Conference Session

STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hansel Burley, Texas Tech University; Terrance Denard Youngblood, Texas Tech University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University; Casey Michael Williams, Texas Tech University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

the effect of increasing momentum—communication and cooperation-- whenever a job needs to be done. • Informal interactions have proved to increase accountability among all involved. 14 • Other STEM groups want to work with the lead evaluator. NoteThis research was supported and funded partially by SystemsGo, Inc. (www.systemsgo.org). Wethank Mr. Brett Williams, founding teacher and former executive director of SystemsGo, and theentire SystemsGo group for allowing us to observe students and teachers in their program

Conference Session

UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

lot, and generallyrequires that the student have some other means of support. Finding such students is not simple.Retaining such students is a challenge, especially as some may have started a summer without ajob, but may eventually obtain employment which reduces or eliminates the time they candevote. Added to this, the often-encountered aura surrounding the word “research” may causeanxiety among students who lack peers or role models. Undergraduate students may considerresearch something “only graduate students do” [12].Described herein is the origin, genesis, recruiting, management, and execution of a pro bonoundergraduate research team study, the supervision and motivation of the students, and a fieldtrip and “team-building experience