Willem A.J. Anemaat

Willem A. J. Anemaat is president and co-founder of Design, Analysis and Research Corporation (DARcorporation), an aeronautical engineering and prototype development company. DARcorporation specializes in airplane design and engineering consulting services, wind and water tunnel testing and design and testing of wind energy devices. Anemaat is the software architect for the Advanced Aircraft Analysis (AAA) software, an airplane preliminary design and analysis tool. He has been actively involved with more than 400 airplane design projects and has run many subsonic wind tunnel tests for clients. Anemaat has more than 30 publications in the field of airplane design and analysis. He is the recipient of the SAE 2010 Forest R. McFarland Award, an AIAA Associate Fellow and an associate editor for the AIAA Journal of Aircraft. Anemaat is Vice-Chair of the AIAA Aircraft Design Technical Committee. Anemaat holds an M.S.A.E. degree from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from The University of Kansas.

2026 Aerospace Short Course: Airplane Preliminary Design

Albert Helfrick

Albert Helfrick is Professor Emeritus and former chair of the electrical and systems engineering department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Previously, he was director of engineering for Tel-Instrument Electronics, a manufacturer of avionics test equipment. Before entering academia, he was a self-employed consulting engineer for four years where he and his company designed fire and security systems, consumer items and avionics. He has more than 50 years of experience in various areas of engineering including communications, navigation, precision testing and measurement, radar and security systems. He performed radiation hardening on military avionics, designed test equipment for the emerging cable television industry, designed general aviation avionics for Cessna Aircraft and precision parameter measuring and magnetic systems for Dowty Industries. Helfrick is the author of 12 books, numerous contributions to encyclopedias, handbooks and other collections. He has more than 100 technical papers and presentations, served as an expert witness in a number of civil cases and testified before Congress. He holds five U.S. patents, is a registered professional engineer in New Jersey, a Life Senior Member of the IEEE, and an associate fellow of the AIAA. Helfrick has received the AIAA Dr. John Ruth Digital Avionics award. He holds a B.S. in physics from Upsala College, M.S. in mathematics from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in applied science from Clayton University.

2026 Aerospace Short Course: Fundamental Avionics

Gernot Konrad

Dr. Gernot Konrad is an aerospace engineer with extensive avionics and pilot vehicle interface experience, demonstrated through over 20 years of designing and certifying highly integrated flight decks with complex systems for small and large aircraft. This includes over 10 years of technical leadership, applying diverse skills for Agile technology development, and coordinating collaborative multi-level and multi-disciplinary teams. He holds an advanced degree (Dipl.-Ing) and a doctorate (Dr.-Ing) in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Stuttgart. He is qualified as an engineer (Ing.) in aeronautics by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WIFO). Throughout his career, he was involved in recruiting and training flight deck Human Factors (HF) practitioners. Today, Dr. Konrad is the Chief Engineer for HF at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, where he provides HF leadership and vision across multiple program platforms spanning current and future systems for the air transport, regional, business, general aviation, helicopter, and urban air mobility markets. Dr. Konrad is also the chairman of the EASA HF Collaborative Analysis Flight Deck Design and Certification Group, a member of the GAMA Flight Deck HF Working Group, was a member of the RTCA HF Training Steering Committee, and provides an annual seminar on Human Factors Engineering in Flight Deck Design at the University of Stuttgart. Prior positions include Fellow for HF at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, HF Engineering Group Head at Gulfstream Aerospace, Avionics and HF Engineer at Pilatus Aircraft, Research Associate at the Institute of Aircraft Systems at the University of Stuttgart, and freelance theoretical knowledge instructor at Lufthansa Flight Training and Swiss Aviation Training.

2026 Aerospace Short Course: Human Factors Engineering for Civil Flight Deck Design and Certification

William Norton

William J. Norton is retired from a flight test engineering career that spanned 40 years, including 20 as a US Air Force officer. He has held numerous positions in many organizations on dozens of aerospace programs spanning all aircraft types. He has penned scores of technical papers, 20 books, and a multitude of magazine articles. Bill holds a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering and has taught courses at the college-level. He is a civil pilot with numerous ratings, restored and operated a DHC-1 Chipmunk, and built and flight-tested a Rutan Long-EZ. Bill is married to the lovely and talented Anya Victoria Eriksson.

