Teaching

AE 6230 — Structural Dynamics (PhD AE, MS AE, and Distance Learning MS AE)

• Structural vibrations of single-degree-of-freedom, multi-degree-of-freedom, and distributed systems, with a focus on the use of modal approaches

• Offered next in Fall 2025

• Main recommended textbooks:

  • Fundamentals of Vibrations, Meirovitch

  • Engineering Vibrations, Inman

  • Structural Dynamics, Friedmann,  Lesieutre, and Huang

AE 6200 — Advanced Aeroelasticity (PhD AE, MS AE, and Distance Learning MS AE)

• Aeroelastic phenomena in fixed-wing aircraft, static aeroelasticity, dynamic aeroelasticity, and dynamic response in aircraft structures

• Offered next in Spring 2027

• Main recommended textbooks: 

  • Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, Hodges and Pierce

  • Aeroelasticity, Bisplinghoff, Halfman, and Ashley

  • A Modern Course in Aeroelasticity, Dowell et al.

• Some additional references:

  • Introduction to Nonlinear Aeroelasticity, Dimitriadis

  • Introduction to Unsteady Aerodynamics and Dynamic Aeroelasticity, Demasi

AE 4220 — Aeroelasticity (BS AE)

• Fundamentals of structural vibrations of distributed systems (beams), static aeroelasticity, and flutter 

• Offered next in Spring 2026

• Recommended textbook: 

  • Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, Hodges and Pierce

In Spring 2025, I have prototyped a new initiative to integrate content and a semester project into AE 4220 — Aeroelasticity to familiarize undergraduate students with current sustainability trends in aerospace and their technical impacts on aeroelasticity. The resources I have developed or adopted are provided below for instructors interested in similar initiatives and students who wish to learn more about the interplay between sustainable aviation and aeroelasticity.

This initiative has been partially supported by an Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grant provided by the Georgia Tech Sustainability Next Initiative and administered through the Sustainability Education and Curriculum Committee (SECC). If you are a Georgia Tech faculty member interested in learning more about this opportunity, you can find additional information at the links below

• Grant Press Release

• Grant Feature in Georgia Tech Article

• Georgia Tech Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants

Overview

• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Week Poster

Teaching Materials

• Syllabus

• Course Introduction

• Sustainability Project Instructions

• Sustainability Project Potential Topics

• Pre-Project Survey

• Project Check-In 1

• Project Check-In 2

• Post-Project Survey

If you use or adapt these teaching materials, please give proper credit by referencing this website and

• Riso, C., "Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Into Undergraduate Aeroelasticity Education," Georgia Tech Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Week, Atlanta, GA, March 3—7, 2025. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11237.51682

• A conference publication is forthcoming, and I will link it here when available

Relevant Technical Papers 

• Strategies Towards a More Sustainable Aviation: A Systematic Review

• Designing High Aspect Ratio Wings: A Review of Concepts and Approaches

• Unconventional Aircraft for Civil Aviation: A Review of Concepts and Design Methodologies

• Shaping Sustainable Aviation With CFD-Based Design Optimization

• Flutter and Post-Flutter Constraints for Aircraft Design Optimization

• Aircraft Active Flutter Suppression: State of the Art and Technology Maturation Needs

• Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft: Fundamental Concepts, Key Technologies, and Environmental Impacts

• Electric, Hybrid, and Turboelectric Fixed-Wing Aircraft: A Review of Concepts, Models, and Design Approaches

• A Review on Non-Linear Aeroelasticity of High Aspect-Ratio Wings

• Reexamined Structural Design Procedures for Very Flexible Aircraft

Additional Resources

• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

• NASA Aeronautics Strategic Implementation Plan

• United States Aviation Climate Action Plan

• Air Transport Action Group

• European Union Clean Aviation Initiative

• AR20+ Workshop on High Aspect Ratio Wing Technologies

• Third AIAA Aeroelastic Prediction Workshop

• Fourth AIAA Aeroelastic Prediction Workshop