Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Keith W Cunningham; Samuel Vanderwaal; Eyal Saiet, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

industry, the growth of international competition insecondary education (with resultant decrease in students coming to the US for an education and thenstaying), and the graying of our current aerospace workforce. Department of Labor projections predictan aerospace growth rate of over 7% for the period 2012-2022 [7]. Roughly 80% of the aerospaceworkforce is between the ages of 40-65 and over the next 20 years many are retiring or going to otherindustries. In addition, according to the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s(AUVSI) Economic Impact of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the United States (March2013), the UAS sector is expected to add 100,000 jobs and $82B to our national economy by 2025.Alaska’s share of the pie

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

importance of increasing the number and diversity of graduates with bachelor’s degrees inSTEM has been highlighted in several national reports [3, 4]. To answer calls, such as the 2012President’s Council on Science and Technology stated need for 1 million more STEM degrees inthe next decade, the 2011 President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness goal of 10,000 moreengineering students from US colleges and universities each year, and the Texas WorkforceCommission estimated state projected need of 62,000 more engineers (25% increase) by 2022,developing strategic pathways to increase achievement of STEM degrees for all students, inparticular for underrepresented populations, is essential [5, 6, 7]. Texas is a key contributor to theoverall increase in

Conference Session

Innovations in Aero Curriculum and Program Level Administration

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

system to collect AssignmentReview data every fall and spring, but only on about 1/6 of our courses each semester. Wemodified the formal requirements for the Assignment Review to reflect this change. Theseprocedures are in effect for our 2016-2022 ABET cycle. With 1/3 of courses being reviewed each year (1/6 in fall, 1/6 in spring), the matchbetween assignments and targeted SOs are reviewed twice in the ABET accreditation cycle. Forthe Assignment Review assessment, the instructor is required to submit a copy of an assignment(+ solution) that targets each SO associated with his/her course. It is recommended that, ifpossible, one assignment be designed to target multiple student outcomes. This serves todiminish the volume of data collected