Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelia Greig, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Alex Powaser, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Douglas Howe, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Will Alan McGehee, California Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

Education, 2019 Disparate Electrospray Systems for Undergraduate and Graduate EducationAbstractElectrospray thrusters are low thrust, high efficiency devices that use electrostatic fields toaccelerate droplets of non-volatile liquid propellants. With numerous applications in precisionattitude control and propulsion of small satellite platforms, electrospray systems are gainingprevalence in the field of electrostatic propulsion. These thrusters present unique educationalopportunities to expose students to comparatively novel technologies in a laboratory setting,requiring only modest university resources and development time.In support of its “Learn by Doing” pedagogical philosophy, the Aerospace

Conference Session

STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hansel Burley, Texas Tech University; Terrance Denard Youngblood, Texas Tech University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University; Casey Michael Williams, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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students “to see beyond the fire and smoke” and use data todirect effort. These teachers represent about 50 high schools in this Southern state. They aretaught to use Socratic teaching methods, with a focus on formulating good questions that leadstudents to discovery across a range of topics that include those from aeronautics, electricalengineering, and fluid dynamics to those in algebra and calculus. Program staff also collectsmany anecdotes of program alumni being directly recruited by postsecondary engineering 2departments. Additionally, the program now has alumni who have done well and work forSpaceX, NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. How

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Keith W Cunningham; Samuel Vanderwaal; Eyal Saiet, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Diversity

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Aerospace

Professor, Electrical/Computer Engineering, UAF Earth & Planetary Remote Sensing, UAF Geophys- ical Institute Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration 2009-2012: Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate 2006-2009: Deputy Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research 1999-2003: Deputy Head, USAF Academy De- partment of Astronautics 1992-1996: Assistant Professor, USAFA Department of Astronautics 3. PUB- LICATIONS 1. Cunningham, K., M. C. Hatfield, and R. Philemonoff, Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Alaskan Civil Research, 2014 Arctic Technology Conference, 2014 2. Hatfield, M. C., and J. G. Hawkins, Design of an Electronically

Conference Session

UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subodh Bhandari, Cal Poly Pomona

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Aerospace

professional conferences3,4,5,10,11,14. This isalso evidenced by a number of Aerospace Engineering majors getting employment for theindustry careers that have traditionally required Computer Science or Electrical & ElectronicsEngineering graduates such as in Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Unmanned Systems Division ofNorthrop Grumman Corporation, etc.Increased emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary learning, and students are highly encouraged tolearn other disciplines as the companies involved in UAV technologies are increasingly lookingfor graduates with knowledge and skills in multiple disciplines.C. Improved Written and Oral Communication SkillsThese projects have been helpful in improving the students’ written and oral communicationskills. As the

Conference Session

Flight and Control Simulators for Virtual Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

A. Ram Kim, Iowa State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Matthew Erik Nelson, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Aerospace

. 2004 2004, pp. 147-150, doi: 10.1109/IPCC.2004.1375289.[14] I. Galván-Sánchez, D. Verano-Tacoronte, S. M. González-Betancor, M. Fernández- Monroy, and A. Bolívar-Cruz, "Assessing oral presentation skills in Electrical Engineering: Developing a valid and reliable rubric," The International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 17-34, 2017, doi: 10.1177/0020720916659501.[15] R. S. Kellogg, J. A. Mann, and A. Dieterich, "Developing and using rubrics to evaluate subjective Engineering laboratory and design reports " in ASEE Conferences, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2001, pp. 6.355.1-6.355.10.[16] J. H. Hanson and J. M. Williams, "Using Writing Assignments to Improve Self

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

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Aerospace

communication skills. They learn to work in teams, address challengesand find solutions to a real world applied problem. While doing this research, early in theircareers, they are expected to develop a system that will be useful for campus police at SPSU andbeyond.AcknowledgementsThe author would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Alumni Association ofSPSU and moral support from various academic departments and specially the policedepartment. The author would also like to thank all the students involved at various stages of theproject.References 1. Research Report, Utah State University, Utah Water Research Laboratory, ‘Evaluation and Development of Unmanned Aircraft (UAV) for DOT needs,’ Report No. UT-12.08, July 2012 2

