Conference Session

STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Jannette McFalls-Brown, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Danielle Grimes, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

students.By immersing students in the culture and community of engineering and having them developfirst a belonging in the local community of their departments, then the greater communities,including the community of engineers all over the world.7Engineering identity has been a difficult thing for researchers to define and measure, thoughseveral researchers have tried. The development of a student’s engineering identity is oftenassessed through self-efficacy theories6, and many researchers assume that if a student has a highself-efficacy for engineering, then they have developed their identity as an engineer.Unfortunately, identity is much more complex than just self-efficacy6.Researchers have also examined background characteristics such as students

Conference Session

Aerospace Design and Manufacturing (Student Papers)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Braden K. Oh, Olin College of Engineering; Justin Haruaki Kunimune, Olin College of Engineering; Jonah Spicher, Olin College of Engineering; Lauren Anfenson, Olin College of Engineering; Rebecca Christianson, Draper Labs

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Aerospace

, current Sketch Model Fellow with the Massachusetts Museum of American Bird Art.Dr. Rebecca Christianson, Draper Labs American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Undergraduate Demonstration of a Hall Effect Thruster: Self Directed Learning in an Advanced Project ContextAbstractHere we demonstrate a self-directed project for undergraduate students that uses the design of aHall effect thruster (HET) as a way to introduce fundamental physics concepts in lieu oftraditional coursework. HET is a type of electric propulsion engine that uses orthogonal magneticand electric fields to create a plasma that ionizes a propellant, which is then accelerated by

Conference Session

Teaching Methodology & Assessment 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zachary Nolan Sunberg, University of Colorado Boulder; Kathryn Anne Wingate, University of Colorado Boulder; Lara Buri, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Aerospace

goal to increase teaching of design in engineering curricula. Thecurriculum must have documented student outcomes following the ABET A-K criteria, whichincludes the identification and formulation of open-ended, complex problems, development ofcreativity to solve these problems, the ability to apply the engineering design process to producesolutions to meet needs of society, the ability to communicate ideas and designs to a wide rangeof audiences, and the ability of students to effectively work in a team environment [1]. Seniordesign courses are often designed to draw upon previous coursework in the relevant discipline aswell as provide a realistic experience that draws parallels to design problems in industry. Team-oriented projects help