Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University; John A. Voth, Oral Roberts University; Connor A. McCain, Oral Roberts University; Jordan David Reutter, Oral Roberts University; Nathaniel Shay Frailey; Matthew Samuelson; David Ahrens, Oral Roberts University

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Aerospace

students in the 2018-2019 academic year. It is planned to utilize the custom VRflight simulator to assist in motivating students during their aircraft design projects, and provideadditional insight into the aircraft design process. After students get an idea of the size of theiroriginal aircraft, by estimating the power loading, wing loading, drag, lift-to-drag ratio and fuelfraction, the take-off weight can be approximated. This is followed by engine sizing andselection, wing geometry and placement, airfoil selection and tail geometry and sizing. Beforetoo long, the student will be able to “rough out” their original aircraft in X-Plane by specifyingall the necessary design parameters. This will give students the opportunity to take their

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Blake Stringer, Kent State University; Dakota William Bunner; Robert William Winkler

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Aerospace

“enduringunderstanding” [16] of the dangers and importance of identifying and managing risk, uncertainty,and requirements creep to the design of large-scale programs.As mentioned previously, this method has been an introductory topic in recent iterations of theauthors’ design course. To date, it has been a selective assignment for students who haverequested extra-curricular research. These students have provided positive feedback, but noformal assessment has been conducted. Nevertheless, it is a planned lesson block in anupcoming two-course capstone sequence with first offering in 2019.SymbologyAR aspect ratioE endurancePL payload weightR rangeRSE response surface equationSr S

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Rais-Rohani P.E., University of Maine; David S. Rubenstein, University of Maine; Wilhelm A. Friess, University of Maine

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Aerospace

AircraftDesign, which was introduced in fall 2017. A course in the area of aircraft structures is currentlyunder development for a planned initial offering in spring 2019. Other graduate-level courseswith relevance to aerospace engineering are also listed in Table 1. A brief summary of the topfive courses as listed is provided below. Table 1. List of aerospace engineering and supportive courses Course Number Course Title 445 Aeronautics 446 Astronautics 547 Flight Dynamics and Control of Aircraft 548 Spacecraft Orbit and Attitude Dynamics and Control 448 Fixed Wing Aircraft