Conference Session

Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Kaushik Das, Texas A&M University, College Station; Stephen Oehler, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

courses can be beneficial in promoting understanding of engineeringprocesses of design and modeling and the roles of science and mathematics in engineering.These initial courses allow for students to gradually become accustomed to science andmathematics concepts in a task-oriented environment.2 In this way, projects motivate and guidethe course content rather than simply supplement the subject matter. Courses in which first-yearengineering students connect practical and technical applications with the standard curriculashow good indications of having a significant impact on student retention rates.3 Similarly,conversion of introductory engineering lecture courses into laboratory classes has had a positiveeffect in further generating student

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Oranuj Janrathitikarn, Pennnsylvania State University; Lyle Long, Pennsylvania State University

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Aerospace

small group and two groups werepaired to work as a team. This course also included the closed laboratories to provide in-depthtraining on the particular skills.In order to develop the software engineering course for students in majors other than computerscience and engineering, other approaches should be integrated into the course because thosestudents have limited background and experience in computer language programming. Forexample, another software engineering course provided the lectures in six areas: ComputerArchitecture, ADA 95 Constructs, Algorithms, Theory of Computation, Software Engineering,and Introduction to Other Classes6.The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State University had offered the Introductionto Software

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

Search Engine technology, and the rapid rise of user comfort with theidea of having to sift through large numbers of links, made such complex schemes irrelevant.Design Team ExperiencesIn recent times, design team experiences have become accessible at all levels, including “Design-build-fly”, “RASCAL”, and other projects that include freshmen through PhDs. Research projectparticipation as paid assistants or in “Special Problem” courses for credit, and collaborative teamexperiences such as “Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunity” and “NASA MeansBusiness” are increasingly seen. These complement experiences as Interns or Co-Ops.Multidisciplinary Systems Design and OptimizationSince the early 1990s, the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory at

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

Paper ID #8131Renovating an Ancient Low Speed Wind Tunnel: A Student Team ProjectCase StudyDr. 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 has three US Patents, and has guided fifteen Ph.D.s , 50+ M.S. and over 160 undergraduate research special problem projects. He is a former Chair of the Aerospace Division

Conference Session

Learning in a Socially-Distanced Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lucia Rut Capdevila, San Jose State University

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Aerospace

Institutes (EAPSI) program in Japan (JSPS Summer Program) to work with Professor Hiroshi Yamakawa at Kyoto University. During the summer of 2015, Lucia had the opportunity to work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. From August 2015 to May 2016, Lucia completed her PhD research in absentia. In May 2016, she earned her doctorate for her research on transfer options linking the Earth, Moon, and the triangular libration points in the Earth-Moon system. As a graduate student, Lucia taught for Purdue University’s First-Year Engineering department. Today Lucia resides and teaches engineering in the Bay Area as an assistant professor of aerospace engineering at San Jose State University

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

laboratory; an expert in thepractical application of a science; a person skilled in the technique of an art or craft [3]. For thisstudy technician is defined as a person with the direct, applied, hands-on skills, and knowledge ata highly "vocational" or "craftsman" level. The technician may have vocational certifications andpossibly a two-year college degree.Engineering technologist per the American Heritage Dictionary is “a person who uses scientificknowledge to solve practical problems [4]. According to ABET “... engineering technologyprograms stress current industrial design practices that allow students to start developingpractical workplace skills [5].” For this study the technologist is defined as a person with someeducation or training in

Conference Session

Aerospace Design and Manufacturing (Student Papers)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Logan Walker Graves, Los Alamos National Labs; Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Aerospace

the educational value of this project. Not only does it provide an opportunity forinterdisciplinary engineering, it also forces each student to incorporate their piece of the projectinto the larger design and not just look at a single system in an educational vacuum. Learning towork as a part of a larger team in a long term project such as this is invaluable for an engineer’scareer as projects and designs in industry and laboratories are often multiple year collaborationsthat a single semester long class cannot adequately replicate.Aerospace Opportunities in Small Schools (Senior Author Perspective)Small universities and colleges are often limited in their ability to offer meaningful opportunitiesin systems engineering or multidisciplinary

