? MIT OpenCourseWare ? Aeronautics and Astronautics ? Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2003 Lecture Notes In addition to lecture notes, biographies for some of the guest lecturers are provided in the Instructors column below. LEC # TOPICS INSTRUCTORS 1 Introduction to Course and to the Aircraft as a System (PDF) Prof. Earll M. Murman 2 Lean System Engineering I Prof. Earll M. Murman 3 Lifecycle Considerations Al Haggerty, V.P. and GM Engineering (retired), Boeing Military Aircraft and Missiles, and MIT (PDF) 4 Cost and Financial Analysis (PDF) Courtesy of Professor Karen Willcox. Prof. Karen Willcox 5 Introduction to Aircraft Performance and Static Stability (PDF) Aerodynamics Primer (PDF) Prof. Earll M. Murman 6 Transport Aircraft Performance I Prof. Robert Liebeck, Boeing Phantom Works & MIT 7 Transport Aircraft Performance II Prof. Robert Liebeck, Boeing Phantom Works & MIT 8 Environmental Factors: Noise and Emissions (PDF - 2.2 MB) Courtesy of Professor Ian Waitz. Prof. Ian Waitz 9 An Airline Viewpoint (PDF - 1.8 MB) Gordon McKinzie, Mgr. New Airplane Programs United Airlines (retired) (PDF) 10 Reliability and Maintenance Prof. John Hansman 11 The Space Shuttle - A Case Study (PDF) Courtesy of Aaron Cohen. Aaron Cohen, Prof. Emeritus of Engineering, Texas A&M University and retired NASA Johnson Center Director (PDF) 12 Propulsion, Fuel, Accessory Systems (PDF) Courtesy of Ed Crow. Ed Crow, Sr. V.P Engineering, Pratt & Whitney (retired) 13 Life Support, Environmental, Accessory Systems Joe Ornelas, VP Engineering, Hamilton Sunstrand 14 Flight Deck Brian Kelly, Boeing Commercial Aircraft (PDF) 15 Avionics, Air Data, Communications Prof. John Hansman 16 Flight Controls Henry Harschburger, Director of Flight Controls, Boeing Military Aircraft and Missiles (retired) 17 Electrical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic Ron Suiter, Dir of Subsystems, McDonnell Douglas (retired) (PDF) Courtesy of Ron Suiter. 18 Structural System Prof. Paul Lagace (PDF) 19 System Architecting for Safety Ron Hinderberger, Boeing Commercial Aircraft 20 Commercial Aircraft System Verification, Validation and Certification Prof. John Hansman Tom Imrich, Chief Test Pilot Research, The Boeing Company 21 Lean System Engineering II (PDF) Prof. Earll M. Murman 22 Military Aircraft System Verification, Validation, Certification (PDF - 1.7 MB) Courtesy of CDR Paul Sohl, USN. CDR Paul Sohl, USN, Commanding Officer, US Navy Test Pilot School (PDF) 23 Risk Analysis and Management and Uncertainty Al Haggarty, V.P. and GM Engineering (retired), Boeing Military Aircraft and Missiles, and MIT 24 Case Study Oral Presentations 25 Trip to Sikorsky in Stratford, Connecticut