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Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leigh S McCue, Virginia Tech; Joseph A. Schetz, Virginia Tech

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students and an even larger number of MS students have completed their degrees under his supervision. These former students now hold a wide variety of important positions in industry, government and academia both in the US and overseas. He is a frequent and active member of the PhD committees of graduate students not only in aerospace, but also civil and mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech and foreign universities. Page 22.22.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A combined curriculum in aerospace and ocean engineering—38 years later This paper is

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Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Valana L. Wells, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Praveen Shankar, Arizona State University; Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University

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in many cases and seemingly not as helpful in demonstrating concepts as was firstimagined. (One of the major problems encountered was an incompatibility between Linux andthe classroom projection system.) Thus, the software was used only occasionally for classroomdemonstration, but it was integrated extensively into the homework assignments throughout thesemester.A typical homework assignment is outlined in the box below. Upon completion of thisassignment, students are expected to predict the lift-curve slope for an airfoil and the effect ofcamber on the lift curve. Up to this point, the classroom discussion has centered on definition oflift and drag, integrating surface distributions of pressure and stress to calculate forces on anairfoil

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Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology; Michael Swartwout, Saint Louis University

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AC 2011-1151: SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDENT-BUILT SPACECRAFT DE-SIGN PROGRAMS IT’S IMPACT ON SPACECRAFT ENGINEERING ED-UCATION OVER LAST TEN YEARSMichael Swartwout, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology Dr. Michael Swartwout joined the Saint Louis University faculty as of 2009 as an Assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering at Parks. He worked at Washington University in Saint Louis previously from 2000 to 2009. Beginning his education in Aerospace Engineering earning both his Bachelor and Master of Science with the University of Illinois, he went on to achieve his Doc- torate with Stanford University in Aeronautics & Astronautics in 2000. He

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Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lance W. Traub, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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within the framework of an experimentalaerodynamics curriculum is presented in Ref. [1]. An iterative formulation was used to developthe program as well as supporting classes. Consequently, AE 411 was created as a technical elective to give undergraduate students theopportunity to experience the gamete of issues commonly seen in an open ended problem; clearidentification of the problem, potential methods of solution, selection and implementation of asolution method and evaluation of results. The problem could range from the design ofequipment to investigating an aerodynamic device, etc. Additionally, the use of numericalmethods for experimental validation was also emphasized, where applicable. AE 411 wasdeveloped as a project based follow on

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Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maxwell Stuart Reid, Auckland University of Technology

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that may confront students during their engineering career. Technicalrationality is inevitably entwined and complicated by social values and this engineeringstudies curriculum design is intended to facilitate the development of moral, ethical andsustainable integrity, where students are encouraged to explore possible alternatives beyondthe knowledge and constraints of the actual situation with an ability to make value-laden,ethical and sustainable judgement in the world of engineering industry and commerce. Mostimportantly, the curriculum needed to be accepted and embraced by the students, rather thanbe viewed as a soft subject or a waste of time.As developed, the curriculum is not rigidly or exclusively postmodern – a term with multipleand

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Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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continues to be a faculty member at College of the Canyons. She has over twenty-five years of successful faculty leadership, administration of technical departments, and leadership of State and Federal curriculum projects, especially in the areas of technical education. Dr. Alfano has a B.S. in Chemistry, M.S. in Education, and a Ph.D. from UCLA in Higher Education and Adult Development. Page 22.1108.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education NSF ATE

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Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadi Ali, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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AC 2011-1064: TOWARDS MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIESOF ITERATION AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT IN SPACECRAFT DE-SIGNHadi Ali, Purdue University Hadi Ali is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Jordan. He earned his Masters degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University majoring in aerospace systems design. He is also pursuing a Masters degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue. Hadi is a student member of AIAA, IEEE, ASME, and SAE.Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette Robin S. Adams is an Assistant Professor in

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Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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students' difficulty in associating engineering methods with some of themore conceptual topics learned in mathematics and physics, as well as students' lack of solidunderstanding of the engineering design process.1 Thus, the curriculum is structured such thatapplied engineering methods can be directly related to aspects of mathematics and science thatfreshman students generally consider to be disconnected or abstract.First-semester freshman-level engineering classes at TAMU typically include two projects, bothof which exemplify an experiential learning environment. These projects are designed to resolvethe same curriculum challenges, and each project regularly relates to a topic in statics and a topicin dynamics, respectively. A particularly

