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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Frank Wicks

ASEE 2003-2271, Aerospace Engineering Division “Teaching the Global Positioning System Principles and Applications” Professor Frank Wicks Mechanical Engineering Department, Union College Abstract We live in one dimension of time and three dimensions of space as defined by therotating and revolving spaceship which is our earth. Only recently have humans hadaccurate, affordable and portable instruments to measure time. During the last decade wesuddenly have such an instrument to measure where we are in three dimensions of space. The satellite and atomic clock based Global Positioning System is a technologicalmarvel

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shannon Twigg; Eric Johnson

flightcontrol system design. Use of a simulation gives the engineer a safe, quick and convenientmethod for testing or designing new controllers. In the past several years, many colleges havebegun using computer simulations in conjunction with teaching control design. At the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology School of Aerospace Engineering, one of the senior level aerospaceengineering laboratory courses, AE 4525, has developed three new experiments to utilizecomputer flight simulator technology. This allows the students to design and test variouscontrollers using a high fidelity flight simulator; instead of studying only more idealizedtheoretical models.Nomenclature V Total Velocity feet/second alpha (α

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Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Helbling; Patric McElwain; Angela Beck; Ron Madler; David Lanning

INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS INTO TEAM-TAUGHT SENIOR DESIGN COURSES Jim Helbling, David Lanning, and Ron Madler, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Angela Beck and Patric McElwain, Department of Humanities/Communications Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, ArizonaAbstractEffective communication is universally recognized as one of the most important traits of anoutstanding graduate. The Aerospace Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle AeronauticalUniversity is team-teaching several courses with the Humanities and

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Keith Koenig; Emmanuel Okoro; Viva Austin; Thomas Hannigan

Increasing Undergraduate Laboratory Experiences T. Hannigan, K. Koenig, V. Austin, E. Okoro Mississippi State UniversityAbstractUse of higher level programming environments have made it increasingly easy to formulatetheoretical solutions, but at the cost of distancing the students from understanding the physicalphenomena. In an attempt to allay this, our undergraduate laboratory experiences have beenincreasing as our aerospace engineering curriculum undergoes modernization. Two laboratoryclasses of the upper division of the MSU curriculum have been moved ahead one semester in thecurrent curriculum, and may be moved even further ahead. Although these courses are

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Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Wayne Cottrell

traditionally been found in CEE departments,academicians with teaching and research interests in transport are also based in business,economics, geography, industrial or systems engineering, political science, public administrationor policy, social studies, urban affairs, urban planning, and interdisciplinary departments. Airtransportation specialists can be found in aerospace or aviation departments, and bridge, highwayand pavement specialists might be found in construction or structures departments. Further, theneed to address the human behavior components of transportation finds specialists in education,psychology, sociology, and even anthropology departments. Beimborn (7) noted that severalschools had formed transportation centers to foster the

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Francisco Aguiniga; Hector Estrada

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Conrad Newberry

engineering certification program matrix. Course descriptionsare provided, as are representative instructional objectives which support them. Programassessment is discussed in terms of program objectives and accreditation. IntroductionThe missile segment of the aerospace industry is quite small compared to the airplane and spacesegments. In 2003 missile segment sales were 13,489 million dollars compared to the totalaerospace industry sales of 148,928 million dollars; the missile segment was about nine percentof the total. In terms of 2003 employment, the missile and space segment employed some70,000 people, whereas the total aerospace industry employed some 583,000 people; the missilesegment employed less

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Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ronald Sterkenburg; Jim Lampe; David Stanley

; Hessler, 2001). 2The findings of several studies, new ABET requirements and feedback from industry advisoryboards support these observations and indicate a broad concern that graduating engineers are notprepared to enter the workforce. Faculty members of Mechanical Engineering (ME) andAviation Technology (AT) share some of these concerns, and have discussed ways to approachthese problems. One method originated from a desire among faculty members to develop meansby which to motivate students in a ME senior design course. The AT department was chosen tosimulate a manufacturing division, and the projects were to reflect current aerospace design andmanufacturing processes. Collaborative work between the two groups would be important inorder to

