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Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Michael Butler, Lockheed Martin

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participant's thoughts and views of the engineering profession, practice,and design. To best capture the complexity of such topics, a mixed methods research approachwas utilized. The instruments used for the mixed methods approach included an engineering Page 23.166.9design conception survey (taken by all participants), semi-structured interviews (conducted witha sample from each of three study group participant sets), and design presentation/projectassessment using a rubric (for only the student study groups). These instruments wereadministered to a combination of students (an experimental and control group) who were themajor focus of the study and

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Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Developed from a Research-Informed FrameworkI. IntroductionThis document describes an introductory helicopter aerodynamics and design engineering coursefor undergraduates in aeronautical or aerospace engineering. The three major sections of thisdocument are Content, Assessment, and Pedagogy. These sections have been developedaccording to Engineering Education research principles and findings, such that the three sectionsare aligned with one another. Each section presents at least one tool to guide coursedevelopment. The course’s foundation is to provide authentic practice for meaningful learning.The primary purposes of this paper are to present a unified strategy and a toolkit for developingengineering courses in Figure 1 and to use helicopter

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Innovations in Aero Curriculum and Program Level Administration

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sidaard Gunasekaran, University of Dayton

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Paper ID #19310Integrated Teaching Model in Graduate Aerospace Classes: A Trial WithCompressible Flow AerodynamicsDr. Sidaard Gunasekaran, University of Dayton Sid is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical and Aerospace Department at the University of Dayton. He got his MS and Ph.D. at the University of Dayton as well. During his doctoral studies, Sid developed a knack for teaching using modern pedagogical practices in mechanical and aerospace classes and engaged in diverse research in Low Reynolds number flows. Sid is an active participant in the Dayton/Cincinnati American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marty Mathews Jr., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Antonette T. Cummings P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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. In thisdesign process, instructors include team-building activities at the beginning of the semester andfollow an iterative design process that centers around stakeholders at every phase of the designprocess. Teamwork and uncertainty are implied, but not formalized attributes of the designprocess.In Human-Centered Design [15], we find that teamwork is highly encouraged, which shouldimpact the innovation of the final design. For example, IDEO provides a human-centered designtoolkit [12] and summarizes the phases of the design process as “Hear, Create, Deliver”. It thenadvocates multidisciplinary teams as a best practice, which may mean 3 to 8 teammates, keepinga gender balance, and disciplinary and educational backgrounds. This methodology

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Aerospace Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hank D Voss, Taylor University; Jeff F Dailey; William A Bauson, Taylor University; Bill Chapman, Taylor University

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undergraduate level by setting the bar high and mentoringstudents with an environment similar to realistic job or graduate research expectations. Thetarget outcome is for undergraduates to be at a master’s thesis level when they graduate withmany on-job skill sets. With manifold new teaching tools, equipment advances, softwareanalysis tools, search engines, 3-D printers, and better ways of teaching, our expectation shouldmove far beyond conventional engineering BS, FE and ABET teaching outcomes.NegativesSome negative aspects of challenging projects include: • finding capable faculty who know how to innovate and mentor students • the extra time and paperwork required to maintain a funded program • real deadlines and risk of failure • student

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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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issued a statement on sustainable development education thatstates in part “Engineering students should learn about sustainable development andsustainability in the general education component of the curriculum as they are preparing for themajor design experience” and that “…faculty should ask their students to consider the impacts ofdesign upon U.S. society, and upon other nations and cultures” [3]. Some engineering programshave used a national airport design competition in their education programs [4, 5]. Between 2007and 2017, over 40% of winning teams in the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs were comprised of studentsenrolled in undergraduate and graduate level degree

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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demonstrate how aerospace exploration and research transcends national boundaries;• Address economic, historical, ethical, and social perspectives;• Use appropriate technologies such as modeling, simulation, and distance learning to enhance aerospace education learning experiences and investigations;• Present a balance of aeronautics, space exploration, and robotics by offering a relevant context for learning and integrating STEM core content knowledge.UAF has attempted to incorporate as many of these concepts into our fledgling aerospace courses,aerospace minor, and design team experiences as possible. This is accomplished through the useof student teams to investigate research topics, individual student-led course material presentationsand

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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from Purdue University. She has served as a lecturer in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Zoltowski’s academic and research interests broadly include the professional formation of engineers and diversity and inclusion in engineering, with specific interests in human-centered design, engineering ethics, leadership, service-learning, assistive-technology, and accessibility. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Phenomenography: A Qualitative Research Method to Inform and Improve the Traditional Aerospace Engineering Discipline I. Abstract This overview paper demonstrates the valuable attributes of phenomenography forinvestigating the

