Embry-Riddle and Northrop Grumman Align for Nation's First Airworthiness Engineering Graduate Study Program

Students who pass the Embry-Riddle program will earn a Certificate of Study in Airworthiness Engineering (CSAE). The graduate certificate program is scheduled to launch in January 2017.

“We are proud to be the first university in the U.S. to offer a graduate program in Airworthiness Engineering,” said Dr. Maj Mirmirani, Dean of the College of Engineering at Embry-Riddle in Daytona Beach. “Our alliance with Northrop Grumman, one of the nation’s top and most respected aerospace companies, distinguishes our university as a preferred destination for students interested in exceptional educational opportunities toward building remarkable careers.”

“Through our collaboration with Embry-Riddle, Northrop Grumman is helping to shape curriculum to greatly empower students interested in pursuing aerospace industry careers,” said Doug Davis, director of the office of independent airworthiness with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. “These university alliances create more effective, targeted pathways to employment in key areas of engineering critical to our mission of preserving freedom.”  

The Certificate of Study in Airworthiness Engineering will be administered by Embry-Riddle’s College of Engineering in Daytona Beach. The College’s five departments—Aerospace Engineering; Engineering Fundamentals; Civil Engineering; Electrical, Computer, Software and Systems Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering—and its ranking as one of the nation’s top undergraduate engineering colleges, comes from a tradition of teaching excellence, learning-by-doing philosophy, state-of-the-art facilities and a highly talented faculty and student body.

This tradition has been expanded and now contributes to the rapidly growing master’s and doctoral programs in a variety of engineering disciplines. As the largest educator of aerospace engineers in the nation and a premier hands-on educator in other related engineering disciplines, the College of Engineering plays a vital role in maintaining our nation’s preeminence in aerospace and related industries.