355 Harris Ave.
Have you ever wondered how Boeing, a venerable corporation with a strong reputation for safety culture, could have developed a product that led to two crashes and extended grounding of the entire fleet of 737 Max airliners?
This course will look at how the commercial aircraft industry operates from both the engineering and business perspectives:
How aircraft are developed and certified (by regulatory agencies)
Competitive pressures – pricing, time-to-market, operating efficiency
How corporate culture contributes to design and business decision-making
Unintended consequences from “overloaded” systems
The course encourages students to think about the trade-offs often necessary in the real world, and how corporate culture and ethics have evolved. Topics to be covered:
Introduction to the commercial aircraft industry: airframe, engines, major aircraft systems
Fundamentals of flight & aircraft evolution
Business considerations: market trends, market segmentation, competitive positioning, business case
Product development, product development teams, regulatory oversight
Corporate culture evolution
What lessons have we learned?
Registration ends May 11