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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new to theprogram $ 25K per year to pay for a design teaching assistant and student travel to a designconference at the end of the academic year at which all student team designs were presented.Teams in the program for longer than three years received only $17K per year for team travelcosts as the institution was expected to pick up the cost for the teaching assistant.During the years from 1985 through 1995, the author alternated semesters teaching the coursewith Dr. George Botbyl, an adjunct faculty member from the UT Center for Space Research. Dr.Botbyl and the author worked with the student design teams every semester, effectively teamteaching the course. In fall 2000, when the author was president of ASEE, the course was taughtby Dr

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian German, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dolores S. Krausche, Florida Center for Engineering Education; Erian A. Armanios, University of Texas, Arlington

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Naval Ship and Development Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Bell Aerospace Textron, and EDS, among others. She served as the principal investigator and test director for infrared detectability assessments for the U. S. Navy’s Amphibious Assault Landing Craft Program, as editor for operations manuals for the Navy’s Special Warfare submarine delivery vehicles, and as associate program director for projects in electronic countermeasures and radar detection of submarine towed arrays. Her graduate studies in the area of high-resolution spectral analyses of Jovian decametric radiation, leading to a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, also included extensive field work in the installation and operation of observing stations

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

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Cook; Maxim G. Strehle; Jonathan William Schaefer , Saint Louis Rocket Propulsion Lab; T. Alex Ambro, Saint Louis University; William Hiser; Andrew Riddle; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

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the solid rocket engine motors,experiences of the undergraduate students who have participated in the competition and lessonslearned through this experience, and a few key projects undergoing current development. It willbe shown that these projects focus on the principles of systems engineering with highly detailedsystem/subsystem designs for rocket systems and propulsion systems. These projects have shownto offer unique opportunities for students to experience real-world challenges that are typicallyfaced by the aerospace industries on a daily basis.IntroductionIn recent years, several engineering universities have seen student-run, student designed, launchand operated high-power rocket systems and fundamental research in propulsion

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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university-sponsored team with a recognized organization and workspace, this center acts as a magnetattracting students with shared goals, interests, and friends.With regard to the design team, the result is a melting pot for current undergraduate students (andformer undergraduate students who are now graduate students) sharing technical design ideas,construction techniques, and flight test experiences, as well as strategies for organizing the grouptowards a successful design competition and enjoyable experience overall. In addition, thiscollaboration can lead to the establishment of other undergraduate and graduate design projectsoutside of the original design team effort. With regard to the university programs, over time, thisteaming and

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University; John A. Voth, Oral Roberts University; Connor A. McCain, Oral Roberts University; Jordan David Reutter, Oral Roberts University; Nathaniel Shay Frailey; Matthew Samuelson; David Ahrens, Oral Roberts University

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manyprojects that have some similarity to their own. Through forum sites such as XSimulator8 andMotionsim,9 the team was able to observe not only successful Stewart Platform designs, but alsofailures that had occurred in the making of those designs. Although these sites are nonacademic,they provided very valuable information pertaining to the structural geometry and electricalinterfaces of the system. While on these sites, the team mainly observed builds by usersSilentChill and GA-Dawg from XSimulator and Motionsim respectively.INTRODUCTIONA team of six engineering students, under the direction of two faculty members from OralRoberts University (ORU), is researching a new, innovative approach to deepen undergraduatestudents’ practical understanding of

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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University ofMichigan, students are required to take 41 credits of engineering science courses (32% of thetotal credits required for graduation) and only 19 credits of design and laboratory courses (14.8%of total credits). Furthermore, of the 11 current ABET Student Outcomes only one of these, a) anability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering, directly speaks to thecontent of these engineering science courses [1].Despite the prominence of engineering science courses in the curriculum, these courses havebeen studied less in engineering education research than design courses [2]. Ideally, theseengineering science courses should give students the theoretical background that they can applyin engineering design courses, on student

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Biezad, California Polytechnic State University; Joon Kim, Lockheed Aircraft Co

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). This program wasdeveloped at the NASA Ames Research Center, and many graduate students from theaerospace engineering program have been funded to develop its user-interface.22 Flight datais used by this program to develop transfer function models of the aircraft. This type ofexperiment requires a flyable aircraft, and thus it will be the last one to be implemented forthe RV-7 aircraft. However, the modeling process can be simulated by generating “test” data Page 12.918.10with stability derivatives identified from the previously described experiments.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference * Exposition

