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Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

) 6. Novak, G. M., Patterson, E. T., Gavrin, A. D., Christian, W., ‘Just in Time Teaching,’ American Journal of Physics, October 1999, Volume 67, Issue 10, pp. 937 7. Reichner, R., Bernold, L., Burniston, E., Dail, P., Felder, R., Gastineau, J., Gjertsen, M., Risley, J., ‘Case Study of the Physics Component of an Integrated Curriculum,’ Physics Education Journal, 67 (7), July 1999 8. Paulson,D.R.,. Faust,J.L. (2010), Active learning for the college classroom. Pre-College Science Education. Los Angeles: California State University. Retrieved: September 20, 2011. http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/ 9. Howell, K.C.(1996). Introducing cooperative learning into a dynamics lecture class. Journal of

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Mark Maughmer, Penn State University

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Aerospace

performance. Our intention is to initiate a dialogue on the dilemma ofdeclining achievement. BackgroundCoursesThe two courses focused on in this study have been in the aerospace engineering curriculum atPenn State University (PSU) for a number of years and offer fundamental content. One is arequired junior-level course, Introduction to Aeronautics, with a required prerequisite of the firstaerodynamics class and an aerospace analysis class. The other is a senior-level technicalelective, Theoretical Aerodynamics, and its prerequisite is the Introduction to Aeronauticscourse. The junior-level course introduces students to the basic concepts of aeronautics bycovering the estimation of the forces of flight and

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Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

that teams working on very large problems,across continents, are now commonplace. Large system integration tools have come into theworkplace. Conceptually, optimization can include even the “soft” aspects involving social andpolitical realities, that in fact take up a large part of project or system cost and time. Curricula inSystem Design are obvious avenues for pursuing the design of large systems. At present, theemphasis is on industrial training to use the large computer programs and databases thatcharacterize this discipline. In the curriculum, time may be better spent on the thought processes Page 13.452.5required. A valid observation

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Scott Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amy Pritchett, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

design process evolvesthroughout a student engineer’s educational experience.10,11 For example, senior engineering studentsgenerally have more breadth in how they approach design problems.13 When compared to expertdesigners, students spend less time on problem scoping and also gather less and less diverse informationto solve the design problem.11 Thus, there is a need for the creation of a model that helps scaffold noviceengineers’ design knowledge management and problem-solving strategies. Educational approaches toengineering design can be improved by integrating a coordination lens. This paper describes designknowledge coordination and validates this model using an authoritative model of aerospace engineeringdesign

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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

Georgia Tech has developedinto one of the world’s largest university resources for multidisciplinary system design studies.Learners working here range from freshmen to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, researchengineers and faculty. They work on a large number of problems from various government andindustry sponsors, and have organized themselves into an environment where team members atall levels can be integrated into teams. A range of analytical tools and standard operatingprocedures have been developed, that are available for use in courses. Thus we now have thefollowing formal resources as a starting point for the project: Page

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor J. Bennett, Texas A&M University; Kristin D. Nichols, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

should be theprimary goal of engineering educational institutions. An important and effective part ofengineering education is the design process. Many, if not all, engineering programs require asenior design project in which the students apply their undergraduate coursework to a discipline-specific design challenge. While senior-level design is the capstone of a student’s undergraduateeducation, the authors believe that design education should not be restricted to the final year.Instead it should be integrated throughout the curriculum and follow the development of thestudent. Additionally, effective implementation of design education should be unique to thecurrent technical level of the student. At the freshman level, design education should

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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

skillset by expanding the Aerospace Club has given me a new perspective on team productivity and planning. Forging hard skills with classes and projects has encouraged a respect for the right-way to do things, in the process greatly increasing my efficiency and capabilities.Dr. Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Michael C. Hatfield is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University; an M.S. in electrical engineering from California State University

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Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Suzanne Lessack, University of Michigan; Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Rebecca Wind, University of Michigan; William Woelk, University of Michigan; Theresa Biehle, University of Michigan; Laura Dionisio, Loyola Marymount University; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Nathaniel Gallaher, University of Michigan; Katie Thorne, Michigan Technological University; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan

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(ME 450) classSeveral students within S3FL designed and constructed the first prototype separation system aspart of a senior design class that fulfilled an academic course requirement in the College ofEngineering. Over the course of the semester, the mechanical engineering student team workedclosely with members of TSATT, the C-9 team, and faculty members to develop a plausibledesign.7 The ME 450 team worked with the S3FL Machining team to fabricate the design andwith the C-9 team for component and integrated systems testing. The end result was a workingprototype that satisfied the structural, material, and manufacturability constraints provided by thevarious teams.3.2.3 S3FL Machining teamTo maintain a close relationship with the S3FL

