Paper ID #14888A Fatigue Life Experiment for Aerospace Engineering UndergraduatesDr. David C. Fleming, Florida Institute of Technology David C. Fleming is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technol- ogy, in Melbourne, FL. He earned his S.B. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the Univer- sity of Maryland, College Park, in 1991 and 1995, respectively. His research is in the area of composite structures, including an emphasis on application to crashworthy structures. He
Paper ID #15412Problem-based Multidisciplinary Participation in Aerospace DesignMr. Wiaam Elkhatib, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Wiaam Y. Elkhatib is a biomedical engineering student and aspiring physician-engineer at Purdue Univer- sity, Indianapolis. Wiaam’s research with the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy quantitates photovoltaic efficacy in urban environments, while as an intern through the Indiana University School of Medicine, he evaluates the musculoskeletal effects of various chronic kidney disease interventions. An avid campus educator and leader, Wiaam serves as president of both
Paper ID #16331Integration of Modal Test Results of a Composite Wing into the IntroductoryAerospace Vibrations CourseDr. Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University Dr. Rani Warsi Sullivan is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State Univer- sity. Dr. Sullivan has teaching and research interests in the area of solid mechanics, aircraft materials and structures, and engineering education. Current research includes fiber optic strain sensing for development of an in-flight structural health monitoring system, characterization of the time-dependent deformation of polymer nanocomposites, and
pedagogical methodology was not sufficient inimmersing students in real life situations as it heavily relied on textbooks and lectures. We haveobserved that in the past five years, the student success - measured by the distribution of lettergrades received - is not increasing. Moreover, our Advisory Board Committee has brought to ourattention that the aerospace industry has significantly elevated expectations which extend wellbeyond technical skills, thanks to the fast paced growth in technology.Our college’s current efforts in transforming undergraduate learning experience, lack ofenthusiasm we were witnessing in our classrooms, and the growing demands of aerospace industrymotivated my colleague and myself to restructure our courses. In 2014, we
Paper ID #16166Background Factors Affecting Student Success in Aerospace Engineering: ASurvey of Sophomore and Senior StudentsMrs. Rachel Jannette McFalls-Brown, Mississippi State University Rachel is a second year masters student in Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University. She graduated from Mississippi State University with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering in May 2014. Her current research interests include K-12 STEM education, first-year engineering, gifted, K-12 - First year transition, and aerospace engineering success.Dr. Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University Dr. Jean Mohammadi
Paper ID #15561Capstone Design Project Experience: Lunar Ice Extraction DesignMr. Steven Anthony Zusack, Purdue University: Engineering and Technology Recent graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Currently working as an Intern at NASA Johnson Space Planning to enter graduate school in the Fall of 2016 for a master’s in Aero/Astro Engineering at Purdue University. Aspirations of pursuing PhD in the field of Aerospace Engineering with a focus on aerospace systems.Miss Raveena Patil, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Recent graduate with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and will pursue
Paper ID #16714Concept of a Human-Attended Lunar OutpostMr. Thomas W. Arrington, Texas A&M University Thomas Arrington worked as the student Project Manager for the Human Attended Lunar Outpost senior design project for the the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station. He has interned with Boeing Research and Technology three times, and was an active member of the Texas A&M University Sounding Rocketry Team.Mr. Nicolas Federico Hurst, Texas A&M 2015 Capstone Design Spacecraft Nico Hurst is a student of Texas A&M University. He recently graduated from the Aerospace
Paper ID #16431Creating and Validating a Model to Support Aerospace Engineering Stu-dents’ Coordination of Knowledge about a DesignMs. Elizabeth Scott Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology Elizabeth ”Scottie-Beth” Fleming is an Aerospace Engineering PhD candidate and NSF GRFP Fellow in the Cognitive Engineering Center (CEC) at Georgia Tech. She graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering. Her research within the CEC examines interdisciplinary teams within the engineering design process, training approaches for aircraft pilots, and human interaction with technology.Dr. Amy Pritchett, Georgia
Paper ID #16640Cyber-Security, Aerospace, and Secure Satellite Communications - Evolvingour ApproachMr. Jonathan Michael MercadoDr. Dale C Rowe, Brigham Young University Dr. Rowe has worked for nearly two decades in security and network architecture with a variety of in- dustries in international companies. He has provided secure enterprise architecture on both military and commercial satellite communications systems. He has also advised and trained both national and interna- tional governments on cyber-security. Since joining Brigham Young University in 2010, he has designed a variety of courses on Information Assurance
