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Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Matthew Kindy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Caroline Liron, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Christopher D. Grant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Shirley Anne Waterhouse, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Aerospace

AC 2012-4754: HYBRID COURSE DESIGN: LEADING A NEW DIREC-TION IN LEARNING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGESDr. Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Lulu Sun is an Associate Professor in the Department of Freshman Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aero- nautical University, where she has taught since 2006. She received her B.S. degree in mechanical en- gineering from Harbin Engineering University (China), in 1999, and her Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from University of California, Riverside, in 2006. Before joining Embry-riddle, she worked in the consulting firm of Arup at its Los Angeles office as a Fire Engineer. Her research interests include pedagogy in engineering education and fire behavior

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University; Mark D. Maughmer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Robert H. Bishop P.E., Marquette University; Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin

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Aerospace

AC 2012-3834: ARE WE UP TO THE TASK OF CONFRONTING A DE-CLINE IN STUDENT PERFORMANCE? A PANEL DISCUSSIONDr. Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University Kathy Jackson is a Senior Research Associate at Pennsylvania State University’s Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. In this position, she promotes Penn State’s commitment to enriching teaching and learning. Jackson works in all aspects of education including faculty development, instructional design, engineering education, learner support, and evaluation.Dr. Mark D. Maughmer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mark D. Maughmer received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehdi Shadaram, University of Texas, San Antonio; Thomas B. Morrow, University of Texas, San Antonio; C. Mauli Agrawal, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Aerospace

AC 2012-3695: A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO IMPROVE RETENTIONAND GRADUATION RATES IN ENGINEERING FIELDSDr. Mehdi Shadaram, University of Texas, San Antonio Mehdi Shadaram is the Briscoe Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Associate Dean of Engineering, and the founding Director of the Center for Excellence in Engineering Education at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Prior to joining UTSA in 2003, he was the Schellenger Endowed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at the University of Texas, El Paso. His main area of research activity is in the broadband analog and digital fiber optic and wireless communication systems. He has

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

AC 2012-3641: FRESHMEN RESEARCH PROJECT: DESIGN, DEVEL-OPMENT, AND TESTING OF VARIABLE PITCH PROPELLER THRUSTMEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A CASE STUDYDr. Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University Adeel Khalid, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Systems Engineering Program, Division of Engineering, Q-349, Southern Polytechnic State University, 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060, Office: 678- 915-7241; Fax: 678-915-5527; Web: http://www.spsu.edu/systemseng/adeel khalid.htm; http://www.spsu.edu/aerospace/. Page 25.653.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012

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Spacecraft Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University; Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

AC 2012-3201: A DUAL UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE COURSE INSPACE MISSION FAILURESDr. Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University Sanjay Jayaram is an Associate Professor in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department of Saint Louis University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in the area of mechanical engineering from Uni- versity of Central Florida in 2004. He teaches control systems/mechatronics, space systems engineering and astronautics related courses as well as engineering sciences courses. He has published several peer reviewed journal and conference papers in these areas. His research areas are space systems, robust fault tolerant control, nonlinear control, adaptive control, small spacecraft design, high

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Spacecraft Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dimitris Vassiliadis, West Virginia University; D.J. Pisano, West Virginia University; Yu Gu, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

AC 2012-4313: IONOSPHERIC ROCKET PAYLOAD DEVELOPMENT:PROJECT AND COURSEProf. Dimitris Vassiliadis, West Virginia University Dimitrios Vassiliadis received his Ph.D. in plasma physics, University of Maryland, College Park, in 1992. Following that he was a Postdoctoral Fellow under the National Research Council program at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center for two years. He went on to work for NASA/Goddard as a con- tractor scientist in magnetospheric and ionospheric physics until 2007, when he moved to West Virginia University as a Research Associate Professor. His interests and teaching experience are in the fields of plasma physics and engineering, nonlinear signal processing, forecasting and control theory, microcon

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David B. Kanipe, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

AC 2012-5044: INJECTING THE REAL WORLD INTO THE CAPSTONEDESIGN EXPERIENCEMr. David B. Kanipe, Texas A&M University A native Texan, David Kanipe attended Texas A&M University beginning in Sept. 1966, where he re- ceived a bachelor’s of science degree in aerospace engineering in May 1970, followed by an M.S. in aerospace engineering in Aug. 1971. He accepted a position with NASA at the Manned Spacecraft Cen- ter in Houston in Nov. 1972. He served as the Chief of the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division in the Engineering Directorate at the Johnson Space Center until retirement in Dec. 2010. A month after his arrival at NASA, the last Apollo mission, Apollo 17, was launched. Obviously, that was exciting

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

AC 2012-3636: AEROSPACE ENGINEERING IS STILL COOL: ACTIVELEARNING, EFFECTIVE TEACHING TECHNIQUESDr. Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University Adeel Khalid, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Systems Engineering Program, Division of Engineering, Q-349, Southern Polytechnic State University, 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060; Office: 678- 915-7241; Fax: 678-915-5527; Web: http://www.spsu.edu/systemseng/adeel khalid.htm; http://www.spsu.edu/aerospace/. Page 25.139.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Aerospace Engineering is still cool

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin

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Aerospace

AC 2012-4796: A QUARTER-CENTURY OF TEACHING SPACECRAFTMISSION DESIGNDr. Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin Wallace Fowler has served on the faculty of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas, Austin, since 1965. He is a Fellow of both the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He served as National President of the ASEE in 2000-01. He currently directs the NASA Texas Space Grant Con- sortium. He was the recipient of the 1985 AIAA/ASEE John Leland Atwood Award and the 1994 ASEE Fred Merryfield Design Education Award