Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University

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Aerospace

/Aerospace Design.Initially we are planning to incorporate the concepts of aviation sustainability and greentechnologies in three of the aeronautical courses, namely Introduction to AerospaceVehicles, Aerodynamics, and Aerospace Propulsion. We intend to include about three tofive lectures, each of one hour duration to begin with, at appropriate places in thesyllabus. The idea is not to compromise the core content of the course but to supplementit with ideas of sustainability.At this stage, some of the ideas of sustainability mentioned in the ‘Introduction’ havebeen introduced in only two of the courses taught by the author, i.e. MASE 5700 –Aerodynamics and MASE 341 – Fluid Mechanics. The student response has beenexcellent. We plan to introduce

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA; John A. Christian, University of Texas, Austin; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas, Austin

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Aerospace

of ASEE. His teaching and research focus on space mission planning and spacecraft design. He is co-author of Statics and Dynamics textbooks with Dr. Anthony Bedford. Page 14.1068.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Space Systems Engineering A NASA-Sponsored Approach for Aerospace UndergraduatesIntroduction and Motivation:Since 2004 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has pursued a vision forspace exploration. After decades of space shuttle missions close to Earth, NASA was charged tosend astronauts back to the moon and eventually to Mars and beyond. NASA’s

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Aerospace

President of ASEE. His teaching and research focus on space mission planning and spacecraft design. He is co-author of Statics and Dynamics textbooks with Dr. Anthony Bedford. Page 14.741.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 INSIDE THE NASA/ TEXAS SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM DESIGN CHALLENGE PROGRAM: Motivating Students Through the Design ProcessIntroduction:A paper entitled The NASA/Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge Program: ASystems Engineering Educational Program 1 was presented at the 2008 ASEE meeting inPittsburgh, which provided a general overview of Texas Space Grant

Conference Session

Space Systems Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Rooney, Saint Louis University; Mathew Roseman, Saint Louis University; Charles Shotridge, Saint Louis University; Jeffrey Aschenbrenner, Saint Louis University; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

attitude determination schemes, (2) to improve thestructure design from previous years to increase the volume, while maintaining strengthand stiffness to survive launch loads.The educational mission provides practical hands-on education to students on satellitedesign in a multi-disciplinary environment. The students are involved in the planning,development, construction, test and operation of the picosatellites in orbit and gainvaluable experience for their later profession.Mission Profile 1. Launch PASSat on Dnepr launch vehicle to a 500 km sun-synchronous circular orbit with an inclination of 97.43 degrees and a right ascension of the ascending node (RAAN) of 115.67 degrees. 2. Once PASSat is free from the launch

Conference Session

Space Systems Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Soto, Texas A&M University; Daniel Brown, Cornell University; Mason Peck, Cornell University

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Aerospace

and later as a demonstration on board the NASAMicrogravity Research Aircraft2, 9. Our testbed improves on this heritage by allowing studentsand researchers to gain physical results without having to invest in performing tests in space oron microgravity flights. In addition to costs, the opportunity to run tests in space or onboard amicrogravity flight is limited to once per year or less, keeping interested students from furtherdeveloping the technology. The CMG-robot testbed (Figure 1) provides several opportunities to students. First, itprovides access to cutting-edge research, encouraging students to think big6. Second, because theproject is not “canned,” students must develop careful experimental plans. Third, students can

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

topresent to his uncles, but showed it first to his father. Daniel’s response was to fund thenew program himself. On June 15, 1925, Daniel Guggenheim announced his gift of$500,000 to NYU for a laboratory building with a wind tunnel, a propeller laboratory andother labs, as well as hiring laboratory assistants. An oversight committee was formedby Chancellor Brown and Orville Wright was selected as its head. On October 23, 1925ground was broken on the NYU Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, which opened ayear later. The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, under HarryGuggenheim’s direction, went forward with a plan to fund $2,500,000 in gifts to assist inaviation developmentvii. Following the NYU gift, the plan was to expand

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University

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Aerospace

state. According to regional graduateretention data14, only 27% of graduates intend to stay in the region, while 45% plan to leave aftergraduation. This makes the shortage of engineers even more severe than typical statistics ofopenings versus graduates illustrate.High technology companies form a large and growing sector of Connecticut’s economy, Page 14.650.6incorporating seven of the top ten fastest growing occupations in the state. A large annual gapbetween supply and demand in all highly technical fields in the state is anticipated at leastthrough 2012, and it is critically important that engineering students remain in the state to fill

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Lee Jonathan, Boeing Company; Adam Bruckner, University of Washington

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Aerospace

. Educated at MIT, he joined the University of Washington in 1905 as the headof the Mechanical Engineering Department. He had developed the first master plan for the 5University of Washington campus, and served as the University’s engineering consultant.Eastwood's appointment as head of the department was to have originally been one ofexpedience. Unable to find a suitable aeronautics man to run the new department, Bill Boeingput forth the name of Eastwood as a possible candidate, to at least get the department up andrunning until a suitable aeronautical engineer could be found. Harry Guggenheim approved ofthe idea, stating “It would be far better to have a first-rate mechanical engineer andexecutive

Conference Session

Design, Build, Fly (DBF)/AIAA Student Competition/UA

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Rodrigue, Saint Louis University; David Safont, Saint Louis University; Alex Rees, Saint Louis University; Jim Maday, Saint Louis University; Francisco Vilaplana, Saint Louis University; Goetz Bramesfeld, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

compatible with the code.8 Using the bundled hardware andsoftware package, only small alterations to the code are required for a particular aircraft, such asaircraft dimensions, terrain information, and flight plan. This on-board system in conjunctionwith the ground control station provides streaming data about aircraft position and basic control. The bundled package selected for the Bumblebee is the Twog V1 released in June 2008.9The Twog allows for a flexible airframe installation, instead of the GPS antennae being on thecontrol board itself, it can be connected via a cable from somewhere else on the airframe. Thishelps to delete any possible electronic interference with the GPS system. The Twog system uses6 orthogonal infrared sensors for