building confidence through hands-on engineering

The unique, hands-on Aeronautical Engineering Program introduces STEM education, experiential learning, and student engagement designed to empower and motivate all students. 

Aeronautical Course


 

Aeronautical Engineering

In 2018, St Joseph High School partnered with Milestone C to introduce a new Aeronautical Engineering Course. The course encourages students to build confidence while building drones! The unique, hands-on program introduces STEM education, experiential learning, and student engagement designed to empower and motivate all students.

Upon "graduation day" in the program, students begin with the Critical Design Review (CDR) Presentations in which they explain the way they designed and built professional racing drones from scratch.  Following the presentations, the student teams show off their drones - flying performing aerobatic maneuvers. 

St Joseph High School students experience an aeronautical program complete with customer requirements, design reviews, trade studies, and a flight test effort.  Aside from technical aspects of the program, students walk away with a heightened sense of confidence and key college & career skills such as critical thinking, formal presentation, leadership & teamwork, problem solving, and communication.

Aeronautical Engineering Course

Prior to starting their drone engineering design projects, students also participate in a short flight school.  During this segment of the program, they learn about basic aerodynamics, aerospace physiology, and practice their flying skills on highly-realistic drone, and airplane simulators.

Milestone C is a team of professional engineers, aviators, and scientists bringing real-world STEM experiences to students through project-based experiential learning programs (after-school and summer camps) and STEM curriculums.  Each Milestone C program is designed to be an internship-style experience for the students, equipping them with basic knowledge, foundational skills, and, most important of all, hands-on experience in the subject areas.  For more information, please visit www.milestonec.com.