2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is the umbrella term for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and Regional Air Mobility (RAM). AAM has been gaining traction due to its potential to enhance convenience with clean energy and improve access for underserved communities. Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is an aerial system that enables an aircraft to fly without a human pilot onboard. Due to the unique characteristics of AAM and UAS, they can be integrated for safer and more efficient operations.

While the integration of UAS and AAM has potential for future transportation solutions and lifestyle needs, it presents significant challenges from technical and cognitive perspectives, such as Level of Automation (LOA), Human Automation Teaming (HAT), and Human Machine Interface (HMI). This study evaluates the current Aviation curriculum and explores what AAM/UAS topics can be added to the interests of Aviation students. This study will use a survey to gather students’ opinions from pre-defined AAM/UAS topics, in addition to open-ended questions. To learn from the opinions of students against the current curriculum helps professors and researchers better define and design an aviation curriculum that matches students’ interests and newer-generation topics.