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- 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Terry Allen Michmerhuizen, College of Aviation, Western Michigan University
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trainingaviation maintenance technicians in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation Part 147 areadded to the traditional academic requirements, a total of 1900 (student clock) hours must beintegrated and the challenge becomes even greater. Training aviation maintenance students is anextremely complex process, and programs should include transportable “soft skills” such as thefour “C’s” presented in this paper.Historical PerspectiveAn ideal formula for establishing an aviation maintenance curriculum would be to develop itbased upon what the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) require, and what industry needs.Although the FARs provide general subject matter topics, and specify a level of proficiencywhich the student must possess upon completion, they
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- Aerospace Division Technical Session 3
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- 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Brett Stone, Brigham Young University; Edward Red, Brigham Young University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Michael Wright; David E. French, The Boeing Company; Shigeo Hayashibara, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Carl Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology; John P. Sullivan, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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learn important soft skills (suchas teamwork) in addition to hard skills (technical knowledge) desired by Boeing.The AerosPACE curriculum views learning as a social-technical process whereby knowledge isco-constructed within a social network, mentored by peers, industry workplace experts, anduniversity faculty through both face-to-face forums and a cyber-infrastructure. AerosPACEcourses are intended to be rigorous in accordance with the existing high university standards.The AerosPACE framework has four foundational elements: stakeholder engagement,incorporating learning sciences, advanced manufacturing, and collaborative social networks withlearning analytics. These four elements work in unison to provide a holistic approach to closethe