Aviation & Space Data Analytics is a university alliance to share curriculum and courses, offering K-12 online courses, K-12 boot camp workshops and Aviation Data Analytics minor, bachelor and graduate programs, and upskilling the in-service workforce. The students will be trained by the sponsors’ recommended projects at the R&D Incubator and will be recommended to the sponsors for interns and jobs.
- The sponsors can track Aviation and Space Data Analytics talents from the learner profile databases maintained by ASDA and recruit interns or employees from four Ph.D., 50 graduate and 200 undergraduate students trained by ASDA in the next five years.
- The sponsors can gain customized courses to upskill the current workforce.
- The sponsors partake in the commitments with academics and governments to develop the next generation of socially responsible and competent aviation and space professionals, and consequently share the long-term benefits.
The associated resources and facilities of ASDA include the Gaetz Aerospace Institute for K-12 Space Education Program, the Center for Aerospace Resilient Systems at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory (SONG Lab) at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County, and the FAA UAS Center for Excellence at New Mexico State University. The three universities currently offer undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. programs in Data Science, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Aviation Science, UAS and Aerospace Engineering.