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Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Mullins, Texas Space Grant Consortium; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas at Austin

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Aerospace

working within the NASA community.The program requires that each team member earn academic credit toward graduation andaccommodates a variety of design sequences taught in institutions of higher learning across theState of Texas: one-semester design, two-semester design, and design and build programs.Team progress is driven by a series of required milestones, called “Levels” and “Option Areas.”By satisfying milestones, a team earns program funding increments to support their project. Theguidelines and rewards attached to each deliverable provide structure to the semester; andmotivation, instruction and funding to the team as projects grow and develop from a preliminaryidea-stage to an acceptable design solution. Peer reviews provided by graduate

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristoffer Borgen, Purdue University; William Theodore Weldon, Purdue University; Brian Kozak, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Tracy L. Yother, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Aerospace

aircraft.However, as the number of commercial sUAS increases, this requirement for detailedairworthiness assurance and component tracking may change. In order to familiarize students inan Unmanned Aerial Systems major with this possible change, a junior level course wasstructured around tracking sUAS in a way which mirrored certified aircraft. The course focusedon integration on an off the shelf autopilot into a four pound 3d printed quadcopter. Student ingroups of two were required to fly ten missions in outdoor, real world conditions. At the start ofclass, students within the class, created a course specific preflight checklist. Before each flight,there students were required to follow this checklist. Also, each component on the quadcopterhad its own

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Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Andrés Trucco; Martina Y. Trucco, Hewlett-Packard Labs

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Aerospace

models for both the NASA Langley Research Center and NASP related programs. In particular, Mr. Trucco has been involved in planning and designing a low speed premixed combustion test apparatus for NASA Lewis and premixed and diffusion type super- sonic combustion tests for NASA Langley, the design and manufacture of a laser diffuser model for NASA Ames and an x-ray scanner for computerized tomography for an industrial client, the design of a transonic wind tunnel for NASA Langley and the development of industrial burner concepts to improve combustion efficiency and reduce emission levels. He has also been responsible for an analytical study of bypass turbojet engines with supersonic fans for NASA Lewis, for design of

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Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Kuhlman, West Virginia University; G. Michael Palmer, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

less opportunity at WVU for the Aerospace Engineering (AE) majors togain experience working on an open-ended design project in a team environment. Forapproximately the past ten years, AE students have been able to elect to participate in theAIAA “Design, Build, Fly” RC controlled airplane competition and receive credit for one oftheir three required senior technical electives in the AE curriculum. Additionally, for the pastsix years, students can also now elect to participate in the WVU “Balloon Satellites” projectcourse, and can chose to count their course credit for this project as a senior technicalelective. Neither of these open-ended, hands on design projects can be used to fulfill thecapstone design course requirement at WVU; this course

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

will help guide thisoverview. Firstly, aerospace engineers are often engaged in the design of large scale complexengineered systems, and design involves an individual’s technical competency integrated into ateam of specialists and generalists. For example, a team of propulsion engineers in an enginecompany may coordinate and communicate with a team of propulsion integration engineers in anairframe company, and those integration engineers are simultaneously coordinating with aircraftperformance engineers and the flight test team. Secondly, because of complexity of the systemsand specialty of the engineer, an engineer’s experience is unique. For example, a propulsionengineer in a propulsion company may have a very different experience from a

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin

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Aerospace

institution where he introduced aspacecraft-mission design course in spring 1984. The early course was basically a clone of the Page 25.97.2USAFA design course with space-related topics. With USAFA approval, the instructor evenused the USAF “boilerplate documents” Request for Proposal (RFP). Beginning in fall 1984, theaerospace engineering curriculum was revised to allow the students to choose one of two sevensemester-credit-hour technical areas (atmospheric flight or space flight) as the culmination oftheir degree program. All students were require to take an aircraft flight dynamics course and abasic space flight dynamics (orbital mechanics) course

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Boyer, St. Louis University; Krishnaswamy Ravindra, St. Louis University; John George, St. Louis University; Kyle Mitchell, St. Louis University