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Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Oktay Baysal; Mehti Koklu; Ahmed Noor

Design Optimization Module for Hierarchical Research and Learning Environment Oktay Baysal, Mehti Koklu, Ahmed K. Noor Aerospace Engineering Department Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529-0236 E-mail: obaysal@odu.eduAbstractThe present paper describes a learning module on design optimization courses within ahierarchical research and learning network (HRLN). In this environment a knowledgeorganization can be created as a hierarchical learning network to link diverse inter- and trans-disciplinary teams from a consortium of universities, industry, government agencies and theproviders of

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Masoud Rais-Rohani

Session 2602 Experiential Learning in Aircraft Structures Masoud Rais-Rohani Mississippi State UniversityAbstractA design-build-test project is used as means of providing an academic-based, industry-focusedexperiential learning opportunity for students in a senior-level aircraft structures course taught inthe Department of Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University. Initiated as a paperdesign project in 1998, the project has rapidly evolved into a comprehensive learning experiencewith prototype development and testing as its two major elements

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yilin Feng, California State University, Los Angeles

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiansen Wang, Purdue University; Shantanu Gupta, Purdue University; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University

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Paper ID #41316Board 2: Exploring Average Taxi Times at U.S. Hub Airports with ASDE-XMr. Jiansen Wang, Purdue University Jiansen is a PhD candidate in the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Purdue University. He began his PhD study in Technology at Purdue University in 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Mary E Johnson. His research focuses on improving airport capacity and sustainability. Jiansen completed his M.S degree in Aviation and Aerospace Management at Purdue University in 2020. During his masters study, Jiansen earned second place award in Airport Cooperative Research Program Competition in 2020

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gustavo Sanchez, Purdue University; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University; Shantanu Gupta, Purdue University

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Paper ID #41453Board 3: Risk Management in Helicopter Air Ambulance Operations UsingPFMEAMr. Gustavo Sanchez, Purdue University Gustavo is a PhD Candidate in the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Purdue University. He began his PhD study in Aviation Technology and Management at Purdue University in 2022. Gustavo earned a M.S in Aviation and Aerospace Management from Purdue University and a M.S. in Aeronautical Military Sciences from the Colombian Air Force University. He has experience as a helicopter pilot and his research interests include helicopter operations, advanced air mobility, and aviation

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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E. Tyler Young, The Ohio State University

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Paper ID #44439Board 4: Work in Progress: Development of a Culturally Responsive, Community-basedFluid Dynamics Mini-Unit for Middle SchoolE. Tyler Young, The Ohio State University E. Tyler Young is a graduate student at The Ohio State University currently pursuing a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. He graduated summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering before embarking on a career in STEM education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Development of

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Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Patric McElwain; James Helbling; Angela Beck

COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENGINEERING STYLE MANUAL Jim Helbling, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Angela Beck, Department of Humanities/Communications, Patric McElwain, Department of Humanities/Communications Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, ArizonaAbstractThis paper recounts the development, testing, and publication of a style manual at Embry-RiddleAeronautical University/Prescott Campus. This manual was jointly developed by faculty at theCollege of Engineering and the Department of Humanities/Communications in response tofaculty concerns that, despite a

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paul Lagace; Earll Murman

. Addressing all these factors in aircraft design goesbeyond the traditional boundaries of aerospace engineering and requires the engagement ofmanagement and social sciences faculty.A comprehensive curriculum for aircraft system design addressing all the above topics isappropriate for master-level degree programs in aerospace engineering and related fields such assystems engineering. Clearly the scope of this is well beyond a single subject. It needs toencompass a number of core and elective subjects together with application through thesis orpracticum studies. In this paper, the authors summarize curriculum that has evolved over thepast 15 years in MIT’s School of Engineering, in many cases in cooperation with colleaguesfrom MIT’s Sloan School of

