1. Professional Profile
In May 2015, Changzhou Institute of Technology prepared to build the flight technology with the support and assistance of the East China Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), Changzhou Municipal People's Government, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Department of Aerospace Engineering of the University of Illinois, Sierra Academy of Aeronautics, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Xinyu Aerospace Co., Ltd. In 2016, it applied for and approved the national 13th Five-Year Plan application-oriented undergraduate industry-education integration development project, and Sunan National Innovation Park Aviation Industry Internship Training Base Construction Project. In 2017, the undergraduate major of flight technology was officially approved by the Ministry of Education for a four-year academic system. After graduation, the Changzhou Institute of Technology will issue the undergraduate qualifications and diplomas of flight technology. It fills the gap in the professional setting of local undergraduate colleges and universities in Jiangsu.
1.1 Professional training objectives
The major of Flight Technology uses advanced flight theory and technical standards at home and abroad to cultivate students who meet the needs of socialist modernization and civil aviation in the new era, have excellent ideological and moral qualities, high comprehensive quality, high safety awareness, organizational discipline and sense of responsibility, master professional knowledge of flight regulations, flight principles, flight control, navigation technology, operation management, etc., have proficient aircraft driving technology and flight operation management ability, meet the standards of international civil aviation airline transport aircraft pilot license, have international competitiveness, and have civil aviation flight technology application ability, high-quality applied talents who can be engaged in aircraft driving and management in civil aviation companies and general aviation.
1.2 Major courses
Flight principles, aircraft systems, airborne equipment, aviation power units, aeronautical information, aviation regulations, flight performance and planning, air navigation, radiotelephony, visual and instrument flight procedure design, and flight control systems.
1.3 Major practice training
Flight technology cognition practice, air traffic management comprehensive practice, flight simulator practice, simulated flight practice, private license flight practice, instrument level flight practice, commercial license flight practice, high-performance aircraft flight practice, graduation design (thesis).
1.4 Students' ability to graduate
1. Be able to apply mathematics, natural science, engineering fundamentals and expertise to solve practical flight problems;
2. Be able to apply the basic principles of mathematics, natural science and engineering science to identify, express, and analyze issues related to flight practice through literature research to obtain valid conclusions;
3. Be able to apply the basic rules and technical methods of flight driving to flight practice;
4. Be able to conduct research on problems arising from flight practice based on the scientific principles of flight driving technology and scientific methods;
5. Be able to research complex issues in the field of flight based on scientific principles and scientific methods, including designing experiments, analyzing and interpreting data, and obtaining reasonable and effective conclusions through information synthesis;
6. Be able to develop, select and use appropriate technologies, resources, modern engineering tools and information technology tools for engineering problems in flight practice;
7. Be able to conduct reasonable analysis based on relevant engineering background knowledge, evaluate the impact of flight practice problem solutions on society, health, safety, law and culture, and understand the responsibilities to be undertaken;
8. Have humanities sciences and social science accomplishment, sense of social responsibility, and safety awareness, be able to understand and abide by professional ethics and norms in flight practice, and perform responsibilities;
9. Have certain organizational management skills, expression skills, interpersonal skills and the ability to play a role in the team;
10. Be able to communicate effectively with peers in the industry and the public on issues related to piloting, including making presentations, expressing clearly or responding to instructions. And have a certain international perspective, able to communicate and exchange in a cross-cultural context;
11. Have the awareness of independent learning and lifelong learning, and have the ability to continuously learn and adapt to development;
12. Have the qualities of wit and courage required by pilots, healthy body, and meet the national standard for pilot physical training (the national standard for college students' sports qualifications).
2. Professional situation
2.1 Teachers
According to the construction of the teaching resource of Doctoral, International and Double-qualified Teacher, there are 18 full-time teachers, including 4 professors, 7 associate professors and 7 lecturers; 6 double-qualified teachers; 7 doctors (including PHD students); 1 expert of Thousand Talents Program, 1 academic leader of the Qing Lan Project in Jiangsu Province, 2 outstanding leading teachers of the Qing Lan Project in Jiangsu Province, 2 talents of the “Six Talents Peak Program” plan and 2 talents of “Double Creation Program” in Jiangsu Province; 24 part-time professors, flight instructors, captains and engineers with civil aviation background are employed to teach relevant professional courses, including 6 from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 3 from Civil Aviation University of China, 5 from Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 3 from China Eastern Airlines, 2 from East China Civil Aviation Flight Design and Research Institute, 2 from the East China Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, and 3 from Sierra Academy of Aviation; Mr. Xu Baogang, the first-grade pilot of civil aviation, the senior captain of China Eastern Airlines and the deputy dean of the School of Flight of Shanghai University of Engineering Science, was employed as the chief consultant of flight technology.
2.2 Experimental conditions
This major, in conjunction with the well-known state-owned general aviation company-Beidahuang General Aviation Co., Ltd. Has established the CCAR141 flight school in Jiamusi City and Zhaodong City in Heilongjiang Province, covering an area of 5000 acres. It is one of the few colleges that independently trains pilot students throughout the whole process! The school cooperates closely with the Department of Aerospace Engineering of the University of Illinois, L3 Aviation School of America, Massey University of New Zealand, Sierra Aviation Academy, Toronto Flight School, and Sichuan Longhao Flight Training Co., Ltd. to jointly carry out flight training. The college currently has 5 sets of Cessna 172R flight simulators, 20 sets of single-person trainers and land-air communication systems, 10 sets of attitude control systems, 1 set of Boeing 737-800 fixed model, and plans to purchase one French DA series multi models’ level 5 simulator. The flight training base has more than 20 DA42, DA40, DA20, LE500, high-performance aircraft C-90, etc., forming a systematic flight training capability!
2.3 Teaching and research achievements
Over the past three years, the teachers of this major presided over more than 10 lateral and longitudinal scientific research projects at the national, provincial, and municipal levels, and won the first prize of Jiangsu Science and Technology Progress Award and the second prize of Changzhou Science and Technology Progress Award, authorized 3 utility model patents, and published more than 50 high-level academic papers.