Dr. David Downing


David Downing
  • Professor Emeritus

Contact Info


Education —

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1962
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan
Sc.D in Aerospace Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970

Research —

Research interests:

  • Advanced flight control
  • Flight testing
  • Instrumentation systems

Teaching —

Courses Taught

AE 245: Introduction to Aerospace Engineering

AE 360: Introduction to Astronautics

AE 551: Dynamics of Flight II

AE 732: Introduction to Flight Test Engineering

AE 750: Applied Optimal Control

AE 753: Digital Flight Control I