Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

introductory communications course. ATC and IFF systems are presented to explain theirpurpose and illustrate the substantial overlap in function (ATC is civilian, IFF is military).8The major emphasis in the systems material is on radar, which is used extensively in EWoperations and is perhaps least familiar to the students. The introduction includes radar’spurpose, antenna type(s), continuous wave (CW) vs. pulsed, and monostatic vs. bistatic.6,1,9 Thistopic was initially planned for two lectures, but was stretched to three lectures because thestudents struggled with the material. After the intro, pulsed and CW radars are treatedseparately, including range calculations for pulsed radar and Doppler shift for CW radars.Finally, radar ranging is covered

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott L. Post, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

time, NASA was developing plans for post-Apollomissions, including plans for space stations in orbit and on the moon. These space stations wouldrequire a “space shuttle” to service them. After much negotiation, NASA finally gained approvalfrom the Nixon administration to build the Space Shuttle, but not the space station. Further, therewere no remaining Saturn V rockets to lift the major components for a proposed space stationinto orbit. (A modified Saturn V rocket had put Skylab into orbit in 1973). The space shuttleprogram was approved in 1972 with a budget of a $5.5 billion and a goal of completion in 1978,6 years later. The first launch was not actually achieved until 1981, but the total cost overrun wasonly 15%, which is pretty good by

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Nelson, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

using hands on learningwithin our program. This allows us to test and experiment with hardware and software with lessrisk and lower costs than by flying them in actual space missions. A typical flight costs ISUbetween $400 to $600 depending on Helium costs and transportation costs for recovery. We canalso use these flights to teach students the operation side of conducting these flights by teachingthem the value of having a well thought out plan in executing these flights. Finally we also workwith other departments in our University to bring science based payloads to these missions and toallow other students from other disciplines to be involved with these flights.MethodsThe high altitude balloon program at Iowa State University has two main

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

seeking employmentoutside of the STEM fields [6]. 1In addition to these workforce challenges, there is also a growing skills gap [7, 8, 9] which alongwith high attrition rates (45% of young professionals plan on leaving their current employer inthe next five years [1]) presents a perfect storm for employers such as Boeing. In 2011 forexample, Boeing spent $27 Million on STEM programs [5] to inspire the next generation ofinnovators at all levels of the education system to pursue a STEM career.The AerosPACE course builds on two multi-university capstone projects carried out during the2011 – 2012 and 2012 – 2013 academic years. The 2011 – 2012 project

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadir Yilmaz P.E., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Kyle Jeffrey Benalil, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Francisco Martín Vigil, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Experience seminar for incoming freshmen. He also tutored students in engineering science, physics, math, and mechanical engineering courses. Also throughout his college career, he has become the president of the soccer club, and president of the SAE Collegiate Student Chapter at New Mexico Tech. He has become an active member of different professional societies including SAE, ASME, ASEE and AIAA. Awards presented to him include Standout Techie, the President’s Honor Roll, and New Mexico Tech Scholar.Mr. Francisco Mart´ın Vigil, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology Francisco Vigil is from Espa˜nola, NM. He graduated from NMT in December 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and plans to

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajnish Sharma, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

practice nonlinear numerical techniques in applied mathematics andengineering to design nonlinear feedback control for aerospace control problems such as , just tomention a few, air traffic control, space monitoring, missile guidance, bio-inspired design ofunmanned vehicles & trajectory planning, space situational awareness, atmospheric reentry andoptimal rendezvous. As a gist, the advantages of implementing a project-based learning exercise are multifold.It is also intended to build a sound programming background for numerical analysis, ordinarydifferential equations and developing user-interactive simulation interfaces using MATLABtoolboxes, which is sort of a judicious investment to practice almost all the engineeringfundamentals