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Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

defined for the project. Students were recruited based on their level of interest,knowledge, ability and capacity. A timetable was established to complete the project. Thetimetable is shown in the form of a Gantt chart in Table 1. This provided students guidelines tostay on track. Students also completed design documentation using systems engineeringapproach9. Specific emphasis was given on project management such as to meet variousdeadlines. Gantt chart was used to keep track of project activities. The idea was to make theequipment part of the Aerospace laboratory which was being established as part of the newAerospace program at SPSU. The laboratory space had not yet been identified, so storage of

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Matthew Kindy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Caroline Liron, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Christopher D. Grant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Shirley Anne Waterhouse, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Aerospace

significantchanges was switching from programming in C to programming in MATLAB in the fall of 2009,since MATLAB has become the major language used in various engineering disciplines forproblem solving [1, 4, 5]. Following this, the course changed its meeting time from three times aweek to four times a week. It now uses a 2+2 format: two days of lecture per week, with eachlecture day followed by laboratory time to facilitate material understanding by hands-on practice. Page 25.705.2Approximately 120 students will attend one-hour lecture in an auditorium. The following day,students attend a small lab session, usually 26 students, to allow more contact with

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David B. Kanipe, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

operate safely, high performance,high power density, highly interactive Space Systems at reasonable cost and scheduleefficiency”.1 This can only be achieved through the application of a thoughtful, logical, andconsistent engineering process. A capstone design class that follows sound SystemsEngineering and Project Management practices will more thoroughly prepare students for workin the commercial/industrial environment.BackgroundAs engineering students navigate their way through their undergraduate years, they are exposedto the various technological aspects of the particular engineering specialty they have chosen topursue. While there is a growing effort to include more team projects in the first three years ofundergraduate engineering education

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Dimitris C. Lagoudas P.E., Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

AC 2012-4719: INTEGRATING AEROSPACE RESEARCH MATERIALSINTO A PROJECT-BASED FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSEDr. Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University Dr. Richard got his Ph. D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1989 & a B. S. at Boston Univer- sity, 1984. He was at NASA Glenn, 1989-1995, taught at Northwestern for Fall 1995, worked at Ar- gonne National Lab, 1996-1997, Chicago State, 1997-2002. Dr. Richard is a Sr. Lecturer & Research Associate in Aerospace Engineering @ Texas A&M since 1/03. His research is focused on compu- tational plasma modeling using spectral and lattice Boltzmann methods such as in plasma turbulence (http://www.worldscinet.com/cgi-bin/details.cgi?id=jsname:ijmpc&

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

exclusively useinternet for learning. However a traditional lecture based class coupled with internet resourcesyields the favorable results.IntroductionThe goal of this research is to explore the best classroom learning approach for engineeringstudents. The idea of deductive vs. inductive techniques has been explored extensively in liberalarts. In recent studies, it has been shown that students learn better when they are given the task ofstudent centered active learning in a classroom [1, 2]. The inductive techniques of learning havebeen successfully implemented. In the traditional deductive methodology, the instructor teachesstudents a certain concept and then gives a test, whereas; the inductive approach is studentcentered and interactive. A topic

Conference Session

Spacecraft Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dimitris Vassiliadis, West Virginia University; D.J. Pisano, West Virginia University; Yu Gu, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

. Page 25.862.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 ASEE Annual Conference, June 10-13, 2012, San Antonio, TX Submitted January 15, 2012; revised March 15; final March 30. IONOSPHERIC ROCKET PAYLOAD DEVELOPMENT: PROJECT AND COURSE D. Vassiliadis,1 Y. Gu,2 and D.J. Pisano1 (1) Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (2) Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 Abstract. Starting in 2009 a senior-level design project has been developed at WVU

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edwin Alexander Peraza Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Kaushik Das, Texas A&M University, College Station; Dimitris C. Lagoudas P.E., Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

phase atzero stress, a complete shape recovery is observed upon unloading to austenite. This SMAmaterial behavior is called the pseudoelastic effect12.One drawback of the SMAs is the relatively low actuation frequency of bulk SMA structures(typically <1 Hz) compared with other active materials. This low actuation frequency is due tothe generation of the latent heat of transformation. In order to allow fast phase transformationfrom austenite to martensite, SMAs need to have sufficiently high heat transfer rate to removethe latent heat of transformation. However, bulk SMA structures do not allow for a sufficientlyhigh heat transfer rate for quick release of the latent heat. One possible solution to the problem ofdissipation of heat is to

