Summary of Contents


  1. Performance analysis of a general aviation engine: propeller vs jet engines
  2. Market analysis
  3. Propeller Theory and Preliminary Design
  4. Turbo Prop Engines
  5. Piston Engines
  6. Theory and Hands-on Practice on Design and Optimization of general aviation engine

Training Goals


At the end of this course, the student will be informed on:

  • How to extract thrust from a propeller
  • How a turbo-prop works
  • How a piston engine works
  • How to find an optimal design for this class of enginesĀ 


During the course, the student will learn how to operate modeFrontier, a software platform for multi-objective optimization.


The student is expected to know how to program in MatLab