Available Short Courses
Engineering services and short courses for the aerospace industry
SDV — Doing Things Right in Space Programs: System Development and Verification
A close look at what it takes to develop high-quality, cost-effective products and systems for aerospace programs, based on ten principles for Doing Things Right.
SMS — Space-Mission Structures: From Concept to Launch
A broad but close view of the structure as a system, covering functions, requirements, environments, verification planning, design, analysis, test, and risk assessment.
ESV — Effective Structural Verification for Space Programs
This course provides a rigorous look at what it takes to ensure space hardware is structurally safe for flight and able to meet mission objectives.
USV — Understanding Structural Verification for Space-mission Hardware
A more understandable look at verification for nonstructural engineers and beginning structural engineers, with less detail than ESV but with much of the groundwork laid in SMS.
DABJ — Design and Analysis of Bolted Joints for Aerospace Engineers
A course for design engineers and analysts, with the goal of building understanding of how bolted joints behave, how to design them to be trouble free, and how to assess their capability.
APSIT — Avoiding Problems in Spacecraft Integration and Test
This course gives an overview of the integration and test (I&T) process and serves as a platform for the instructor to share many personal experiences from a 36-year career.
For training in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Instar recommends Tech-Training.