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jean-Michel Dhainaut

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Niewoehner

Niewoehner, USN, is a Permanent Military Professor serving as Director of Aeronautics within theNaval Academy's Aerospace Engineering Department. He came to the Naval Academy after serving 17 years asboth a fleet fighter pilot and experimental test pilot, including 3 years as the Navy's Chief Test Pilot for thedevelopment of the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet. He is an Associate Fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Page 10.723.10 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition This material is declared a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright

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Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Brij Agrawal

course is on spacecraft design tools. The students becomefamiliar with the spacecraft design tools that are used in the final design course. The toolsinclude STK, IDEAS, NASTRAN, and MATLAB/Simulink. They also become familiar withsystem software such as Aerospace Corporation Corporation Conceptual Design Center tools andspacecraft cost estimation. The second course is on spacecraft system engineering where theyreview the design aspects of all subsystems, systems engineering, and do an individual designproject. In the final capstone course, they do a team spacecraft design project. The spacecraftperformance requirements are given by a sponsor. The students have mentors in each subsystemfrom industry, Aerospace Corporation and government

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Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Daniel Schrage

Teaching Graduate Rotorcraft Design Based on Twenty Years of Experience Dr. Daniel P. Schrage Professor and Director Center of Excellence in Rotorcraft Technology School of Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0150IntroductionRotorcraft is a general term for rotary-wing aircraft and includes all aircraft that include anyrotary-wing device for generating lift or propulsion for a portion of the aircraft’s flight envelope.Therefore, rotorcraft includes helicopters

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jan De Vries; Gillian Saunders-Smits

Session 3102 Learning by doing: An innovative laboratory exercise to enhance the understanding of thin-walled Mechanics of Materials Gillian N. Saunders-Smits, Jan de Vries Faculty of Aerospace Engineering Delft University of Technology, Delft, The NetherlandsIntroductionMechanics is widely considered to be the core of any type of construction engineering course inthe world, be it a mechanical, aerospace or naval architecture engineering course. Yet at the sametime it also considered by many students as one of the most difficult subjects in the course

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Melnyk; Grant Crawford; David Stringer; Steven Braddom

; Mechanical Engineering (C&ME) accomplishes several things. First,they provide high quality, hands-on, one-on-one instruction to students in actual aircraft. Thelaboratories also demonstrate important aerodynamic concepts and the operation of aeronauticalsystems while validating the theory presented in the classroom. Most importantly, the labs excitestudents about engineering and inspire in them the desire to continue learning both in and out ofthe classroom. The USMA Flight Laboratory Program provides a model for a hands-onintroduction to Aerospace Engineering. This paper details the experiments conducted in thethree fixed-wing Flight Laboratories and the one rotary-wing Flight Laboratory currentlyconducted as a part of the USMA Aeronautical

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AERO 5: Student Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Mary E. Johnson, Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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aerospace industry away from its dependence on fossil fuels, the future ofelectric propulsion is strong with a positive outlook. As the employment market increasinglydemands more graduates with electric vehicle skills, there may be Industrial Advisory Boardmembers that advocate for inclusion of this knowledge, skills, and abilities to be included inundergraduate programs. These programs include aerospace engineering, engineeringtechnology, technologists, and certificated mechanics. Undergraduate engineering student projectteams have participated in design-build courses where hybrid-electric race cars compete innational competitions [2]. Problem-based learning is widely used in aerospace education usingelectric aircraft [3]. As standards are being

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AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob Michael Blocker; Benjamin Ahn, The Ohio State University

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Paper ID #37228Lessons Learned from Starting a Student-Led Rocket Club and theCollaborative Effort between the Club and a Rocket CourseJacob Michael Blocker I am currently a senior in aerospace engineering at Iowa State University. I have worked as an intern at NASA KSC for the past 2 summers (2021/2022) for the Launch Services Program verifying contractor launch vehicle engine performance, and will start full-time in summer 2023 as a propulsion engineer at SpaceX. During my time at Iowa State, I have been highly involved with the Cyclone Rocketry team, leading the propulsion team during the 2021-2022 academic year, and

