Conference Session

Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Aerospace

education with the programs on hand. This includesexperience with UAS vehicle design, construction, and flight experience, as well as team dynamicsand exposure to the SEDP.Motivation.The desire for educational programs within the field of aerospace engineering continues to bepopular. This is both due to the increasing availability of technology and job opportunities withinthe aerospace engineering career field. According to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of LaborStatistics (April 2018), “Employment of aerospace engineers is projected to grow 6 percent from2016 to 2026, about as fast as the average for all occupations.” Rationale for this growth isattributed to several factors, including the increased use of cubesats, aircraft

Conference Session

Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valana L. Wells, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Praveen Shankar, Arizona State University; Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University

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Aerospace

the University of Texas at Austin, in 1998. She served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama from 1998 to 2002, when she moved to Arizona State University. In 2008 she was promoted by ASU to Associate Professor. Dr. Husman has been a guest editor of Educational Psychology Review, has served on editorial board for top educational research journals, and currently sits on the editorial board of Learning and Instruction. In 2006 she was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER grant award and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. She has conducted and advised on educational research projects and grants in both the public and private sectors, and served as

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Forsgren, NASA Headquarters; Lauren Miller, NASA Headquarters

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Aerospace

NASA lessons learned. Mr. Forsgren began his career at Cleveland’s NASA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn) in 1983 as an apprentice mechanic. After attending evening classes and gaining years of experience, he was promoted to a project manager role. Success in this position led to a move to NASA Headquarters in 2005 to become the deputy director of NASA APPEL under Dr. Ed Hoffman. Mr. Forsgren holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from Georgetown University, and a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, both from Cleveland State University. His contributions have been recognized by the Agency, having

Conference Session

Learning in a Socially-Distanced Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Aerospace

, the experience becomes an extended interview, from the companyperspective, where they are able to gain more insight into a potential hire than can be gleaned froma resume or typical short on-campus interview. The approach also has the benefit of still allowingthe partner company to potentially directly contact a student of interest for a formal interview thatcan lead to a full-time internship, co-op experience, or a full-time position upon degree completion.The target audience for this course is primarily students in their sophomore year of engineeringand beyond due to the baseline technical experience that the students have achieved at that pointin their academic career having experienced at least one year of college and completing at

Conference Session

Hands-on Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - II - Student Papers

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy L. Yother, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Cooper G. Burleson, Purdue University; James M. Thom, Purdue University; Brian Kozak, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Aerospace

Paper ID #27698The Search for the Commercial Space Technologist: A Comparison of Avia-tion and Commercial Space-related Postsecondary ProgramsMs. Tracy L. Yother, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Tracy L. Yother is an instructor in Aeronautical Engineering Technology and a PhD candidate in Career and Technical Education in the College of Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Ms. Yother currently teaches the undergraduate Powerplant Systems and Design Supportability courses in the Aeronautical Engineering Technology (AET) program. She possesses a B.S. and M.S. in Aviation Technology. She also holds an

Conference Session

Teaching Topics in Aircraft Manufacturing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University; Ronald Sterkenburg, Purdue University

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Aerospace

acquire knowledge before they start working, but to find a job they have to have someexperience? It certainly looks like a “Catch-22”.If someone is dreaming about becoming an aviation maintenance professional, the AviationTechnology Department at Purdue University has an answer. It offers an Aircraft ManufacturingProcesses course (AT 308), which is organized as an independent business venture and simulatesa real world manufacturing experience for students. During this course students are assignedtasks and job positions they will encounter during their professional career. The students spent aconsiderable amount of time in the classroom learning theory about heat treatment, loads, strains

Conference Session

Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alok K. Verma, Old Dominion University

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Aerospace

todemonstrate students the link between the scientific principles and their engineering applications.The course is team taught by faculty from various engineering and technology disciplines toprovide students experience related to multiple fields to help them identify their career discipline.Students work in groups to build devices and test them. Student evaluations indicate a marked increase in learning and comprehension ofscientific principles and engineering concepts. The paper will discuss the design anddevelopment effort that have gone into creating the PBL kits that were developed related toMarine and Maritime industry. It will also discuss implementation within the course and resultsfrom pre and post surveys from students.1. Research on

