Engineers develop design and analysis skills through application of principles, methods, and tools to the solution of complex, often ill-defined problems. Engineering training that focuses on simple, focused component-level applications teaches some portion of the skills needed to execute real world problems but is incomplete. Altair has experience both deep and broad in applying optimization technologies and has developed a training curriculum aiming to teach engineers more comprehensive design optimization skills and knowledge in aerospace applications. The Altair Aerospace Optimization Academy has been developed as a series of online modules to develop deep design and optimization knowledge and skills in engineers that have basic structural analysis and finite element experience. The training curriculum leads students through complete design cycles using Altair’s advanced optimization technologies and explores the different approaches that engineers can use to develop aerospace designs for a variety of metallic and composite components and configurations.