Boeing-University Relations - A Review and Prospects for the Future John H. McMasters, Narayanan Komerath The Boeing Company / Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe Boeing Company has been noteworthy within the aerospace industry for its ambitiousuniversity relations program originally conceived in the early 1990s. This program has aimed atnot only creating strong company relations with universities important to its business interests,but also to lead broader industry efforts to enhance engineering and related technical andbusiness education programs across the nation. This paper reviews the development of theBoeing program, discusses important lessons learned from the overall effort, and
AC 2012-3154: CREATING AND SUSTAINING PRODUCTIVE RESEARCHGROUPS IN GRADUATE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS: RESULTS FROMA FACULTY AND FUTURE FACULTY WORKSHOPMr. John Andrew Janeski, Virginia Tech John Andrew Janeski is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department. His primary research interests center around spacecraft dynamics and control. However, the Dean’s Teaching Fellowship has afforded him the opportunity to pursue research topics that span his experiences as a graduate student and instructor. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from Rhodes College.Dr. Erin Crede, Virginia Tech Erin D. Crede completed her Ph.D. in engineering education from Virginia Tech
Paper ID #9168The Development of a Rubric to Evaluate and Promote Students’ Integrationof Stakeholder Considerations into the Engineering Design ProcessDr. Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology Alexandra Coso is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. She recently completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to her time at Georgia Tech, she received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engi- neering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include the integration of stakeholders into
Friday Afternoon Session 2 – Student Leveraging History in the Context of Project Engineer Education: Project Mercury Eric Haney, Lex Gonzalez, Amen Omoragbon, Thomas McCall, Xiao Peng, Vincent Ricketts, Jon Crosley, and Bernd Chudoba Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department University of Texas at Arlington AbstractThe first manned U.S. space program, Project Mercury, is leveraged as a data-rich aerospacesystems engineering design case study. The extensive amount of contract design reports,technical memorandums, and project overviews
Paper ID #32152A Hybrid Mechanics of Materials Course Part 1: Evolution of the Courseto Improve Student Performance and RetentionDr. Roy Y. Myose, Wichita State University Roy Myose is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Wichita State University.Dr. Foo Ngai Kok Foo Kok is an Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering at the University of Southampton Malaysia.Elizabeth Rollins American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Hybrid Mechanics of Materials CoursePart 1: Evolution of the Course to Improve Student Performance and
for Control and Coordination of Tasks among Mobile Robot and Robotic Arm.”Dr. Khalid H. Tantawi, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Dr. Khalid Tantawi is an Assistant Professor of Mechatronics at the University of Tennessee at Chat- tanooga . He holds a PhD and MSc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and a double MSc. in Aerospace Engineering from the Institut Superieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace and University of Pisa. He served as a Program Evaluator for ABET- ETAC commission, as a trainer for Siemens Technik Akademy, and was the elected chair of the Engineering section of the Tennessee Academy of Science in 2022 and 2017. His research interests include MEMS, Lipid
Paper ID #37566HORIZONTAL PROPULSION USING MODEL ROCKETENGINES (PART B)Huseyin Sarper (Master Lecturer) HUSEYIN SARPER, P.E. is a master lecturer with a joint appointment in the Engineering Fundamentals Division and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Old Dominion University. Earlier, he was a professor of engineering and the graduate program director at Colorado State University – Pueblo between 1988 and 2014. He was also a regional director of Colorado’s NASA Space Grant Consortium. His degrees, all in industrial engineering and operations research, are from the Pennsylvania State University (BS
Year of First Traditional/Non- Participant ID Gender Ethnicity Major Study Generation Traditional Mechanical and Latinx Minimally Non- Student 1 Aerospace Man 3rd Year Yes White Traditional Engineering Mechanical and Student 2 Aerospace Woman White 3rd Year Yes Traditional Engineering Civil and
contract engineer at Engineer Inc., a Gainesville education enterprise that designs and distributes STEM laboratory kits to remote learners. She is currently working as an intern in an effort to expand her scope to the aerospace field.Dr. Sean R. Niemi, University of Florida Sean R. Niemi is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UF, and founder of the MERGE (MEchanical engineeRing desiGn pEdagogy) Lab focusing his research and teaching efforts on Capstone Design, Mechanical Design, Design for Manufacturing, and Instrumentation Design. Sean co-advises the UF Rocket Team (Swamp Launch), mentoring a group of interdisciplinary students in developing a 10,000 ft. apogee rocket for the
Paper ID #31662WIP: Using neuro-responses to understand creativity, the engineeringdesign process, and concept generationTess Hartog, University of Oklahoma Tess Hartog is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. Her inter- ests include creativity, engineering education, and neuroimaging. Her research focuses on understanding creativity and divergent thinking in engineering students via the use of electroencephalography (EEG).Megan Marshall, The University of Oklahoma Megan Marshall is an M.S. Aerospace Engineering candidate at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The
