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Dr. Ron Barrett-Gonzalez
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas USA
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AE 521 Aerospace Design I
Instruction Videos
Class 1 Welcome 8/24/26
Lab 1 Multicopters 1 8/25/26
Class 2 1st Quartile 8/26/26
Lab 2 Multicopters 2 8/27/26
Class 3 1st Quartile 8/28/26
Class 4 1st Quartile 8/31/26
Lab 3 1st-2nd Quartiles,Wt&Bal 9/1/26
Class 5 2nd Quartile 9/2/26
Lab 4 2nd Quartile 9/3/26
Class 6 Jeopardy 1 9/4/26
Lab 5 Drone IP 9/8/26
Class 7 3rd Quartile 9/9/26
Lab 6 Drone IP 9/10/26
Class 8 Jeopardy2 9/11/26
Class 9 4th Quartile 9/14/26
Lab 7 Drone IP 9/15/26
Class 10 4th Quartile 9/16/26
Lab 8 Drone IP 9/17/26
Class 11 Jeopardy3 9/18/26
Class 12 Ethics 9/21/26
Lab 9 Propulsion IP 9/22/26
Class 13 SE 9/23/26
Lab 10 Propulsion IP 9/24/26
Class 14 Jeopardy4 9/25/26
Class 15 SE 9/28/26
Lab 11 Propulsion IP 9/29/26
Class 16 Motivation 9/30/26
Lab 12 Motivation 10/1/26
Class 17 Jeopardy5 10/2/26
Class 18 ConTech 10/5/26
Lab 13 Propulsion/Battery IP 10/6/26
Class 19 Mission Profiles 10/7/26
Assignments
Reference Materials
Class Report 1 Due 8/31/26
Lab Report 1 Due 8/31/26
Class Report 2 Due 9/8/26
Lab Report 2 Due 9/8/26
Course Instruction Documents
Course Outline & Materials
Design Report Features
AIAA Reference Format
Fundamentals of Aerospace Vehicle Design
1st Quartile Vehicles
2nd Quartile Vehicles
3rd Quartile Vehicles
4th Quartile Vehicles
Design Competition RFPs
2026-27 Open Team Missile
2026-27 Graduate Team Airplane
2026-27 Undergraduate Team Airplane
2026 - 2027 RAES
2026-27 Graduate VFS
2026-27 Undergraduate VFS
2026-27 RASCAL Competition
2026-27 Undergraduate Space
Aerospace Background Reference Files
K-12 Rocket Building
K-12 Outreach Materials
K-12 Drone Flying PPt
Lab 14 Aircraft Sizing 10/8/26
Class 20 Jeopardy6 10/9/26
Technical Documents
Old Winning Reports
Objective Function Development
Mission Spec & Profile Lecture
Low Observables Lecture
Intellectual Property Lecture
Sizing Lecture
V-n Diagrams Lecture
Cockpit & Fuselage Design Lecture
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