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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

found at NASA. The four criticalskills included hard skills, such as the development of large human spaceflight systems andsystems and integration engineering. While program management included hard skills, much ofwhat made a good program manager is the mastery of soft skills.Doule and Peters [14], in their examination of skills needed in the European space industry,found a combination of hard and soft skills were needed. They found in the hard skill categorythe focus was in two areas technical and non-technical disciplines. In the technical discipline,they found the need for explicit knowledge and rational processes. In the non-technicaldiscipline, they found the need for business management, policy, and law. Analytical/conceptualthinking

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

. But Fair and enjoyable. The difficulty depended on the rest of the classmates and how engaged they were.3. Comments on academic preparedness • While there were certain areas in the course that I knew little about the benefit of working on a multidisciplinary team meant that there were certain areas where I was better equipped to do the work and somewhere another student was better equipped. Overall though I felt prepared for this class. • Academically I was very prepared. I think this course hit hard on soft skills that are not easily obtained or perfected through courses at a university. What helped people to be prepared to take the course was life experience of working at a real job or a lot of