Department Chair: Dr. Frank Aguilera

Core Courses: 

  1. DBUS 800 Quantitative Research Analysis I (3 credit hours)

  2.  DBUS 801 Quantitative Research Analysis II (3 credit hours) 

  3. DBUS 802 Qualitative Research Analysis I (3 credit hours) 

  4. DBUS 803 Qualitative Research Analysis II (3 credit hours) 

  5. DBUS 804 Data Analytics I (3 credit hours) 

  6. DBUS 805 Data Analytics II (3 credit hours) 

  7. DBUS 806 Peregrine APA Write & Cite (0 credit hours


BIO: Dr. Frank Aguilera is a senior engineer at NASA. His 40 plus year career has included positions in private industry and the Department of Defense. His varied assignments have been as a researcher for technology developments and as manager of various state-of-the-art technologies and aircraft developments. Early in his career, he worked in wind tunnel and flight test experiments of various advanced aircraft. In his mid-career, he conducted operational testing of GPS receivers during initial constellation deployment. And he managed the development of an experimental aircraft. Most recently he has been involved in drone developments and associated autonomy research. One of his responsibilities at NASA includes overseeing aircraft airworthiness and flight safety. Dr. Aguilera has been teaching at ITU for several years in both the DBA and MBA programs. Dr. Aguilera is a member of the following professional associations, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).