to Avionics I and II
• Aviation Human Factors
• Aircraft Flight Controls
• Systems Flight Testing

For more information, please contact:

MABE Program Coordinator

Due to the nature of the Flight Test Engineering curriculum, the degree is not offered via Distance Learning and is only available to on-campus students.