// about the author

Prof. Jay Nagy

Professor of aerospace engineering.

30+ Years of exp
300+ Students
2 Coffees / day

Greetings! I am Jay Nagy, a professor of aerospace engineering with leading expertise in designing safe systems and investigating unsafe ones. While I have spent decades in the aviation industry, I currently really enjoy teaching the next generation of engineers and pilots.

// Contact Me
Email

Whether you have a question or just want to share your thoughts, please feel free to get in touch. You can email me through letterbird and I will do my best to respond as soon as possible.

Snail mail

And if you need to send snail mail, you can do that here: AE Mailroom 620 Cherry St NW, ATLANTA, GA, 30332-0150 United States

// My Journey
1991 - 1996

MS in Aerospace Engineering

Airframe Structures Design - BME

1996 - 2000

Airframe and Test Flight Engineer

Heavy commercial jets (airliners)

Late 2000 - 2004

Technical Director & Chief Engineer

Lufthansa Technik

Late 2004

Moved my family to Australia

Our adopted home Down Under

2007 - 2016

Qantas Engineering

A decade in support of the RAAF

2018 - 2021

Senior Expert at Airbus

Novel operational concepts for next generation design

2017-2024

PhD in Cognitive Systems Engineering

University of Southern Queensland

2025

Started at Georgia Tech

Professor of the Practice

Now

Teaching full time

Proudly training our Yellow Jackets

終 - fin