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehdi Shadaram, University of Texas, San Antonio; Thomas B. Morrow, University of Texas, San Antonio; C. Mauli Agrawal, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Aerospace

factorsthat adversely affect academic performance of entering minority freshmen [1-3]. Thesestrategies are intended to minimize the impact of deviations that, if too great and side effects toomany, then the probability of the desired outcome becomes far removed. As a result, itspredictability becomes entirely uncertain, particularly for students from low socio-economicgroups and historically underrepresented minorities [4-5]. The most important desired outcomeis graduation, and as importantly, graduation in 6 years or less, which the state of Texas hasmandated to be 53% by 2016.Thus the purpose of this project at UTSA is to increase post secondary enrollments, retention,and the number of engineering graduates, and to increase collaboration between

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Anderson, University of California, San Diego

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Aerospace

case focus onmaximizing lift-to-drag ratio at the gliding airspeed. The third project involves a deceleratorconfiguration, which aims to maximize flight duration.Compressed-Air LauncherA compressed-air launcher is used for all of the design projects. The launcher apparatus isshown in Figure 1. Compressed air is stored in a commercially-available portable air tank. The Page 25.39.2air tank can refilled by connecting a Schrader valve to a common air compressor or foot pump.A tank pressure of about fifty to seventy pounds per square inch has been sufficient for launchingvehicles constructed mainly of paper and cardboard. Higher air pressures are

Conference Session

Spacecraft Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University; Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

. The lessons learned from Page 25.41.2success and failures of space systems are a powerful aid in understanding the systemsengineering process, but it is very difficult to find appropriately-scoped projects that cansupplement classroom activity.The aerospace engineering faculty has created a candidate course in the area of space missionfailures for undergraduate and graduate students. This course introduces five heuristics of spacemission failures: (1) understand the systems engineering process, (failure prevention andcontribution towards failure)11, 12, 13, (2) Recognize and explain the tradeoffs among budget,schedule, performance and risk

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Aerospace

. P.A.M. Abusali, another adjunct faculty member from the Center for Space Research.Participation by student teams in the design conference produced an unexpected result. Thedesign faculty involved noted that each year, the quality of the previous year’s best presentationswas the quality norm for the current year’s presentations. This was unexpected because newstudents were on the teams each year. The change had to be due to higher expectationscommunicated through the design faculty and teaching assistants. Details about the ADP can befound in a 1988 AIAA paper by Johnson and Rumbaugh [1].UT Austin student aerospace engineering teams participated in the ADP for all ten years (fall1985 through spring 1995) of the program’s existence. This

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

engineering and especially non-engineering disciplines that can beborrowed and applied to aerospace engineering. There have been numerous efforts in variousdisciplines where college and university professors have been challenged to develop instructionalmethods that transform students from passive listeners to active learners [1]. In the author’sexperience, introducing such techniques in a highly conceptual and mathematically intensiveaerospace class is ‘easier said than done.’Active learning is in short, anything that students do in a classroom other than merely passivelylistening to an instructor’s lecture. This includes everything from listening practices which helpstudents to absorb what they hear, to short writing exercises in which students

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University; Mark D. Maughmer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Robert H. Bishop P.E., Marquette University; Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin

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Aerospace

well as the real need to help our students become self-regulated learners. It is not our intention to place blame on our students, the professorate, or theuniversities, but rather to identify real concerns and issues as well as to offer aerospace space-specific approaches to embracing a rigorous pedagogy that requires real commitment from the Page 25.205.2students and faculty.References 1. Maughmer, M. & Schmidt, K. (2009). “Is Student Performance Declining? A Look at Twenty-five Years of Data.” Proceedings of the 2009 American Society of Engineering Educator’s Annual Conference, Austin, TX. 2. Spinelli, Teri (1981

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University; Bruce Edward Heath, Tuskegee University

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Aerospace

packageswere considered on which to base the system. These included FlightGear13, X-Plane14 andMicrosoft Flight Simulator FS2004 (the most recent version being FSX). It was decided to useFS2004 due to its maturity as compared to the other choices and the availability of a largecommunity of developers. It was also decided to configure the system with three large (LCD-projector driven) out of the window views in addition to the instrument panel display (Fig. 1).Each of the LCD projector display is driven by its dedicated PC that is synchronized with thecontrol PC that also drives the instrument panel display. This synchronization is achievedthrough two commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software, the FSUIPC15 and WideView16. Theflight data including

Conference Session

Spacecraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

appears to be an ideal platformfor improving space systems education. As will be discussed in the paper, this approach hadbenefits associated with real-world experience and student motivation, but also broughtsignificant drawbacks when the launch schedule slipped by nine months.1 IntroductionModern aerospace systems can be quite complex, with hundreds or thousands of electrical,mechanical and chemical elements working together to achieve a challenging objective. In fact,these systems are complex because of their challenging objectives: aircraft and spacecraft musttransport people, cargo and time-sensitive data through extreme environments and do so withvery high reliability. Simple solutions are often insufficient, and yet the complex