Conference Session

Best Practices and Structuring for Aerospace Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven; Corinne Lenk, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

measure student’sperceptions about their skills in several areas such as problem solving, computer usage, designprocess, teamwork, and communication.This course was conducted in the Spring 2005 Semester. The RGSFOP is an undergraduateprogram sponsored by NASA that requires participants to propose, design, fabricate, fly andevaluate a reduced gravity experiment of their choice over the course of a school year. For the2004-2005 school year, two teams of six students each from Smith College participated in thisprogram. The assessment tools for this course included course profiles, oral presentations,written reports, peer-evaluations and student surveys. The students were required to assess thepresentations and papers of their peers. Their

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

learned, and the improvements needed to use this new capability.IntroductionThis paper considers the opportunities opened by electronic presentation1 of engineering coursematerial. As course material gets completely converted, and classrooms become reliablyequipped with electronic presentation facilities, instructors are finding significant changes. Thetime spent in drawing and writing on the board is saved, freeing the instructor to focus on thestudents. What was covered in a 75-minute lecture before, is now covered in 30.A ‘safe’ option is to stretch out the lecture and add more examples and discussions. The downside is that many students are already put to sleep by the normal pace of lectures, which is set toaccommodate the student needing the

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Carrie Olsen, Mississippi State University; David Bridges, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Engineering Lab II ASE 1023 Intro to Flight Mechanics ASE 4413 Aerospace Propulsion ASE 2013 Astro, Propulsion, Structures ASE 4623 Aircraft Structures III ASE 3333 Aerothermodynamics ASE 4513 Aerospace Vehicle Design I Page 11.1118.4 ASE 3123 Static Stability and Control ASE 4523 Aerospace Vehicle Design II ASE 3213 Aircraft Structures I 3 hours Technical Electives*General Topics (6 hours) GE 3513 Technical Writing CO 1003 Fundamentals of Public Speaking Total