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Aerospace

value by suspending the rocket by a long string and measuringthe period of torsional oscillations. It is noted here that while students are introduced to theconcept of center of mass, moment of inertia in calculus, physics and statics, simple exercisesmentioned above reinforce these fundamental concepts.Computer Aided Drawings:An integral part of this project is for students to produce the component and assembled drawingsusing CAD software. The intent here is two fold. This exercise keeps the students current ontheir CAD skills and provides an opportunity to export the CAD drawings into a professionalreport. A sample CAD drawing is shown in Figure 9 and Figure 10 below. Figure 9 Pro Engineer three-view of model rocket

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Brett Stone, Brigham Young University; Edward Red, Brigham Young University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Michael Wright; David E. French, The Boeing Company; Shigeo Hayashibara, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Carl Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology; John P. Sullivan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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tools help them.While the CorpU platform proved successful in many ways, it was not perfect. When presentedwith five possible upgrades, students overwhelmingly selected an integration of Google Driveinto the LMS as the most important upgrade. These results highlight the ongoing transformationof LMS’s; end users now expect Product Data Management (PDM) capability, which untilrecently was only used in high-end, sophisticated Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software.This is likely due to the rise of cloud computing and file sharing facilitated by Google Drive andother products like Dropbox. Students expect similar novel capabilities out of all technologicalplatforms, including their LMS. An initial analysis of the clickstream data reveals that

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Christopher Deline, University of Michigan; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Steven Sandoval, University of Michigan; Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Yang Li, University of Michigan; Richard Redick, University of Michigan; Julie Bellerose, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan; Bogdan Oaida, University of Michigan; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Nilton Renno, University of Michigan

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. Due to S3FL’s growth, the lab and its faculty advisors worked with the AOSSdepartment to obtain larger accommodations. Not only will the new lab space be able to meetcurrent S3FL administrative and lab needs, it will allow for additional workbenches to meetfuture demands. The upgraded facilities include an office area for administrative tasks andteleconferences, a dedicated file and web server, a soft-wall cleanroom for integration and testing Page 12.350.5of sensitive flight hardware, and a fume hood and ceiling vents for wet chemical work andsoldering. Each project housed in the new lab will eventually have a dedicated electronicsworkstation

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Space Side of Aerospace

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas W. Arrington, Texas A&M University; Nicolas Federico Hurst, Texas A&M 2015 Capstone Design Spacecraft; David B. Kanipe, Texas A&M University; Joanna M. Schiefelbein , Texas A&M University; David Charles Hyland, Texas A&M University

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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

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Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

. This will inspire students and help them comprehend and respond todiverse and fast changing knowledge and technologies in Aerospace domain. This initiative is in-line with the development of a new Aerospace engineering program at Southern PolytechnicState University. The research skills obtained by undergraduate students in their early educationcareers are an important learning experience. Special emphasis is put on design, practice,integration, and application of the scientific and technical knowledge learned from the classroomthrough various activities. The topic chosen for research is rather simple yet important tounderstand. It has real world applications. It provides analytical and experimental knowledge andskills to the students involved

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Aerospace Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hank D Voss, Taylor University; Jeff F Dailey; William A Bauson, Taylor University; Bill Chapman, Taylor University

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Aerospace

developed and calibrated Monte Carlo simulations of free-molecular aerodynamics to determine drag effects in ELEO orbits. An example of non-technicalinvolvement is business students who organized events to promote campus awareness of ELEO-Sat. Moreover, the senior capstone course involves local high school students consideringSTEM careers through outreach programming including participation in high altitude balloonprojects. Similarly, the project provides outreach opportunities to local elementary schools usingspace science curriculums developed by Taylor University elementary education majors.Working on projects like ELEO-Sat equips students from many disciplines with skills they needfor the future. Collaboration between non-capstone students

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Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Changho Nam, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Aerospace

22.481.3inexpensive and highly adaptable. These criteria led to the selection of the Paparazzi softwareand the Tiny 2.11 autopilot board, adapted from an off-the-shelf Wi-Fi network board. The Tiny2.11 Autopilot board uses a Philips LPC2148 ARM7 based microcontroller, which is a low-power 32-bit RISC processor. The chip has 512KB on-chip Flash ROM, 40KB RAM and can beclocked at 60MHz. The Tiny 2.11 board also has an integrated LEA-5H GPS receiver with a0.71 in × 0.16 in patch antenna.The Paparazzi Project2 is an open source endeavor created at ENAC, the National Civil AviationUniversity in Toulouse, France. One of the main advantages of the Paparazzi autopilot system isthat it is fully open source, which means that the software has been developed under a