Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University; Helen Reed, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

annually,you are neglecting to provide crucial information, and you are not ensuring quality, continuousimprovement within your program.StakeholdersAs part of an academic institution, a department will have many stakeholders, or constituents. Astate funded institution could even include residents of their state as stakeholders. Ourdepartment lists its stakeholders for our undergraduate students as follows: - Current and prospective undergraduate students - Faculty of the department - Former students - Employers of graduates of the undergraduate aerospace engineering program - Aerospace companies, government agencies, public and private research agencies - Parents and other relatives of students - Departmental industry advisory

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University; Lorenzo Coley, Mississippi State University; Christopher Hamm, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Aerospace Engineering. He received his BS degree from Mississippi State University and his MS and PhD degrees from the California Institute of Technology. Prof. Koenig teaches introductory courses in aerospace engineering and flight mechanics, and upper division courses in aerodynamics and propulsion. His research areas include rocket and scramjet propulsion and sports equipment engineering.Lorenzo Coley, Mississippi State University Lorenzo Coley is a first year graduate teaching assistant in the aerospace engineering laboratories. He obtained his BS degree in aerospace engineering from Mississippi State University, and is currently enrolled as a candidate for a master of science degree. He

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Mullins, Texas Space Grant Consortium; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

program for undergraduate students and NASA should continue this. Sanjana Datta, Texas Tech University – Red Raider – Ice / Water Transportation System on the Lunar Surface – Fall 2007 • I loved the Design Challenge! It gave my team experience in writing documents, and practice in conveying our research in a succinct and professional manner. I think my favorite part of the Design Challenge was the Showcase. It was a feeling of satisfaction from completing the first steps and presenting, as well as learning about other research projects. Eva Wang, Rice University, Team Phoenix – Medical Diagnostics for Space Application, Fall 2007 • I enjoyed participating in the Design Challenge very much. It was

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

-worked or lazy, the pathof least resistance seems to be the assigning of an A grade, or at least an inflated grade, toeveryone”. Long quotes Zirkel23: “Stripped of its rationalizations, grade inflation exists becauseit is simply easier for teachers to give high grades…easier on students, parents, administratorsand certainly on teachers themselves. At Lake Wobegone, after all, everyone is not only aboveaverage, everyone is also happy and politically correct” (Zirkel, 1997, p.A15).Why is there higher resistance along other routes? Doesn’t faculty peer pressure make objectivegrading the path of least resistance? Long quotes Edwards24: “Research in the area of gradeinflation has led scholars to cite post-secondary administrative practices and the

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

US citizens or permanent residents2. They had to be taking full academic loads towards an approved CSEMS degree3. They should be aiming for technical careers in these disciplines4. The scholarship was intended to relieve students of the financial burden of seeking outside jobs, thus allowing them to focus on their academic programs.5. The program was prohibited from requiring research or other productive activities.Program Objectives & Elements Page 13.962.2The objectives of our program are to enable access to a top-quality education to the mostdeserving students and to ensure the best guidance for their success