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Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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integration rules one exotic cases over and over,to concentrate on meaning of a physics problem and/or on variants of it. We are also no longerlimited to trivial examples that work. Students are invited to play with physics they learn thatreal life examples normally do not lead to closed formulas. They can even visualize the resultsand different approximations and they also learn to judge the solutions. They are introduced tothe multitude of mathematical tools, each with their own advantages and disadvantages andprecise applicability. We attempt to devise an instructional approach to promote students’understanding of these problems and to support them in forming associations between problemfeatures and solution methods. The approach is to use

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Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leslie Olsen, University of Michigan; Peter D. Washabaugh, University of Michigan

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have been experimental offerings of a first-year engineering coursethat incorporated a very extensive design-build-test-compete (DBTC) pedagogy. This course wasspecifically positioned to exercise core-engineering competencies, communication skills, andcreativity. The course is intense in that it involves two Aerospace Engineering team projects,integrated technical communications and technical content, teamwork, and individual scientificand fabrication laboratories. The projects involve design, build, test, and compete cycles withballoons and then with radio-controlled blimps. The students entering this DBTC course andother first-year courses were studied with respect to typical admissions criteria including highschool grades and test scores

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Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Praveen Shankar, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Valana L. Wells, Arizona State University; Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University

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. Page 22.881.2Aircraft Dynamics and Control Course DescriptionAircraft dynamics and control is offered in the spring semester of the junior year. The pre-requisite competencies expected from the student entering the course include linear algebra, statespace and transfer function representation of dynamical systems and a strong grasp ofMatlab/Simulink programming. Specific pre-requisite courses include aerodynamics and afundamental course in system dynamics and control. The topics in the course includeStatic Stability and ControlStatic stability refers to the initial response of an aircraft to a perturbation from steady state. Thispart of the curriculum emphasizes how the design of the aircraft influences the stability propertyof the aircraft

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Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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for supersonic hydrogen airliners from basic aerodynamics knowledge.The process identified numerous gaps in the comprehension of the students from their courses. Page 22.146.2The integration challenge of this project enabled iterative refinement of their understanding. Theconcepts and analysis approaches taught at each level are seen to have become useful only whensubjected to integrated use through several iterations. The paper also demonstrated a process toshow how some certainty can be achieved in developing an ambitious advanced concept throughthe notion of a “figure of merit”.A multi-level process was laid out, to explore a high-risk

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Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian German, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dolores S. Krausche, Florida Center for Engineering Education; Erian A. Armanios, University of Texas, Arlington

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in Florida and Chile. Her collaborations with the faculty of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida led to an appointment as the Administrator for Undergraduate Programs in 1990. There she served on numerous department, college, and university-wide curriculum committees, including the University Senate, while also participating as co-principal investigator to develop and implement programs in process engineering for the National Science Foundation’s SUCCEED Coalition. In the last several years, she established the Florida Center for Engineering Education, a consulting group dedicated to support curricular development, program assessment for accreditation and

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Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Horacio Andrés Trucco; Martina Y. Trucco, Hewlett-Packard Labs

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models for both the NASA Langley Research Center and NASP related programs. In particular, Mr. Trucco has been involved in planning and designing a low speed premixed combustion test apparatus for NASA Lewis and premixed and diffusion type super- sonic combustion tests for NASA Langley, the design and manufacture of a laser diffuser model for NASA Ames and an x-ray scanner for computerized tomography for an industrial client, the design of a transonic wind tunnel for NASA Langley and the development of industrial burner concepts to improve combustion efficiency and reduce emission levels. He has also been responsible for an analytical study of bypass turbojet engines with supersonic fans for NASA Lewis, for design of

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Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Changho Nam, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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22.481.3inexpensive and highly adaptable. These criteria led to the selection of the Paparazzi softwareand the Tiny 2.11 autopilot board, adapted from an off-the-shelf Wi-Fi network board. The Tiny2.11 Autopilot board uses a Philips LPC2148 ARM7 based microcontroller, which is a low-power 32-bit RISC processor. The chip has 512KB on-chip Flash ROM, 40KB RAM and can beclocked at 60MHz. The Tiny 2.11 board also has an integrated LEA-5H GPS receiver with a0.71 in × 0.16 in patch antenna.The Paparazzi Project2 is an open source endeavor created at ENAC, the National Civil AviationUniversity in Toulouse, France. One of the main advantages of the Paparazzi autopilot system isthat it is fully open source, which means that the software has been developed under a