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.
STDI — Structural Test Design and Interpretation for Aerospace Programs
Provides a rigorous look at structural testing and its roles in product development and verification for aerospace programs.
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.
For training in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Instar recommends Tech-Training.