the theory of computing program at the National Science Foundation from 1990 to 1991. He earned the Ph.D. at M.I.T. in 1980. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Effectiveness of Weekly Supervised Homework Sessions in an Aerospace Structural Mechanics CourseAbstractAAE 35200 is an aerospace structural mechanics course for third-year students majoring inAeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University. In AAE 35200, students weregiven the opportunity to attend weekly optional one-hour supervised homework sessionsinstructed by a graduate teaching assistant (TA) during the Fall 2015 semester. The contents ofthe supervised homework session included the
Paper ID #16740Teaching Engineering Through the use of a Student UAS CompetitionMr. Calvin Russell Walker, Mississippi State University Mr. Calvin R. Walker (Instructor, MSU) received his B.S. from Mississippi State University in 1988 and M.S. in 2006 both in Aerospace Engineering. He went on to work in C-17 Flight Test at McDonnell Douglas in the early 90s and later in the research, development, test and evaluation of a composite quasi- constant speed propeller and composite aircraft trainer at Global Aircraft. At Raspet, he oversaw the fabrication of composite molds for Bell Helicopter’s Eagle Eye UAV and the
, Fairbanks, Upward Bound John Monahan is currently the Director of University of Alaska Fairbanks, Upward Bound and Princi- pal Investigator of the National Science Foundations EPSCoR Track 3 ”Modern Blanket Toss” project investigating the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in K12 classrooms.Mr. Samuel VanderwaalCarl H FranceLogan Walker Graves, UAF c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 UAS Systems Engineering Design Process in Active LearningAbstractUnmanned aircraft systems (UAS) offer a fresh opportunity to teach students the systems engineeringdesign process (SEDP) and basic principles of aerospace engineering. The widespread popularity ofUAS, the explosion of affordable and
themes using theQualrus software program, it seems that students not only understood what "failure" meant in thecontext of the aerospace environment, but they also enjoyed failing with their team members.This enjoyment of "failure" was frequently cited by students as being extremely important tothem. One possible reason is that collaboration with group members and hands-off teacherscaffolding provided the basis for a positive outlook on failure. The students appear to bemotivated by the spirit of the program, as represented by the dynamic interactions amongteachers, peers, and even practicing engineers. This motivation is central to students usinglearning strategies and social relationships to keep trying to find solutions, even when things
Paper ID #17304Low Cost Satellite Attitude Hardware Test BedMr. Austin B. Probe, Texas A&M Aerospace Engineering Austin Probe is a third year Ph.D. student at the Land, Air, and Space Robotics Lab at Texas A&M University under the advisorship of Dr. John L. Junkins. He acts a senior member of the LASR Lab mentoring the newer graduate and undergraduate students and volunteers supporting a local high school robotics club. He obtained both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Texas A&M in 2011 and 2013 respectively. His interests include robotics, autonomous systems, computational vision, space proximity
post-project follow-up on perceptions and career choices.This approach may find interest among professors with limited funds who seek to develop solidpreliminary data to make grant applications more competitive.I. IntroductionAerospace research can be expensive and may require specialized facilities. Faculty just gettingstarted in settings without extensive hardware may need to bootstrap their research activities bydeveloping preliminary research. Presented herein is a team project, based on aerospace studygroups on space solar power and space colonization in the 1970s and 1980s, to address complexspace systems. The team of undergraduate students worked pro bono during the summer breakfrom college. Results were published in a paper at a major
Paper ID #14755Phenomenography: A Qualitative Research Method to Inform and Improvethe Traditional Aerospace Engineering DisciplineDr. Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette Antonette T. Cummings earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She earned her Bachelors and Masters in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She functioned as an aerodynamicist for military and civilian tiltrotors at Bell Helicopter for seven years, earning airplane and helicopter private pilot ratings. She has a Professional Engineer license in Texas in Thermal/Fluid Systems.Dr
Paper ID #14782Preparing Aerospace Engineering Students for Career in UAV TechnologiesDr. Subodh Bhandari, Cal Poly Pomona Dr. Bhandari is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. He received his PhD from University of Kansas in 2007. His expertise is in the area of Aircraft Dynamics and Con- trol and Unmanned Systems. He has been actively involved in training a future generation of engineers in the area of unmanned vehicles system. His current research emphasis is on increased autonomy of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAV-unmanned ground vehicle collaboration, robust and intelligent
Paper ID #15488Promoting K-12 Aerospace Education via Wind Tunnels Developed throughan International Capstone Design PartnershipDr. Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama - 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. While at Ga. Tech she worked with Dr. Warren Strahle, researching solid propellants. She obtained a Doctor of Philos- ophy in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) with a focus upon turbulent combustion modeling. Dr
Paper ID #16666Predictive Data Analytic Approaches for Characterizing Design Behaviors inDesign-Build-Fly Aerospace and Aeronautical Capstone Design CoursesDr. Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University - West Lafayette Dr. Krishna Madhavan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity. He is Co-PI and Education Director of the NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology (nanoHUB.org which serves over 330,000 global researchers and learners annually). Dr. Madhavan was the Chair of the IEEE/ACM Supercomputing Education Program 2006. In January 2008, he was awarded the US National