Conference Session

UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Calvin Russell Walker, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

electronics into theirair vehicle, writing test plans to evaluate system components, and conducting ground and flighttests for the system.1 Background In January 2003, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle System International (AUVSI)established the student unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) competition “aimed at stimulating andfostering interest in this innovative technology and encouraging careers in the field, thecompetition challenges the students to design, fabricate, and demonstrate a system capable ofcompleting a specific and independent aerial operation.”1 The Seafarer Chapter of AUVSI hoststhe annual competition during June at Webster Naval Outlying Field (Webster Field) in St. Inigoes,MD. Webster Field is an auxiliary field of Naval

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Santa Cruz, Texas A&M University; Dimitris C. Lagoudas P.E., Texas A&M University; Darren John Hartl, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

per the actuation fatigue behavior of SMAs shown in Fig. 1.The following sections present the various activities and the research work undertaken by theundergraduate student. The research work includes the specimen preparation, experimentalsetup, in-situ method development, results and discussion, and work in progress. Finally, thesummer research program is assessed and its implications on future academic and career plans. Page 23.725.4 Actuation Strain (A) (B)Fig. 1. SMA Actuation (A) Representative strain vs. temperature plot for an SMA correspondingto a complete

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B Kanipe, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

holding successively responsible positions, he was selected as chief of the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division in the Engineering Directorate at the Johnson Space Center in January 2001 and served in that position until retirement on December 31, 2010. A month after his arrival at NASA, the last Apollo mission, Apollo 17, was launched. Obviously, that was exciting, but in terms of his career, the commencement of the Space Shuttle Program in November 1972 was to have far more impact. As a result, Kanipe was able to begin his career working on what he says was the most interesting and exciting project he could possibly imagine: the Space Shuttle. Kanipe moved into management in May 1990 when he became the Deputy

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin Alexander Peraza Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Kaushik Das, Texas A&M University, College Station; Dimitris C. Lagoudas P.E., Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

, energy dispersive spectroscopes, and nano-indenters, andcomputational software such as ABAQUS finite element analysis (FEA) simulation software.During the course of this project, a number of seminars focusing on research-based careers andgraduate school opportunities were presented by leading faculties of the university.The goal of the research work undertaken by the undergraduate student was to characterize themechanical properties of Sn and shape memory alloy indium-thallium (InTl) nanowiresembedded into cylindrical pores arranged along the thickness direction of anodic aluminumoxide (AAO) films. A broad range of nanotechnology applications requires one-dimensionalnanostructures such as nanowires. Before any feasible application, the

Conference Session

Teaching Methodology & Assessment 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Mary E. Johnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Aerospace

, logistics, engineering technologyIntroductionThe use of standards in the aerospace industry is widespread. Standards are used for wideranging purposes such as heat treatment of forgings or glass cleaner. Standards are also used forprocesses such as reliability tasks, including a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA). AFMEA is used throughout the product design schedule and is a tool, that if effectively employedprovides great reward to the design by reducing failures and decreasing life cycle costs.Just as engineering technology students in preparation for a career in aerospace should learn howto use other tools like an ohm meters, torque wrenches, and CAD programs, they should alsounderstand how to use process tools. Many aeronautical

Conference Session

Aerospace Hot Topic: Unmanned Aerial Systems

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Hudson, Western Michigan University; Kristina Lemmer, Western Michigan University

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Aerospace

work. We find that student team members are most interested in building their technicalskills and improving their career prospects; team management strategies that address theseobjectives are most effective in keeping students engaged.Background: Small Satellite ProgramsSmall satellites are generally classified as satellites under 500 kg. CubeSats – satellites built in aform factor of one or more 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm cubes [1] – are a common type of smallsatellite. Some university programs focus specifically on CubeSat design, while other programsaddress a broader range of small spacecraft. Many university small satellite teams also pursueother high-altitude vehicle projects, such as payload design for suborbital rocket tests and high

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven H. Collicott, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

author’s teaching activities in which anexisting design-build-test class focusing on zero-gravity flight experiments is adapted to provideundergraduate student designed and built payloads for launching in the commercial sub-orbitalindustry. This class enables spending, fund-raising, faculty time commitments, and studentparticipation. Payloads launched to date on test flights of these rockets are described along withlessons learned for student payload design and flight. Payloads under development and the classstructure which enables this work are also described. Feedback on the in-class experiences aregathered from recent alums and will be shared and discussed.Any engineering professor who persists in this career for a number of years has observed

Conference Session

Aerospace Student Projects, Engineering Design and Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Levi Purdy, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Michael Radotich; Brian C. Holst, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Diversity