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AERO 2: Innovative Pedagogy and Hands-on Learning 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zachary Stein, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; Bonnie Swan, University of Central Florida (Program Evaluation and Educational Research); Seetha Raghavan, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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Paper ID #39125A Case Study Assessing Program Outcomes of an International ResearchCollaboration between the US and Germany: Developing Students as GlobalEngineersMr. Zachary Stein, University of Central Florida Zachary Stein is a graduate student currently pursuing a PhD in Aerospace Engineering under Dr. Seetha Raghavan with an interest in aerospace materials research focusing on sand degradation of high tempera- ture ceramic coatings from sand and volcanic ash infiltration.Dr. Bonnie Swan, University of Central Florida (Program Evaluation and Educational Research)Prof. Seetha Raghavan, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Dr

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AERO 5: Student Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian D. Ritchie, The Ohio State University

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Paper ID #38658Assessment of a Distributed Implementation of the EntrepreneurialMindset in an Experimental Projects CapstoneDr. Brian D. Ritchie, The Ohio State University Dr. Ritchie is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engi- neering at The Ohio State University. He teaches a variety of courses in thermal and fluid sciences in addition to the introductory course and an experimental projects capstone sequence. He completed this work as part of his Engineering Unleashed Fellowship. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Assessment of

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AERO 5: Student Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Zachary Reinert, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #39610Dissolving Interdisciplinary Barriers in STEM Curriculum ThroughUnconventional Hydrofoil Boat Educational Lab at the CollegeUndergraduate LevelDr. Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University Kristi J. Shryock, Ph.D., is the Frank and Jean Raymond Foundation Inc. Endowed Associate Profes- sor in Multidisciplinary Engineering and Affiliated Faculty in Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. She also serves as Director of the Novel Unconventional Aerospace Applications iN Core Ed- ucational Disciplines (NUA2NCED) Lab and of the Craig and Galen Brown Engineering Honors Program and National Academy

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AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Ennis, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Oliver Jia-Richards, University of Michigan

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Paper ID #38305Work in Progress: Implementing an Orbital Debris Macroethics Lesson in aJunior-Level Spacecraft Dynamics CourseMegan Ennis, University of Michigan Megan Ennis is a master’s student in aerospace engineering and a research assistant with the SHUTTLE Lab at the University of Michigan. After completing a B.S. in aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan, she spent a year at University of Cambridge for a master’s in gender studies. She returned to Michigan and is now enjoying her time as a graduate student instructor. Beyond being involved in the lab’s macroethics work, Megan’s research interest is to

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AERO 3: Innovative Pedagogy and Hands-on Learning 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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strategies to assist incoming freshmen cope with first year mathematics classes. She developed teaching modules to improve students’ learning in mathematics using technology.Dr. M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University Dr. M. Javed Khan is Professor and Head of Aerospace Science Engineering Department at Tuskegee University. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University, M.S. in Aero- nautical Engineering from the US Air Force Institute of Technology, and B.E. in Aerospace Engineer- ing from the PAF College of Aeronautical Engineering. He also has served as Professor and Head of Aerospace Engineering Department at the National University of Science and Technology,Pakistan. His research

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AERO 4: New Technologies and Strategic Applications

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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facilities used for this project include 3D printers, CAD software,and other fabrication facilities. These and other required facilities are available in the AERO(Aerospace Education and Research Organization) lab at the host institution. Nine undergraduatestudents work on this interdisciplinary project under the guidance of one faculty member. Studentsworking on the project are from Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechatronics andComputer Engineering programs. The research team is divided into three main groups: a) AvionicsGroup, b) Structures Group, and b) Systems Group. The avionics group includes students fromMechatronics and Computer Engineering. The systems groups include students from Mechanicaland Civil engineering. The structures