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General Topics in Aerospace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Bittle, University of North Texas; Mitty Plummer, University of North Texas

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Aerospace

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Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Aerospace

- On Space Systems Project Experiences on Career Choices Abstract S e v e r a l r e p o r t s

Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Bibel, University of North Dakota

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Aerospace

AC 2008-122: EDUCATIONAL USES OF AIRPLANE ACCIDENT REPORTSGeorge Bibel, University of North Dakota Dr.Bibel is a professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1975 from Case Western Reserve University and his M. S. in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Bibel, a former NASA Summer Faculty member and NASA researcher, joined the UND faculty in 1993 where he developed new courses on engineering disasters

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Kuhlman, West Virginia University; Donald Gray, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

AC 2008-1575: “MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH TEAM” (MRT) PROJECTCOURSEJohn Kuhlman, West Virginia University John Kuhlman is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1975, and his M.S. and B. S. Mechanical Engineering degrees also from CWRU in 1973 and 1970, respectively. His current research interests include spray cooling, reduced gravity fluid mechanics and heat transfer, and CFD. He is a course instructor for the WVU Microgravity Research Team project course, and also serves as co-instructor for the WVU Balloon Satellites project course.Donald Gray, West Virginia University Donald D. Gray

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

innocent, rich, majority, male students who of course never whine,and whose rich parents never try to bully the teacher. Basically, if non-merit considerations gointo grade decisions, the process is corrupt and indefensible, so there is no need to micro-analyzethe corruption further. The teacher(s) and administrative grade-fixer(s) should be fired. As myfirst boss told me bluntly when I asked him 3 weeks into my first (sophomore) class, what to doabout an intransigent Army Major who was heading for an F, “You gotta be objective! If you losethat, you have nothing!” Elementary thought would also confirm experience that if there is anydifference between the expectation levels of students based on affluence, then in today’sgeneration, it is the more

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

that you deem to be relevant, ormention any incident(s) that might have affected the achievement of the course objective(s).Concerns and possible improvements: Page 13.227.6Please mention any concerns that you might have regarding the course content, the appropriateness of course objectives and/orassessment tools, and any ideas you have for improving the overall effectiveness of the instruction.Proposed changes to Course Objective(s):Please list any changes that you would like to propose for the course objectives.Proposed changes to course content:Please feel free to propose changes to course content, in light of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Aerospace

AC 2008-1297: A “BALLOON SATELLITES” PROJECT COURSEJohn Kuhlman, West Virginia University John Kuhlman is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1975, and his M.S. and B. S. Mechanical Engineering degrees also from CWRU in 1973 and 1970, respectively. His current research interests include spray cooling, reduced gravity fluid mechanics and heat transfer, and applied CFD. He is a course co-instructor for the WVU Balloon Satellites project course project course, and also serves as a course instructor for the WVU Microgravity Research Team project course.G. Michael Palmer, West

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Brian Schratz, Pennsylvania State University

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Aerospace

; Exposition.3. Utah State University Small Satellite Program, http://userver.engr.usu.edu/smallsatprog.htm.4. Bilén, S.G., Philbrick, C.R., Wheeler, T.F., Mathews, J.D., Melton, R.G., and Spencer, D.B., “An overview of space science and engineering education at Penn State,” IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. S-23–S-27, 2006.5. C.R. Philbrick, “Education in Space Sciences,” Proc. 17th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programs and Related Research, ESA SP-590, pp. 25–32, Sandefjord, Norway, June 2005.6. National CanSat Competition, http://www.cansatcompetition.com/7. Bilén, Sven G., Charles L. Croskey, Robert Melton, David Spencer, Deborah Levin, and Michael M. Micci, “Students designing and

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Aerospace

Challenges in the coming years. Dr. Charles S. Lessard, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering. • The things that I like most about the design challenge: · This is the first time that many of these students have worked in a team environment; it is a great learning experience for them · In most cases, the work done is of direct interest to NASA, and forms relationships between the students and mentors that can lead to later work, and perhaps even employment. · It gives the students a chance to see very interesting space work being done during their visits to NASA and CSR, and reinforces their decision to become engineers. · It is rewarding for the mentors to work directly with

Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

. Sours, J. S., "A Descriptive Analysis of Technical Education Learning Styles," PhD thesis, U.Ark., Feb. 1998.5. Komerath, N.M., Design-Centered Introduction: 3-year experience with the Gateway to the Aerospace Digital Library. Paper No. 525, Session 1624, ASEE Conference, St. Louis 2000.6. Cassanova, R. “Short Report: Long-term Success of NIAC-Funded Concepts.” Universities Space Research Association, http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/misc/NIAC_ROI.pdf7. Komerath, N.M., Nally, J., Tang, E.Z., “Policy Model for Space Economy Infrastructure”. Acta Astronautica, 61 (2007) 1066-1075.8. Komerath, N.M., Nally, J., Rangedera, T., “Space-Based Economy Valuation, Analysis, and Refinement”, AIAA 2006-7204, Space 2006, Sep. 2006.9

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Aerospace

the mentors, bring total agreement in principle from us, but please note that this is being written at 9:30pm on a Saturday. We take pride in being able to be at least this well organized, without dragging people to unnecessary meetings.AcknowledgementsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the support by NSF of the Georgia Tech FAST programunder the CSEMS initiative.Bibliography1 Komerath, N.M., Smith, M.J., “Mentoring Students to Technology Careers”. ASEE AnnualConference Proceedings, Salt Lake City, June 2004.2 Bramblett, S., “College of Engineering Retention Data- Special Request”. Georgia Institute ofTechnology, Registrar’s Office of Institutional Research and Planning. Nov. 19993 Anon, “Graduation Analysis: First-Time

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University; Helen Reed, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

. Page 13.995.5 Program Outcome Performance Courses to be Assessment Time of Data Assessment Evaluation of Criteria Courses Involved Assessed Method(s) Collection Coordinator Results Table 3. Program Outcome Worksheet.Faculty have been instrumental in assisting with completing these worksheets. Before theprocess could begin though, it was crucial that each of the columns be defined, so there was noambiguity. Performance criteria are specific, measurable statements identifying the performancerequired to meet the outcome. Three to four statements under performance criteria should besufficient. It is important that the