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Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srikanth Gururajan, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University

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Aerospace

”, through student produced reflections captured inpre-and post-surveys. We hypothesize that this redesign will result not only in increased studentlearning, engagement and long-term retention of flight dynamics concepts, but also introduce thestudents to a “systems type” thinking, as applied to UAS.Introduction Over the last decade there has been a significant shift from the use of fixed wing remotecontrolled aircraft to multirotor platforms, thanks primarily to a coolness factor, relativelyinexpensive imports as well as their flexibility in terms of flying, hover and carrying variousimaging payloads. But, with user sentiment shifting from “Can you build a Quad, Hex or Octo –copter, it is cool”, to “What tasks can your Unmanned Aerial System

Conference Session

Hands-On Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - I - Student Papers

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yilin Feng, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette; Lorraine E. Holtaway, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Sarah Ryann Congdon, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Aerospace

systems problems.In this paper, the hands-on activities were designed for the students to immerse themselves into asystem, participate in the system, and experience the behavior of an operating system first-hand.These activities are sometimes thought of as games; however, these games were connected to thefirst three of the learning objectives. The students led games and participated in games. The teamthat led the games was responsible for obtaining structured written feedback from theparticipants, developing their own reflective feedback and developing a full written report of thegame.Roadmap for Using Hands-on Discovery Activities (HODA) in a CST CourseIn 2017, Hands-on Discovery Activities (HODA) were incorporated into an existing CST

Conference Session

Hands-on Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - II - Student Papers

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yue Gu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Aerospace

-2018 academic year, ACRP newlyincluded enhancing sustainability and resilience of airports as a topic in the challenge area ofairport operations and maintenance, and in the challenge area of airport environmentalinteractions [4]. The 2018-2019 design guidelines include these two topics as well [4]. However,the motivations for 2013 to 2017 winning teams to include sustainability in their designproposals have not been investigated. Because one of the evaluation criteria for this competitionis interaction with industry (12 out of 122 points), these motivations may reflect the demand ofairport industry for including sustainability or may reflect the inclusion of sustainability intodesign courses as recommended by ASEE.Student teams at U.S

Conference Session

Hands-on Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - II - Student Papers

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Dawson Lewandoski

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Diversity

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Aerospace

, including the increased use of cubesats, aircraft aerodynamicefficiency and noise reduction efforts, as well as the explosion in the field of UAS [1]. In additionto these are the potential for the aerospace workforce to suffer reductions of current personnel asa result of retirements over the next decade [2], [3], [4]. As a result of these factors, aerospaceengineering remains a strong area of interest for many students today [6].Local experience reflects this same desire by students from Alaska and in the Pacific northwest.UAF counselors have provided feedback that new opportunities, including the school’s recentlyinstituted aerospace engineering minor, AIAA student chapter, and UAS-related courses are themost sought-after experiences by

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Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Jessica E S Swenson, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Aerospace

. Overall, students enjoyed completing theOEMPs with 27 of the 36 respondents (75%) saying they agreed or strongly agreed with thestatement “I enjoyed completing the open-ended problems” (Figure 3). Figure 3. Students enjoyed the open-ended problemsTo assess the degree to which students enjoyed the OEMPs, we asked “I like the open-endedproblems more than the typical [course] homework problems.” 20 respondents strongly agreed oragreed with that statement (55.5%), 8 strongly disagreed or disagreed (22.2%), and 8 remainedneutral (Figure 4). This mix of responses is reflected in the open-ended comments, wherestudents said they enjoyed the problems but experienced some frustration because they wereunsure about the correctness of

Conference Session

Hands-On Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - I - Student Papers

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah Rose Stroud, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Darren John Hartl, Texas A&M University; Isaac Emmanuel Sabat, Texas A&M University; Kelly K. Dray, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Aerospace

) providing energy for the future, (2) restoring andimproving urban infrastructure, (3) improving the environment, (4) improving healthcare, (5)improving education through personalized learning, and (6) securing personal and organizationalinformation more so than when they began the course (tables 3 and 4). However, significantdifferences between time points were not observed given our small sample size. Tables 1 and 2are broken up by gender to show the comparison of men and women’s interest in topics withinaerospace, while tables 3 and 4 reflect the knowledge all students of both genders felt they hadbefore and after the class.Table 1: Women’s reported interest in application of aerospace engineering at Time 1. Note: N=3 Provide en

Conference Session

Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Aerospace

-Related Opportunities.The increase of aerospace-related courses and opportunities at UAF and resulting interest bycurrent and prospective students has (not surprisingly) also been reflected in increasedparticipation in the AIAA student chapter, the aerospace minor, and other aerospace-relatedcourses. These, in turn, generate a higher target population and more awareness of and interest inall of the above. For a small school such as UAF, this impact has been significant.Career options. Beyond the university realm, students participating in aerospace courses andactivities have had good success in transitioning directly into an aerospace job, whether in spacesystems or in aeronautics. UAF has a strong record of supplying its graduates to NASA, the