Engaging Multidisciplinary Minority Students in The Aerospace Program and Education at Morgan State University
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Baltimore, Maryland
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March 27, 2020
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March 27, 2020
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March 28, 2020
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16
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10.18260/1-2--33936
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Paper Authors
Oludayo Samuel Alamu Morgan State University
Mr. Alamu is a Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Morgan State University where he conducts qualitative and quantitative research works leading to development. He has participated and led several innovative research works and he is a member of the rocketry team at Morgan State University. He has authored and co-authored several publications with the recent one on the use of additive manufacturing in building a liquid propellant rocket engine nozzle.
Marc J Louise Orque Caballes
I was born and raised in Cebu City, Philippines. I arrived here in America last 2009. Even as a kid, every time my Mom asked me to do something, I always looked for the most efficient approach to get the job done. Thus, it is no surprise that I am currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Morgan State University, where my Professors enhance my capabilities in looking for the most optimal solution, but at the same time delivering quality results. Some people might say that it is okay to make mistakes as long as you will learn from it. However, I beg to differ. For me, it is more convenient to eliminate that “mistake” before it happens. Hence, I want to have an outcome of a 99.9998% success rate (mistake-proof). And this exact mindset was the reason why I was exposed to the world of Lean Six Sigma. Combining my habit of always looking for the most efficient approach plus my mindset of wanting a mistake-proof outcome led me in the interest of human factors and ergonomics. It is the relationship and interaction between a user (human) and a system (machine), how cool can it be? A lot of people will just take this for granted, but I really think this is such an important factor, what is the purpose of having an advanced technology if the user will have a difficult time in using the product/services. With that said, I firmly believe that it is best to first consider the well-being of the user in order to heighten the overall system performance.
Furthermore, growing in the Philippines where technology is lacking due to the usage of a high amount of energy/electricity led me to be interested in using renewable energy as an alternative source of power. During my undergrad years Senior Design project, I created and developed a system that harnessed the power of locomotion movement and used it as a new source of energy, in other words, kinetic energy to mechanical energy.
In addition, this passion of mine drove me to work as a Research Assistant in the Center for Advanced Energy Systems and Environment Controls Technology (CAESECT) Laboratory, where our projects heavily focus on utilizing and generating renewable energy. The project that I am currently involved in is all about creating a system and prototype that heavily uses biomass energy and solar energy to produced electricity. My maxim in life is, “Never confuse movement with progress. Because you can run in places and not get anywhere.”
Guangming Chen Morgan State University
Dr. Chen is a professor and the graduate program coordinator in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Morgan State University. He received a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Wayne State University in 1990, a M.S. in systems engineering in 1984 and a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1982 from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. He has worked for Morgan State University since 1990.
Xuejun Qian
Morgan State Univeristy
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Xuejun Qian received his Mater of Engineering in 2014 and D. Eng. in May 2020 at Morgan State University. He is currently serving as research associate at the Center for Advanced Energy Systems and Environmental Control Technologies (CAESECT) at Morgan State University. His research interests lie in the area of biomass combustion, emissions characteristics, renewable energy resources, ergonomics, regression modeling, additive manufacturing, and building energy systems. He has been actively involved in development of new research proposal and completed a number of project successfully. Dr. Qian has also served as student mentor, conference judge and industry consultant to understand and develop new technologies.
Jingwen Xue Morgan State University
Ms. Jingwen Xue received her Master of Engineering from Morgan State University in 2016 and her Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in 2012. She worked as Mechanical Engineer in R&D Department of LEM Electronics (China) Co., Ltd from Dec. 2017 to Jan. 2020. She is currently doing her Doctor of Engineering in the field of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering at Morgan State University. She has skills on the design, modeling and simulation of the transducer, plastic box and components, and biomass combustion system.
Yulai Yang Morgan State University
Margaret Ajuwon
Miss Margaret Ajuwon is a current Doctoral student of Industrial Engineering at Morgan State University, Baltimore MD. She completed her master's degree in Industrial Engineering at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville(SIUE). She currently works as a research assistant for the ongoing rocketry development program in the Department of Industrial Engineering.
Seong Lee Morgan State University
raghulkumar chandrasekaran Morgan State University
Abstract
Studies by Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch predicted that the space industry will be worth $1.1-2.7 trillion by the end of 2040. The rapidly growing space industry has stimulated a demand for experiences in learning design, simulation, and testing techniques to develop the more efficient liquid rocket engines. This has triggered the current trend in the research and development of rocket engines with increasing numbers of universities participating in student rocketry challenge across the USA. There are many university clubs (e.g., Cornell Rocketry Team, MIT Rocket Team, Portland State Aerospace Space Society, SEDS at US San Diego, etc.) in the nation. However, there was no such a rocketry program at any HBCU among more than 100 HBCUs in the country until last year that Morgan State University (MSU) was awarded an HBCU space challenge grant by BASE 11 to develop the first rocketry program at an HBCU. The rocketry program at MSU just officially started in January 2020 and this study is one of the projects related to the rocketry program. The objective is to involve the concepts of the multi-disciplinary engineering education that prepares students to work effectively with others from outside of their major disciplines and help to develop the first liquid rocket by minority students among the HBCUs. The study also involved studying the team structures among existing rocket teams at several universities in order to learn from their wealth of experience; understanding key skills and tools for designing and manufacturing of liquid rocket engine, and identifying the courses for developing aerospace and rocket program which cuts across the science and engineering majors. Collected data from this study will be analyzed and used to develop a rocketry program. Results and findings from this study will engage more multidisciplinary minority students in the Aerospace Program at Morgan State University.
Alamu, O. S., & Caballes, M. J. L. O., & Chen, G., & Qian, X., & Xue, J., & Yang, Y., & Ajuwon, M., & Lee, S., & chandrasekaran, R. (2020, March), Engaging Multidisciplinary Minority Students in The Aerospace Program and Education at Morgan State University Paper presented at 2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--33936
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