of the Aerospace Systems and Technology Track, with particularemphasis on the Microsystems Engineering and Technology for the Future Exploration of OuterSpace Regions (METEOR) family of projects will be used as a case example to illustrate theprocess.IntroductionProject-based “capstone” design has become an integral component of the undergraduateengineering experience. As noted by Dym, et al.1, this has been the standard academic responseto address the need to produce engineering graduates able to practice in industry. TheMultidisciplinary Senior Design (MSD) program at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)arose from departmental capstone design experiences within Mechanical, Industrial, andElectrical Engineering2. Since its inception
. As airline profitability improves and the need to replace older aircraft becomes important,commercial aircraft builders will increase production and the need for high-skill jobs will increase after 2000.By the year 2005, aerospace jobs will constitute 70 percent, rail equipment manufacturing 17 percent,shipbuilding 3 percent and truck and trailer about 10 percent of total transportation equipment employment.Professional and Administrative CareersProfessional, managerial, and marketing and sales careers are among the high growth opportunities intransportation today. Job openings are expected to grow at 27 percent between 1990 and the year 2005 forprofessionals and executives and at 24 percent for marketing and sales managers. Generally, these
Paper ID #31027Development of Team-Based Hands-On Learning ExperiencesDr. Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology Al Ferri received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1981 and his PhD degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 1985. Since 1985, he has been a faculty member in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, where he now serves as Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. His research areas are in the fields of dynamics, controls, vibrations, and acoustics. He is also active in course and curriculum development. He
Paper ID #23721Exploration of Multi-layered Mentorship Approaches in Summer Engineer-ing ProgramsProf. Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Kimberly Cook-Chennault is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering De- partment at Rutgers University. She holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Uni- versity of Michigan and Stanford University respectively; and a PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research interests include design of integrated hybrid energy systems and investigation of the structure-property relationships in
undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University.Dr. Masoud Rais-Rohani P.E., University of Maine Masoud Rais-Rohani is Richard C. Hill Professor and Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine. He earned his Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech in 1991. His academic experience includes a long tenure in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of design optimization, aerospace structures, structural mechanics, and composites. He has made extensive use of experiential learning and computer applications in his courses, including the development of two websites
Paper ID #26493Designing Senior Design for Student-Led Projects with Large EnrollmentsProf. Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an assistant professor of teaching in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Irvine. She received her B.S. in aerospace engi- neering from Syracuse University and her Ph.D. in engineering education from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is particularly interested in teaching conceptions and methods and graduate level engineering education.Dr. Mark E. Walter
General Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her emphasis is Aerospace Engineering and her concentration is Business.Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder Marissa H. Forbes is a doctoral candidate in civil engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder with an engineering education research focus. She previously taught middle school science and engineering and wrote K-12 STEM curricula while an NSF GK-12 graduate engineering fellow at CU. With a mas- ter’s degree in civil engineering she went on to teach advanced placement and algebra-based physics for the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST), where she also created and taught a year-long, design-based DSST engineering course
Paper ID #12497Strategy, Task Performance, and Behavioral Themes from Students Solving2-D and 3-D Force Equilibrium ProblemsMr. Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education Benjamin Call graduated with his Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace Em- phasis) in 2006 from Utah State University. After working nearly eight years for NAVAIR, he has returned to pursue at PhD in Engineering Education at Utah State University where he received the Presidential Doctoral Research Fellowship to support his studies. His research interests range from sophomore-level engineering curricula to
# Survey Respondents Aerospace Eng. 21 Applied Physics 2 Biomedical Eng. 15 Chemical Eng. 25 Civil Eng. 34 Computer Sci/Eng. 28 Electrical Eng. 33 Industrial Eng
Prerequisite Testing as a Tool to Gauge Incoming Student Capability and Knowledge in an Engineering Statics Course Roy Myose, Syed Raza, Elizabeth Rollins, Brandon Buerge, and Nicholas Smith Aerospace Engineering Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0042 Introduction The current generation of college-aged students, referred to as "Generation Z," is said to havecapabilities and needs that are quite different than previous generations of students.1 Consequently,teaching techniques may have to be adjusted to meet their needs.1,2 Changes are easy to make, butdetermining the effectiveness of those changes is more challenging to ascertain
), the OSGCis one of 52 national consortia that compose the Space Grant Program. OIT is one of 18 OSGCaffiliate members across the state of Oregon that includes higher education institutions,community colleges, and informal educators. In support of NASA’s mission to explore anddiscover and to inspire the next generation of explorers to meet the growing workforce need,OSGC is tasked with providing educational and research opportunities to students in aerospace-related disciplines including STEM education.Space Grant’s mission is to: • Establish a national network of universities with interest and capabilities in aeronautics, space, and related fields. • Encourage cooperative programs among universities, aerospace industry, and
