Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Lee Jonathan, Boeing Company; Adam Bruckner, University of Washington

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Aerospace

work with Bill Boeingon the wind tunnel project, Millerresigned from the University in thesummer of 1917 to become ChiefEngineer at the newly renamed BoeingAirplane Company.6 Concurrent with this turn ofevents, the Mechanical Engineering Fig. 2 The Boeing Wind Tunnel at the University ofdepartment began a search for a new Washington (c.1918). Clairmont Egtvedt isfaculty member to implement and third from left. This facility is still in use butinstruct a complete aeronautics with a modern 3’x3’ wind tunnel inside.curriculum. This search led to thehiring of Frank McKone for the 1917-1918 academic year. The curriculum that McKoneorganized

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

. FieldView provides extensive visualization and analysis capabilities. Students learn the software quickly with very little instruction. The online manuals and tutorials are easy to follow. 4. Since the software is seamless and easy to use, students use it in other courses (such as capstone design) and for extracurricular activities (such as the AIAA Design/Build/Fly project). Figure 3. FieldView window upon completion of Overflow calculation.Despite its apparent success, the package does have certain disadvantages. These include: 1. The Overflow source code is ITAR restricted and thus not universally available. The package that was installed on student-accessible machines consisted only of the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Dawson Lewandoski

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Diversity

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Aerospace

results in recent DBF efforts,and the positive organizational impacts resulting from participation. It also highlights lessonslearned and future efforts to be tackled, including insights from the perspective of students leadingthe team.Motivation.The desire for educational programs within the field of aerospace engineering continues to bepopular, both due to the increasing availability of technology and stable 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

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

traditional engineering courses as part of their planof study, including thermodynamics and fluid mechanics [25]. Purdue University offered itsgraduates the opportunity to take the FAA Airframe and Powerplant Certification exam at theend of its four-year degree plan. Purdue was one of two schools to be both Part 147 certified aswell as ABET-ETAC accredited, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and technology is the other,and as such, offered its graduates courses covering advanced composite structure assembly andrepair as well as requiring a two-semester capstone project as part of its graduation criteria [25],[26].The final and most known group were the classical aeronautical engineers. The category wasincluded here for completeness of discussion, despite

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

Paper ID #8072A Case Study on Advancing Learning in An Upper-Level Engineering CourseDr. Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Dr. Narayanan Komerath is a professor of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Tech- nology, and director of the Experimental Aerodynamics and Concepts Group and the Micro Renewable Energy Systems Laboratory. He has over 300 publications, over 120 of them peer-reviewed. He holds three U.S. patents, and has guided fifteen Ph.D.s, more than 50 M.S.s and more than 160 undergraduate research special problem projects. He is a former chair of the Aerospace Division

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

location on the ambiguity spectrum.The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded a three-year project to study this importantintellectual development of students in a typical STEM curriculum. Cross-sectional andlongitudinal studies of STEM students as well as non-STEM students at a Historically BlackCollege are being conducted to measure the influence of the current curriculum in context of theconstructs of tolerance of ambiguity, intellectual mental models, and STEM identity.This work-in-progress paper shares some preliminary results of the baseline data that has beencollected during the first year of the NSF-funded project.MethodThe participants of this within-subject and between-group quasi-experimental study are studentsof a Historically

Conference Session

Topics Related to Assessments and Outcomes

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Maughmer, Pennsylvania State University; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

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Aerospace

creativeexpression. “Perhaps the most important feature of a creative act is that it comesfrom within ourselves, rather than being a routine response to something in theoutside world.” 5 Thus the type of drawing the engineering students are attemptingcan be taught with rudimentary drawing skills in order to help them to thinkvisually and communicate visual ideas. The Process The drawing exercises were generally undertaken during our capstone aircraftdesign course. This two-semester sequence is taken by seniors, who have thechoice of an aircraft or a spacecraft design sequence. Students are initially askedto sketch any aircraft of their choosing. This drawing provides a baseline for boththem and the professor. Next the

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Carrie Olsen, Mississippi State University; David Bridges, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

are developed. The curriculumstresses analytical and communication skills, with particular emphasis placed on engineeringdesign throughout the curriculum. A capstone design experience in the senior year provides theopportunity to integrate design, analytical, and problem solving skills along with communicationskills in a team environment which emulates aerospace engineering practice.The mission1 of this Aerospace Engineering Department is accomplished by the following Page 11.1118.2learning objectives:1. Provide a strong foundation in the fundamentals of mathematics, basic physical sciences, andengineering sciences.2. Develop analytical and

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University; Lorenzo Coley, Mississippi State University; Christopher Hamm, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

. The mission is accomplished by a strong foundation in mathematicsand physical and engineering sciences upon which student problem solving and application skills aredeveloped. The curriculum stresses analytical and communication skills, with particular emphasisplaced on engineering design throughout the curriculum. A capstone design experience in the senioryear provides the opportunity to integrate design, analytical, and problem solving skills along withcommunication skills in a team environment that emulates aerospace engineering practice.The mission is accomplished by the following educational objectives, which describe what ourgraduates are expected to be able to accomplish during the first several years following graduation.Our graduates

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Aerospace

by the individual, nor is it imposed from the outside, ‘it is constituted as an internal relation between them. There is only one world, but it is a world we experience, a world in which we live, a world that is ours’. The seminal research that developed phenomenography as a research methodology, forexample, investigated students’ understanding of velocity in a physics class[9]. Velocity was theconcept or “the thing”, but the researchers were actually interested in how students understoodvelocity, which is “the thing as it appeared”. It was the students’ understanding that was thephenomenon of research interest. In aerospace engineering, Subject Matter Experts are important assets to projects, andSMEs have deep

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

that theAero/Astro department has the most prerequisites in the University, but the four-yeargraduation rate is near the top and fewer students are dropping out. With the coming or ABET 2000, hands-on learning was reintroduced in manycourses. Combined with the integration of Junior Lab (now called Aerospace Lab), and Page 14.1218.9building, testing and flying hardware for their capstone design class, undergraduatestudents are getting the balance of the fundamentals, with the experience of working inteams. Georgia Institute of