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Learning to Design Aerospace Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Christopher Deline, University of Michigan; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Steven Sandoval, University of Michigan; Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan; Nilton Renno, University of Michigan

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, University of Michigan Associate Professor, Atmospheric and Space Sciences Page 11.1332.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 THE STUDENT SPACE SYSTEMS FABRICATION LABORATORY: AN APPROACH TO SPACE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAbstractThe Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratory (S3FL) is a student-led organizationdedicated to providing students with practical space systems design and fabrication experiencenot readily available through the usual academic curriculum. S3FL’s approach is to enhanceeducation by coupling classroom knowledge with practicum experience involving realengineering design, analysis, test

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Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

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solvingproblems, starting with their own preferred learning styles as far as possible. Ideas beingimplemented include a design-centered portal to aerospace engineering, vertical streams oftechnical content, learning assignments using case studies, a library of solved problemsaccessible from course content, and integrative concept modules. The project experiments withassessment strategies to measure learning in time to improve it. This paper sets out the issues andbuilds the concept for dealing with them. The first year’s progress and usage experience fromSpring 2010 courses are summarized. INTRODUCTIONThis project aims to help people acquire knowledge across several disciplines and hence excel indeveloping new

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Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Forsgren, NASA Headquarters; Lauren Miller, NASA Headquarters

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; and, ≠ Translate extracted lessons into concrete strategies for eliminating root causes of problems.The Space Systems Development: Lessons Learned course is taught by Larry Ross, CEO ofAerospace Engineering Associates and former Director of NASA Lewis Research Center (nowNASA Glenn Research Center) and Joe Nieberding, President of Aerospace EngineeringAssociates and former NASA Lewis Research Center Advanced Space Analysis Division Chief.(3) Innovatively Design Hardware for Manufacturability, Assembly, and ServicingBy nature, engineers tend to be conservative. This is a necessary trait, especially in the aerospacecommunity, where human lives and/or hardware worth billions of dollars are typically at stake inan engineer’s design. So

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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

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turbomachinery aerodynamics. At BYU he teaches undergraduate courses in applications of fluid dynamics and gas turbine engine design; graduate courses on compressible flow and turbulence; and has coached Capstone teams. His research interests are experimental and computational fluid dynamics, turbomachinery, computational science and engineering, and engineering education. Dr. Gorrell is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, currently serving as Vice President - Education, and member of the AIAA Gas Turbine Engine Technical Committee.. He is also a member of the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Turbomachinery Committee.Dr. C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young UniversityBrett Stone, Brigham Young University Brett Stone

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Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Horacio Andrés Trucco; Martina Y. Trucco, Hewlett-Packard Labs

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models for both the NASA Langley Research Center and NASP related programs. In particular, Mr. Trucco has been involved in planning and designing a low speed premixed combustion test apparatus for NASA Lewis and premixed and diffusion type super- sonic combustion tests for NASA Langley, the design and manufacture of a laser diffuser model for NASA Ames and an x-ray scanner for computerized tomography for an industrial client, the design of a transonic wind tunnel for NASA Langley and the development of industrial burner concepts to improve combustion efficiency and reduce emission levels. He has also been responsible for an analytical study of bypass turbojet engines with supersonic fans for NASA Lewis, for design of

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Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

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US citizens or permanent residents2. They had to be taking full academic loads towards an approved CSEMS degree3. They should be aiming for technical careers in these disciplines4. The scholarship was intended to relieve students of the financial burden of seeking outside jobs, thus allowing them to focus on their academic programs.5. The program was prohibited from requiring research or other productive activities.Program Objectives & Elements Page 13.962.2The objectives of our program are to enable access to a top-quality education to the mostdeserving students and to ensure the best guidance for their success

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

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the early school years and the paper suggests that Boeingand industry partners, because of their interest in the challenges of STEM education, could investmore of their resources to have a significant impact on STEM. Several recommendations aregiven to industry to position themselves for this challenge.IntroductionThe Boeing Company is a company dedicated to developing the best engineers in the world.Their commitment to the engineering education process is evident in the unique program calledThe Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship Program. This is a program that has been operated byBoeing every summer since 1995. The Welliver program is a unique program designed to: “… expose a small number of competitively selected professors from U.S

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Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University

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Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. 2005, National Academies Press: Washington, DC.6. National Center for Education Statistics, International Outcomes of Learning in Mathematics Literacy and Problem Solving: PISA 2003 Results From the U.S. Perspective: Highlights. NCES 2005-003. 2004, U.S. Department of Education: Washington, DC.7. Databytes: Bachelor's Breakdown. American Society for Engineering Education PRISM, 2004. 14(1).8. M Boylan, The Impact of Undergraduate Research Experiences on Student Intellectual Growth, Affective Development, and Interest in Doing Graduate Work in STEM: A Review of the Empirical Literature, in Cornell Higher Education Research Institute Conference, Doctoral Education and

