Paper ID #42470Board 1: Empowering Underrepresented Minority Students in One AviationProgram: Integrating a National Airport Design Competition into the CurriculumDr. Yilin Feng, California State University, Los Angeles Yilin Feng is an assistant professor at California State University, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. degree from Purdue University. Her research interest is in airport simulation, operation, and management. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Empowering Underrepresented Minority Students in One Aviation Program
provided by an industry, government, or academic sponsor. In 2014the course had 10 teams, and a wide variety of projects, from remote sensing to mechanicaldesign to propulsion. Table A1 in the appendix gives further project details. Note that at this timethe projects were advised by a team of 8 faculty members, and project teams were roughly 9students.In the fall, student teams utilized requirements, trades, and analyses to develop a detailed design.In the spring, teams built, integrated, and tested the design to verify requirements. Student teamsfabricated components within the machine and electronics shops on campus and integrated theirsystems in project build spaces. Students then performed testing using facilities and hardwarewithin faculty
that is embedded in an AerospaceEngineering curriculum. PBL focuses on writing assignments that are authentic, situationalassignments in response to real project demands rather than responding to hypotheticalsituations. To generate enthusiasm for the course, the topics chosen for each of the writingassignments were selected to be of personal and/or professional value to the students.Based on the results of student surveys, this paper documents the improved capability forstudents to present technical information and convey meaning more precisely by using a PBLapproach. This improved capability is the result of students being exposed to situational,professional and STEM-specific writing tasks. Both quantitative and qualitative results from acase
Paper ID #43810Developing an Aerospace Degree Program Responsive to Student Needs—IfYou Build It They Will ComeDr. Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Dr Michael Hatfield is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Associate Director for Education at the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. He earned a BS in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University (’84); an MS in electrical engineering from California State University Fresno (’87), and a PhD in Electrical/Aerospace Engineering from the
, including hisfamous book, The Revolt of the Engineers: Social Responsibility and the American Engineering Profession. Layton’s efforts contributed to theSTEM movement. 5how they work as they do but their purpose, the ‘why’ of the structures. The parts of the aircraftform an integrated whole and are mutually supportive in a way that is analogous to the parts andwhole of an organism. The engineer is also able to understand the purposes of innovations in the historicalevolution of aeronautical technology. None of this is derivable from or understandable in termsof fundamental physics. Vincenti extends his thesis toward a comprehensive
University. He directs the Center for Integrated Systems in Aerospace (CISA) researching modeling, design optimization and system engineering methods for aerospace systems and systems-of-systems, including urban and regional Advanced Aerial Mobility and hypersonic systems. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue. DeLaurentis served as Chief Scientist of the U.S. DoD’s Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) UARC from 2019-2023. He is an elected FELLOW of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) and the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024
Paper ID #42476WIP: Exploring the Impact of Partner Assignment on Students’ Decision-Makingin Collaborative Design ProjectsMs. Taylor Tucker Parks, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Taylor Parks is a research fellow in engineering education at the Siebel Center for Design. She earned her bachelor’s in engineering mechanics and master’s in curriculum & instruction from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on promoting teamwork in complex engineering problem solving through collaborative task design. She currently co-leads the integration of human-centered design principles within
impacted efforts to recruit a more diversepopulation of students into the discipline [6]. In this paper, I demonstrate how an accessible andinclusive middle school mini-unit on fluid mechanics can be constructed using principles ofculturally-relevant pedagogy, community-based learning, and the Ambitious Science Teachingmodel. By doing so, I hope to push back against dominant perceptions about teachingengineering to young learners and offer an example mini-unit plan for other educators to adaptfor teaching aerospace or other relevant engineering concepts.Conceptual FrameworkThis mini-unit – playfully titled “Cool It!” – was developed using principles of culturallyresponsive and sustaining pedagogies (CRSP), community-based learning (CBL), and
Andrew G. Morsa Memorial Award for demonstration of ingenuity and initiative in the application of computers to the field of Aeronautics, and the 2019 MIT AeroAstro Henry Webb Salisbury Award for academic performance. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Comparative Study of the Impact of Virtual Reality on Student Learning and Satisfaction in Aerospace Education Student PaperIntroductionIn the ever-evolving field of aerospace engineering education, integrating cutting-edge technolo-gies is instrumental to fostering effective and engaging learning experiences for students. Virtualreality (VR) is an example of such technology that can
engineering and engineering technology programs. Of particular interest was the enhancement of networking and mutual respect among students enrolled in the traditional engineering and engineering technology programs, which do not share a significant amount of common curriculum. 4. Better recognize and appreciate the connection between theory and applied engineering. 5. Further develop and refine communication and formal presentation skills to the various project stakeholders. Particularly, enhancing the ability to understand the needs of a specific audience and generating communication tailored to the expectations of that group. 6. Gain an understanding of system lifecycle management concepts and requirements
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this investigation involvesassessing the potential impact of revising the assessment structure to integrate best practices.The key questions guiding this research are: 1. Does altering the final assessment structure significantly impact outcomes related to cognitive fatigue, considering variations in question timing—either in concentrated sessions or spread out over an extended period? 2. Can incorporating best practices into the assessment structure lead to distinct and potentially improved results?Literature ReviewAssessment StrategiesEducation employs a wide array of assessment strategies, and recent research sheds light on theireffectiveness and implications. Authentic assessment approaches
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