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Aerospace

theiracademic careers is limited to personal projects and small in-class endeavors. Oftentimes, because ofstrict course prerequisites and limited offerings, students must wait until their senior year to participatein meaningful design experiences and apply their knowledge and skills. This combination can severelyhamper or prevent some students from participating at all. Design teams can provide opportunities tobreak down these barriers for many students, enabling them to participate earlier or more broadly intheir academic careers than may have been possible otherwise.The AIAA DBF Competition provides students with an opportunity to solve problems that they likelywouldn’t encounter in any other context, and in the process gain valuable experience

Conference Session

Laboratory Courses and Programming in the Aerospace Curriculum

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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Aerospace

schemes. Lugmayr also asserts that acreative laboratory requires the support from university, and the administration with providingresources. It also requires personal commitment, motivation and risk taking. The AERO lab housesseveral computers and provide specialized disciplinary software. Some of these are also availableto students remotely. Lee and Mehta [3] discuss the method for establishing a remote lab in whichstudents learn how to develop and deploy computer based applications that connect to databaseservers. The AERO lab provides opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in researchearly in their academic careers. Bedell and Bedell [4] argue that engaging students in research is auniquely rewarding experience for undergraduates

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Christopher Cotting, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Durham, Virginia Tech

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Aerospace

and test pilot for a 22 year career including completing a MS at the Naval Post-Graduate School and spending three years as an Operations Officer at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Upon retiring from the US Navy he returned to graduate school to complete a PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech where he then joined the faculty as an Assistant/Associate Professor for 15 years. Presently an Emeritus faculty member, Dr. Durham's military and academic credentials are perfectly suited for educating and mentoring aspiring flight test pilots and engineers as well as educators who wish to teach flight test

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

context of theaerospace engineering program at GIT.Aerospace engineering requires depth of understanding. Engineering recruitment in industry andgovernment is usually based on perceived depth. Engineering curricula are designed on thereasoning that a firm foundation in basic disciplines gives the graduate a lifetime to gain breadth.Universities also try hard to “teach students to work in teams”, build breadth into the curriculumand retain the interest of learners in STEM (science/ technology/engineering/mathematics)careers, without compromising on depth or rigor of specialized learning or increasing time to 1graduation. Beyond preparatory first year courses, a course

Conference Session

UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; John Monahan, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Upward Bound; Samuel Vanderwaal; Carl H France; Logan Walker Graves, UAF

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Diversity

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Aerospace

MS students. Supported by ACUASI and UAF educational programs, theUB program helps low-income, prospective first-generation college students in rural Alaskan schoolsby promoting interest in STEM career fields. The project is named “Modern Blanket Toss” after theNative tradition of the blanket toss, which enabled people to be lofted into the air and expand theirrange of observation beyond the immediate surroundings. The program addresses an identified need forSTEM initiatives in rural Alaska through the use of an innovative structure and a novel learning toolthat is replicable and scalable to other high schools.The MBT program is currently in year 2 of a 3-year effort, serving over 50 students from 6 differentvillages. UAS designed by the

Conference Session

Student Success, Learning Strategies, and Retention in the Aerospace Industry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Aerospace

] as professional identity to be the “relatively stable andenduring constellation of attributes, values, motives, and experiences in terms of which peopledefine themselves in a professional role”. The adaptability and mutability of professional identityearly in one’s career has been alluded to by Ibarra [10]. External validation by other professionalsin the field is an important element of professional identity [12, page 68]. Carlone and Johnson[13] noted competence, performance and recognition as dimensions of professional identity.Professional identity development has been studied in context of various professions such asmedicine [14], health care [15], pharmacy [16], and higher education [8, 9]. There is a reasonablebody of literature that

Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

provide guidance on curriculum design for initiative, cross- disciplinary learning, skill-sets and career choices.6. There is no shortage of grand dreams for AEs to pursue.7. The knowledge base of aerospace engineering is relevant to developing concepts, seemingly Page 13.452.9 far outside the aerospace realm. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright ©2008 by the American Society of Engineering Education. AcknowledgementsThe author gratefully acknowledges the support through the NASA Institute of

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Aerospace

knowledge and skills, autonomy of judgment, andresponsibility and commitment of the profession” [11, p. 11] as cited by [12]. Ibarra [13] hassummed up the definition of Schein [14] as professional identity to be the “relatively stable andenduring constellation of attributes, values, motives, and experiences in terms of which peopledefine themselves in a professional role”. Ibarra also stated that professional identity is “moreadaptable and mutable early in one’s career”. It is not only what one wants to be, but also thatpeers, supervisors and subordinates must validate this identity [15, p.68]. Competence,performance and recognition as dimensions of identity have been reported by Carlone and Johnson[16].One important dimension of STEM identity is

