Addressing the world-wide shortage of avionics engineers

Citation

(2006), "Addressing the world-wide shortage of avionics engineers", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 78 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2006.12778cab.017

Addressing the world-wide shortage of avionics engineers

Addressing the world-wide shortage of avionics engineers

Keywords: Aircraft, Aerospace industry, Training

Cranfield University is responding to the needs of the “real” world by launching an industry-initiated option of its Aerospace Vehicle Design MSc programme.

This course, Avionic Systems Design, has been specifically designed to give students a thorough understanding of avionic systems design, analysis, development, and test and airframe integration. It also hopes to begin to address the global market shortage of avionics engineers.

Designed to attract practising electronics, electrical and aerospace engineers and students, the programme takes advantage of Cranfield's long- established practice of interdisciplinary teaching and demanding application, and consists of a taught component, a group design project, and an individual research project.

Course Director Philip Stocking said: “With increasing traffic density of civil aircraft and the need for increased military precision in aerial warfare conflicts around the world, safer aircraft operation requires ever more sophisticated avionic systems”.

“The irony of this situation is that there is now a severe world-wide shortage of suitably qualified avionics engineers”.

“This course is the first in the world to train engineering graduates to meet this technological challenge and, in so doing, help satisfy the needs of the market for avionics engineers who are more than able to 'hit the ground running'.”

Details available from: Phillip Stocking, Course Director, Avionic Systems Design, Tel: +44 (0)1234 754692, e-mail: p.stocking@cranfield.ac.uk, web site: www.cranfield.ac.uk