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University

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would be filled, a engineer/technology professional.1 (Source: The Response Center, a market  research firm in Fort Washington, Pa., conducted the survey for IEEE Spectrum and condition worsened by the known IEEE USA. An e mail questionnaire was sent to about 2000 higher grade and 2000 outflow of engineering graduates student IEEE members selected randomly. Data was collected between 3 and 16 from the state. According to December 2003. A total of 830 members responded, including 427 higher grade regional graduate retention data,20 and 403 student members, for a 21 percent response rate. More data from the

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Teaching Methodology & Assessment 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

George Frederick Halow, University of Michigan; Maia E. Herrington, University of Michigan; Melanie Spare, Siemens Digital Industries Software; Shannon O'Donnell, Siemens Digital Industries Software; Gilbert Morris, Retired (formerly Siemens)

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our industry partners and the UM Aerospace Industrial Advisory Board in doing this is a priority for us. We stand committed to ensure that our graduates get the best preparation to become successful engineers in the workplace." —Tony Waas, Department Chair, University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering ● “As an industry recruiter, I could tell within the first 5 minutes of an interview, without even looking at the resume, whether someone had robust student project team experience by the way they answered questions, engaged, understood technical work in the broader context of delivering value, in teams, on time and on budget. Unfortunately, those skills were more the exception rather

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UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Calvin Russell Walker, Mississippi State University

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direct governement employee. One response to the survey isgiven in Figure 4.2 Figure 4.1Selected quotes from other former students concerning their assessment of the competition: “Being on the team taught me what it meant to be an actual engineer and how to approachreal world problems. Unlike problems I was given in class that always had correct answers, in thereal world there are constant tradeoffs and it is being able to figure out the best balance of tradeoffsthat produces the best design. If it weren’t for the team, I don’t think I would have continued withmy major as an aerospace engineer.” “Yes. Class teaches you all the theory but not how to apply it in a practical manner

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tian Tian, University of Central Florida; Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida

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andmidterm exams.A summary of challenges facing CBA include: 1) Proctored electronic assessment infrastructures: If a dedicated testing center is used then physical space or at least unused hours in an existing computer lab are needed. Management of the IT infrastructure and accommodation in response to fluctuating period of demand are expected to provide suitable services to students and instructors. 2) Availability of suitable digitized questions: While CBA has been proven to be popular and highly-effective in some disciplines, such as Business, Mathematics and Education, test banks and assessment design for Engineering are in their relative infancy. Research is needed to evaluate the impact on workload of a one-time burden to

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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competition2,3, although the pool ofqualified people is quite small. Innovation is key to our industry, and our focus here is to developthe capability of our graduates to innovate4,5 in a field that requires depth and intensecomprehension. The applied mathematicians and aerospace engineers who led the remarkableadvances in high speed designs in the latter half of the 20th century are either retired or nearingretirement. Transferring their knowledge base to the upcoming generation is a concern6, becausethe recipient must have the preparation and discipline needed to grasp the knowledge. This putsthe onus teachers to ensure that candidates aspiring to jobs in the leading aerospaceestablishments have firm basic knowledge and personal discipline in this

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

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Purdue University with Dr. Mary E. Johnson.Dr. Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue Polytechnic Institute Mary E. Johnson earned her BS, MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington. After 5 years in aerospace manufacturing, Dr. Johnson joined the Automation & Robotics Research Institute in Fort Worth and was program manager for applied research programs. Fourteen years later, she was an Industrial Engineering assistant professor at Texas A&M - Commerce before joining the Aviation Technology department at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2007 as an Associate Professor. She is a Co-PI on the FAA Center of Excellence for

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Approaches to Emerging Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Madler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Phillip Anz-Meador, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Karl Siebold, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

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and their relationship with major courses taught, in one form or another, atany university or college supporting a space engineering or physics program. In Table 1.1 ourcourse level is indicated, as appropriate, by degree plan year, e.g. “3” indicates a Junior-levelclass.The intention of this paper is to stimulate the usage of problem solving techniques which canraise the awareness of space debris and give interesting, realistic examples for the classroom.Section 3 contains a non-exhaustive list of examples which illustrate that the field of space debrisis very complex and interdisciplinary requiring, as it does, an integrated understanding ofdynamics, mathematics and statistics, design best practices, the space environment, and evenspace