Conference Session

Student Success, Learning Strategies, and Retention in the Aerospace Industry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Aerospace

Struggling StudentsAbstractThis research was undertaken at the author’s previous institution, which has a special status inAerospace Engineering and shoulders the responsibility of graduating the most AfricanAmericans in Aerospace Engineering at an institution. Due to its established credibility, theuniversity recruit aspirants from across the nation but particularly so from in and around its state.Quite often, the aspirants seeking a career in Aerospace Engineering are under prepared asfreshman and it carries over even when they transition to becoming juniors and seniors. Tomaximize the chances of graduation for these underprepared students, several courses arerepeated in the same year. To facilitate revision of the material presented in class, the

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S. Keshmiri, University of Kansas; Aaron Blevins, University of Kansas; A Ram Kim, University of Kansas

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Aerospace

, innovative problem-solving skills, team-based leadership,communication skills, and knowledge of post-graduation options that prepare them for graduateschool and professional careers in STEM fields. Out of the nineteen students whose papers wereaccepted, presented, and published in the AIAA conferences, twelve pursued graduate degrees(63%), of which seven pursued PhD degrees (37%) and five pursued Master’s degree (26%).In order to develop a data-driven best-practice model, starting in the Fall 2018 semester, studentdemographic data will be collected by the educational assessment staff from the KU TeachingExcellent to track participation, retention, and graduation of under-represented student groupswithin STEM fields, and compare the institutional

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah Stroud; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Aerospace

torequirements while applying their aero intuition to an unconventional aerospace problem.Feedback from students showed promise of changing the perception that careers for aerospaceengineers are limited to traditional areas.Camp BackgroundFor seven years, the aerospace engineering department at Texas A&M University has held aweek-long summer camp for students entering their junior and senior year of high school. Withan intent for students to explore the major and learn more about aerospace engineering, the camphas trained almost 400 participants. The use of a selection protocol as well as an impartial reviewprocess has provided a straightforward means of attaining the objective of impartial selection forcamp participants. Even with blind review of

Conference Session

UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Aerospace

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

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy; Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Aerospace

. She also teaches courses in engineering and orbital mechanics. Page 12.509.1 Lynnane George earned her commission in the Air Force from ROTC at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1988 with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and MSME from Ga Tech in 1989. She began her Air Force career in the Defense Satellite Communication Program Office at© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Los Angeles AFB, California where she served in the Mechanical Engineering Branch. She was then selected for a one-year Education with Industry program with the Aerospace Corporation

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Miller, University of Oklahoma; Yunjun Xu, University of Oklahoma

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Aerospace

gives students a dedicated project where they canrefresh their skills of using different design tools such as Pro-E, Matlab, and AN-SYS which is critical for aerospace related career. Because of the nature, size and Page 12.1468.14scope of the project, student enthusiasm for working on it is much higher than onother paper projects. Specifically, mimicking professional team arrangement andpeer competition in the SLS project gives students a reality feeling.Up to this point, there is no enough information to draw a conclusion on how SLSproject affect students learning. But just as an example, the following items haveobtained a high ranking as compared with

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Kanipe, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

, but in terms of his career, the almost simultaneous commencement of the Space Shuttle Program in Nov. 1972 was to have far more impact. As a result, Kanipe was able to begin his career working on what he says was the most interesting project he could possibly imagine: the Space Shuttle. Kanipe became the Deputy Branch Chief of the Aerodynamics Branch in May 1990, and in March 1996 was appointed as Chief of the GN&C Analysis and Design Branch. Subsequently, he became the Deputy Chief of the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division in Dec. 1998 and was selected as Chief of the Aeroscience and Flight Me- chanics Division in the Engineering Directorate at the Johnson Space Center in Jan. 2001. Subsequently

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

capstone courses, this paper focuses on theuse of PFMEA in capstone design, build, test and implement projects.Constraints on time and resources are a reality for student projects. These constraints helpprepare students for projects in their future careers. Using the PFMEA standard, students mayconcentrate improvement efforts on the high priority process steps. By considering processimprovements that also include risk elimination or mitigation actions, the students improve theprocess performance and safety. Through this process, students have a greater understanding ofprocess improvement techniques that lead to measureable improvements, and a greaterunderstanding of the importance of using standards. This paper introduces PFMEA, presents thePFMEA