Hiller Aviation Museum

Aero Engineers

Engineering, Robotics, and Aviation

Aero Engineer Camp Details

Create and test a world of aviation inventions with Aero Engineer!

Aero Engineers participants leap into the Engineering Design Process and discover how makers the world over nurture new ideas and make them take flight.  Meet a series of design challenges, building gliders, rockets, helicopters and more and testing each vehicle.

Investigate the technologies used in modern aerospace engineering, including simple machines, electricity, and more.  Experiment with robotics and 3D printers.

Complete introductory test pilot training in the flight simulator lab, learning the procedures used by pilots to explore the flight of brand-new aircraft designs, experiment with the science of aerodynamics and much more in a thrilling hands-on adventure in aerial science and engineering.

Aero Engineers campers participate in a Friday field trip to the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA. (No field trip or camp on July 4th due to holiday)

Camp Details

Grade Level
Additional Details
Exception
5th to 7th
Friday includes a field trip to the USS Hornet.
No camp or field trip on July 4th.

Aero Engineers Sessions

  • June 23-27, 2025 Waitlist Only
  • June 30-July 3, 2025 (4-days) Waitlist Only
  • July 7-11, 2025 Waitlist Only
  • July 21-25, 2025 Waitlist Only
  • August 4-8, 2025 Waitlist Only

Aero Engineers Camp Includes

Cockpit Encounters

Flight Simulation

Robotics

3D Printers

Aviation/Aeronautics

Field Trip