Paper ID #6932Applying Systems Engineering to the Lunabotics Mining Competition Cap-stone Design ChallengeMs. Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters Lisa Guerra has 27 years of experience in the NASA aerospace community. Ms. Guerra is currently affiliated with NASA Headquarters working policy issues. She recently completed a 2-year assignment with the UTeachEngineering Program developing a model high school engineering course. She also ful- filled an assignment from NASA to establish a systems engineering curriculum at The University of Texas at Austin, as a pilot for national dissemination. Ms. Guerra’s previous position at
automotive design, but has since shifted her focus to engineering education.Ms. Catherine F. Pieronek, University of Notre Dame Catherine F. Pieronek is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of the Women’s Engineering Program in the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She holds a B.S. in aerospace engineering and a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame, and an M.S. in aerospace engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include the persistence of women in engineering, and especially the use of Title IX as a tool to remove the barriers that affect the persistence of women in STEM fields.Dr. Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame Leo H. McWilliams
is the kind of job I think I may want: Proportion of desk to shop or field work: Amount of customer interaction: Hours/week: Type of position (e.g. sales, manufacturing, design, consulting …): Technical areas (e.g. aerospace, HVAC, machines …): Salary range: Size of company: Anything else?: Questions I would like to ask a practicing engineer (three or more): 1. 2. 3. EXAMPLE (please delete this when sending to PA): My Name: Joe M. Engineer My FIG‐PA’s Name: Jane Smith This is the kind of job I think I may want: Proportion of desk to shop or field work: 80% office work, 20% shop work Amount of customer interaction: I would like to interact with the end user of the products and
Session 2202 Interactive Web-Based Training System at Tinker AFB: Environmental Engineering, and C-135 Aircraft Maintenance Instruction Chaturaporn Nisagornsen, Arun Arunachalam, Kurt Gramoll and Wen Hengzhong School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of OklahomaAbstractThis paper describes the incorporation of three-dimensional components with other mediaelements in the interactive web-based training projects for both military and civilian personnel atTinker Air Force Base. The projects include training material for both EnvironmentalEngineering and C-135
Session 1426 Knowledge Management Techniques in Experimental Projects Narayanan Komerath Professor, Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractKnowledge integration (KI) and knowledge management (KM) techniques are being recognizedas key to improved competitiveness in industry. These principles and techniques enableretention, sharing and systematic application of critical knowledge across geographic andtemporal expanses. Five case studies of the application of KI/KM techniques are described, inthe context of a
AC 2011-984: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING APPROACH TO FIRST RESPON-DER INTEROPERABILITYAdeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University Dr. Adeel Khalid is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering at Southern Polytechnic State Univer- sity (SPSU) in Marietta, Georgia USA. His expertise include Multidisciplinary design and optimization of Aerospace systems. He has worked as systems engineer at Avidyne Corporation. The company man- ufactures glass cockpits for general aviation aircraft. Dr. Khalid was involved in architecture definition, design and development of cockpit avionics. He is experienced in test case scripting, verification and val- idation of Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Multi-Functional Display (MFD
AC 2012-4380: ANALYSIS OF FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTESSAYS ON ENGINEERING INTERESTS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF DIF-FERENT CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATIONSDr. Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University Benjamin Mertz is currently a lecturer at Arizona State University, where he is a part of a team in charge of developing and improving the first-year engineering classes. Besides the Introduction to Engineering class, he also teaches aerospace and mechanical engineering classes at ASU. He received his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2010 and his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2005.Dr. Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College
, and control system security. He is a senior member of IEEE.Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Carmen obtained a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering degree as well as a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. Additionally, she obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Dr. Carmen has been a Lecturer in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) department at UAH since 2006. She primarily teaches MAE senior capstone design classes with a focus upon product realization. Several of her senior design teams have won national and international design competitions
Paper ID #44153Integrating Theory and Practice: A CFD Education ApproachDr. MEHMET Nasir SARIMURAT, Syracuse University Mehmet Nasir Sarimurat earned his Ph.D. from Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, USA, in 2008. He held positions as a Senior and Staff Engineer at United Technologies Carrier Corporation in East Syracuse, NY, USA, from 2007 to 2018. In 2018, he made the transition to the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Syracuse University. Currently, he serves as an Associate Teaching Professor and also holds the role of Undergraduate Program Director for Mechanical Engineering. His research is