Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rowland, U.S. Military Academy; James E. Bluman, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

the use of many visual examples of actual production andexperimental aircraft. Additional discussion on the advantages of the Mystery Aircraft techniquebriefly cover topics such as applying the Dual Coded Theory of Redundancy and Reinforcementfor cognitive learning, enhancing student cultural literacy within the field of aeronauticalengineering, and support of institutional program outcomes and ABET criterion. Theeffectiveness of the technique in capturing students’ attention, generating interest, and improvingmotivation is assessed through the use of student mid-course and course-end surveys. A listingof the aircraft examples and their associated topics is also presented in the appendix.Introduction For the last two years, instructors

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Lee Jonathan, Boeing Company; Adam Bruckner, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

operator of the airplaneMontieth went on to point out that “it is the airplane designer for whom the course inAeronautical Engineering must be prepared. First of all, he must know enough of the work ofthe research man to be able to summarize this work and convert the results to terms which can beused directly in practical airplane design. He must know enough of the shop methods tounderstand how his designs are to be built. He should, if possible, get as much time in the air ashe can, either as a pilot or as an intelligent passenger. The lack of any of these bits of experienceis something of a handicap.” 21The Wind Tunnel Years The years from the mid-1930s until 1960 can best be characterized as the Kirsten WindTunnel years. Although the