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Alexandru Catalin Belu, Case Western Reserve University

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Aerospace

semestersof calculus, and during their high-school studies they must have already studied particlekinematics and dynamics. Simulation software and computer algebra systems allow students toexperiment with phenomena which are too complex to calculate or too expensive to bereproduced in a laboratory, or are simply not accessible to the senses. A computer algebra systemis essentially the ability to manipulate concepts, using computer expressions, which aresymbolic, algebraic and not limited to numerical evaluation. A computer algebra systems canperform many of the mathematical techniques which are part and parcel of a traditional physicscourse. The successful use of computer algebra systems does not imply that the mathematicalskills are no longer at a

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

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AC 2010-862: DEVELOPING THE AEROSPACE WORKFORCE: A BOEINGEXPERIENCEKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Dr. Van Treuren is a professor on the faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baylor University. He teaches the capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course as well as courses in heat transfer, aerospace engineering, gas turbines, fluid mechanics, and wind power. His research interests include energy education and gas turbine heat transfer. He can be contacted at Kenneth_Van_Treuren@baylor.edu.Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology Dr. Daniel Kirk is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the Florida Institute of

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott L. Post, Bradley University

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Aerospace

.htm13. Wolsko, T.D. (1980) A Preliminary Assessment of the Satellite Power System (SPS) and Six Other EnergyTechnologies. Argonne National Laboratory Report ANL/AA-20.14. Esch, K. (1986) How NASA Prepared to Cope with Disaster. IEEE Spectrum, March 1986, pp. 32-36.15. Vaughan, D. (1997) The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA.University of Chicago Press.16. Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (1986). Available athttp://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/docs/rogers-commission/table-of-contents.html orhttp://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/51lcover.htm17. Dunar, A.J. and Waring, S.P. (1991) Power to Explore: History of Marshall Space Flight Center 1960-1990

Conference Session

Innovations in Aero Curriculum and Program Level Administration

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sidaard Gunasekaran, University of Dayton

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Aerospace

. Theguided notes provided a way for the students to accurately document the derivations as well. Thismethod can be applied even for a larger class. The instructor should walk around the class andmake sure that students are working on the guided notes without being distracted.5. Passion Projects This teaching module was not successfully implemented in the compressible flow classbecause of the lack of supersonic wind tunnels and laboratory facilities at the University of Daytonto generate compressible flows. But this module is currently being incorporated in the fundamentalaerodynamics class taught by the author. The idea of passion projects was inspired from a projectbased research class for undergraduate students at Massachusetts Institute of

Conference Session

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

Paper ID #13398Nano-satellites and HARP for Student Learning and ResearchDr. Hank D Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois in 1977. He then worked for Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories prior to coming to Taylor University in 1994. He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Taylor University. Some of the courses that he regularly has taught include Principles of Engineering, Intro to Electronics, Statics, Advanced Electronics, Jr. Engineering Projects, FE Review, Control Systems

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Michael Butler, Lockheed Martin

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Aerospace

weak correlation between the studentgroup and the professionals, 0.5 was moderate correlation between the student group and theprofessionals, and 0.7 or larger was considered to be a strong correlation between the studentgroup and the professionals. In addition, 95% error bands for the correlations were estimatedusing the bootstrap re-sampling method. This bootstrap analysis with Kendall’s Tau wasconducted by Jonathan Stallings of the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis(LISA) at Virginia Tech using code that was written in the R programming language. The results of Part 2 of the survey were checked for normality using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov and the Shapiro-Wilk tests. Based upon the results of these tests, it was

Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen; Lisa Brown; Mieke Schuurman; Timothy Wheeler; Julio Urbina

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Aerospace