2026 Aerospace Short Course: Aircraft Structures Flight Testing

Josh Sementi

Dr. Josh Sementi has 20 years of applied aeroelasticity and aircraft loads experience including both analysis and testing on Part 23 and 25 aircraft. Josh is also an FAA Consultant Loads DER with full approval authority for both Part 23 and Part 25 Static and Dynamic Loads. This experience has included developing aerodynamic models, structural models, and aero-structural splines for certification loads and flutter analysis as well as validating the models against flight loads survey and flight flutter testing measurements. This analysis has been performed in a variety of tools from classical beam theory methods to complete aircraft FEM based aeroelastic models. During his career Dr. Sementi has developed certification dynamic and static flight loads for over 25 STC's or STC amendments ranging from radomes and other minor modifications to blended and split scimitar winglets on a variety of Boeing aircraft. In addition to Structural Loads, Josh has extensive flight flutter test experience, as well as aircraft vibration environment development. Prior to working at TLG, Josh was a Senior Loads Engineer at Aviation Partners Boeing.

2026 Aerospace Short Course: Aircraft Structural Loads: Criteria, Analysis, and Validation

C. Bruce Stephens

C. Bruce Stephens is an FAA DER/EUM in the areas of EME, HIRF, Lightning, Fuel Systems, Structures and EWIS. His aircraft certification experience includes Beechcraft Starship, King Air, Bonanza, Baron, Hawker 4000, Hawker 800XP, Premier 1, JPATS, Learjet Model 45/75, Cessna Citation Latitude, and military projects related to Boeing 707, 737, 747, 767 KC-46A Tanker, and 777. Stephens continues to work on Part 27 and 29 rotorcrafts (MH139 Grey Wolf), and space vehicle certification projects. He has assisted several smaller companies with FAA EME certification projects and is interested in the certification requirements related to new EVTOL Aircraft. Stephens enjoys mentoring new FAA delegates and instructing several courses he has developed for The University of Kansas Aerospace Short Course program. These courses include HIRF, Lightning, EWIS, EZAP, DO-160, Fuel Systems, Introduction to EME, and EME Aircraft Testing/Certification. Stephens has been a Six-Sigma/Lean Master Black Belt consultant with experience in both aircraft and copper mining process improvement. He has instructed over 25 college courses, most being MBA level, including MBA Statistics, MBA Business Management, MBA Operations Management, MBA Six Sigma/Lean Production Management, Supply Chain Management, Six Sigma/Lean Black Belt and Green Belt. Universities Stephens has instructed at include Webster University, Friends University, Embry Riddle University, Southwestern College, Newman University and The University of Phoenix. He has an executive M.B.A. and M.S. in Management from Friends University and a B.S. in Industrial Technology from Wichita State University.

2026 Aerospace Short Course: Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) and FAA Requirements

Darren Stout

Darren Stout is an EME/HIRF/Lightning ODA UM/AR at the Boeing Company. Darren has a wealth of experience in Electromagnetic Effects (EME), High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF), lightning effects, p-static effects, and transmitting personal electronic devices, RTCA/DO-160, MIL-STD-461, along with extensive experience in laboratory and aircraft testing. His experience is a result of over 30 combined years as an Electrical and EME engineer with Boeing, Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs), FAA, and BancTec. He also served six years in the United States Air Force as a B-52 navigator, instructor navigator, and radar navigator (bombardier), directing and performing higher headquarters missions including aircraft, systems, and munitions testing, and is a Desert Storm veteran. He has a BSEE degree in electrical engineering (lasers, fiber optics, and antenna arrays) from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, is an iNARTE certified EMC Engineer, and is a Level 2 Certified TEMPEST Professional.

2026 Aerospace Short Course: Introduction to Fuel Tank Safety and Ignition Prevention: Design, Certification, and Compliance

Pierre Trudel

Pierre Trudel is a System Safety Engineer and ODA Unit Member currently working for Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS). He brings 29 years of system safety, systems engineering, and reliability experience in several segments of our aerospace industry. He has worked system safety, reliability, and systems engineering on airplanes, rotorcrafts, and space vehicles. He has experience with commercial and military system safety, Development Assurance practices. He developed companywide processes to facilitate product development and compliance to commercial airworthiness standards and military requirements. He has worked system safety for both equipment suppliers and as an integrator for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Pierre has worked system safety using several industry accepted processes including SAE ARP4761, SAE ARP4754, and MIL-STD-882 to satisfy safety requirements for Part 23 (small aircrafts), Part, 25 (Transport Category Aircraft) and MIL-HDBK-516 (Airworthiness Certification Criteria). His certification experience as an FAA representative spans the spectrum of TC, ATC, and STC projects on commercial projects such as the Hawker 4000, Hawker 800XP, Premier 1, Cessna CJ4, Citation Latitude, Citation Sovereign, Citation X, KC-46A (767 Tanker), and several other aircraft models and types. Pierre holds a Bachelor of Science in Space Sciences with minors in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology.

2026 Aerospace Short Course: System Safety Assessment for Commercial Aircraft Certification