Paper ID #15726First-year Project Experience in Aerospace: Apogee Determination of ModelRockets with Explicit Consideration of Drag Effect ¨Dr. Huseyin Sarper, Old Dominion University H¨useyin Sarper, Ph.D., P.E. is a senior lecturer in the Engineering Fundamentals Division at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a professor of engineering and director of the graduate programs at Colorado State University – Pueblo in Pueblo, Col. until 2014. He was also an associate director of Colorado’s NASA Space Grant Consortium between 2007 and 2013. His degrees, all in industrial engineering, are from the
Paper ID #16713System Engineering Education for All Engineers - A Capstone Design Ap-proachDr. Armand Joseph Chaput, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics University ofTexas at Austin Dr. Armand J. Chaput is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin and Director of the Air System Laboratory. He teaches Aircraft Design with a focus on Systems Engineering and Unmanned Air Systems (UAS). Dr. Chaput is a retired Senior Technical Fellow - Air System Design and Integration from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company where he
2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference Developing Meaningful Input for Continuous Improvement in Undergraduate Engineering Education Thomas Fronk and Robert Spall Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Utah State UniversityAbstractThe continuous improvement process requires relevant feedback from well-informed participantswho share the same goals espoused by the educational institution. A variety of perspectives fromstudents, alumni, industries and faculty are necessary to ensure that educational improvementsare effective. The methods for collecting continuous improvement data from
an alternative navigation specialist on the SUSTAIN team.Lt. KelseyLee Hunter Schafer, Air Force Research Laboratory KelseyLee H. Schafer, 1st Lieutenant USAF received her bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Cincinnati, (Cincinnati, OH) and serves as a program manager and research engineer in the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Vehicles Directorate. She is currently pursuing her masters degree in Mechanical Engineering at University of Cincinnati.Dr. Eric T. Vinande, Air Force Research LaboratoryDr. John P McIntire, US Air Force Research Laboratory John McIntire is an Engineering Research Psychologist at the US Air Force Research Laboratory, at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA. He
Chemical & Materials Civil & Environmental Electrical & Computer Industrial & Systems Mechanical & Aerospace UAH’s Space Hardware Club Freshmen One Month Project Shankar Mahalingam March 30, 2016 2016 Engineering Deans Institute, San Francisco, CAChemical & Materials Civil & Environmental Electrical & Computer Industrial & Systems Mechanical & AerospaceWhat is Space Hardware Club?SHC is a student ledorganization that designs,builds, tests, and flies highaltitude balloons, satellites, highpowered rocketry, and more.• 120+ members• 10 different
first cohort of S-STEM students has been recruited from twodepartments at Utah State University: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and Civiland Environment Engineering (CEE).This presentation describes the project objectives, multi-disciplinary collaboration to promoteundergraduate engineering education, and major educational activities that have been particularlydesigned for this project. Particular emphasis of this presentation is given to the description of aproblem-based learning approach that has been implemented in the curriculum since the start ofthe project. In problem-based learning, students work in teams and learn about an engineeringsubject in the context of multifaceted and realistic problems. This presentation
current research interests include ceramics sintering, high-temperature and high-pressure manufacturing, fabrication and simulation of porous materials.Mr. Jiamin Wang, University of Missouri - Columbia Jiamin Wang is a MS Graduate Student majored in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at University of Missouri - Columbia. Before that, he achieved his Undergraduate Degree at East China University of Sci & Tech. Jiamin’s research area of interest includes Mechanical Design, Automation and Mechatronics. His Undergraduate Capstone UAV Design is one of the 3 Case Examples mentioned in this paper.Prof. Yuyi Lin P.E., University of Missouri Dr. Yuyi Lin is a registered Professional Engineer. He has been teaching
career readiness andretention in full time roles are addressed by providing students with work experiences thatinclude challenging technical assignments, engineering mentors, and responsibilities that mimicwhat one would expect in an engineering full-time position. Although some existing partnershipsprovide similar experiences, we offer professional socialization as a framework to consider theimpact experiences have on career readiness and retention outcomes throughout a partnership’slife cycle.In this paper, we describe how an existing partnership model, the Academic to IndustryDevelopmental Program (AIDP), informs professional socialization in the aerospace industry.We first expand our discussion of professional socialization as it relates to
Paper ID #15191Capstone Advisor Valuation of a Multidisciplinary Capstone ProgramDr. Krista Kecskemety, Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2006 and received her M.S. from Ohio State in 2007. In 2012, Krista completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. Her engineering education research interests include investigating first-year engineering student experiences, faculty experiences, and the connection between the two.Mr. Bob