Conference Session

Spacecraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

applaud the University Nanosat Program’s Page 25.1170.2approach; we want to formally integrate it into the curriculum at our university.Therefore, our objective was to create an upper-level undergraduate elective course in systemsengineering that could give students practical experience through classroom learning and hands-on activities. We chose the focus of this course to be spacecraft integration and test (I&T) tocomplement our existing courses in spacecraft design and failure analysis, and because we hadan immediate need to train students in I&T for our own student-built satellite.In the spacecraft development process, Integration and

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

integration of aerospace materials with engineering design and visualprogramming, and summarize the results of the project.IntroductionTexas A&M University (TAMU) converted their two freshman engineering courses into aproject-based format centered on engineering design several years ago2,3. This project-basedformat provides incoming freshmen their first hands-on view of the engineering design process.However, most of the design projects have not utilized engineering designs that are more directlyrelated to aerospace engineering until recently1. The work published in the 2011 ASEEConference and Exposition detailed the incorporation of an aerospace-related project in the firstsemester1. We have extended this work into the second semester course of

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

full-scale flight test engineering curriculum. A ‘virtual’ flight test can complement the learning ofvarious aspects of aircraft performance, and stability & control. Planning, managing, executingand analyzing data from such a virtual flight test mission provides additional opportunities togroom engineering students in these important skills.This paper describes the integration of ‘virtual flight testing’ in an undergraduate AircraftStability & Control course using commercial off-the shelf software and hardware in animmersive flight simulation environment. The students conduct ‘virtual flight tests’ to determinevarious parameters of an aircraft and compare their experimental results with the theory. Thestudents work in teams consisting

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Classroom Teaching Techniques – An Effectiveness Methodology for Aerospace Concepts?AbstractMost engineering courses require some level of work to be done by students using internet. Avast majority of material taught in classes is available online. Theoretically, a student could learnalmost everything they want from the online resources. In this research, a comparative study isdone between students learning and understanding when some basic aerospace concepts aretaught in a traditional lecture based classroom versus when students are told to look for the samematerial on the internet. The results indicate that, although all the material taught in theclassroom is available on the internet, students do not perform better when they

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

about 33% greater on AAO15 than AAO40, due to the higher pressure applied tothe AAO15 to reach an acceptable filling ratio. A reduction of was also appreciable after thecomposites were finished. This was due to nanocracks created by stress on the pore walls duringthe crystallization of the metal inside the pores.Student AssessmentThe first author felt that the overall experience of the summer research was very enjoyable. Helearned technical writing, presentation, and laboratory skills, which are not taught thoroughly inthe standard curriculum. The interactions with a faculty mentor, graduate students and otherundergraduate students from the host university and from other universities from all over US,who participated in the summer research

Conference Session

Spacecraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

often aconsequence of our reaction to failures1. Hazard analysis which relies on engineering practiceand judgment to identify, classify, and manage risk has continued to have an important role inforeseeing and preventing critical system failure2, 3 . Failure’s role in engineering; including itsvalue in design, design revisions and failure as a source of engineering judgment has beenstudied4, 5. The continued failure of important complex systems has led to assess the question asto how the systems fail despite everything thought to be necessary in the way of process beingdone6.Several engineering curriculums do offer courses based on either laboratories or case studies tounderstand the importance of failures in design as a teaching aid7, 8, 9, 10

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Anderson, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

possible, butstructural integrity of the aerial vehicle can become a problem.Brass pipe fittings are used to connect a modified solenoid valve to the air tank. The solenoidvalve is of the type typically used for lawn sprinkler systems. In Figure 1, the electronics in thesolenoid valve have been replaced with a pressure switch to eliminate the need for a battery. Theinput and output connections are three-quarter inch National Standard Taper Pipe Threads (NPT).The output end of the valve is connected to an adapter and a one-half inch NPT riser pipe. Thepolyvinyl chloride (PVC) riser pipe is twelve inches long and is used as the primary launch tube.Figure 1 shows a rocket/decelerator configuration positioned on the launch tube and ready

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

chance of graduating within 4-6 years.Thus, the Just in Time Math (JITM) strategy has been implemented in order to increase theinteraction between freshmen and engineering faculty and peers during the initial semesters. As aresult, more engineering students have shown more enthusiasm about engineering, and betterretention and graduation rates have been realized. In addition, since students graduate at a fasterpace, the implementation of the new curriculum will reduce the overall cost of college educationfor both the institution and students. In the JITM strategy the ideas from the newly developed course, known as EGR 101“Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applications” at the Wright State University havebeen incorporated to create an

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Kanipe, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

, by and large, the traditional curriculum is arranged suchthat courses are focused on narrow technical subjects in an order of increasing sophistication.The students learn how to solve engineering problems of increasing complexity as well asincreasing specialty. The Capstone Design class provides an opportunity to exercise thestudents’ skills in three fundamental areas: 1) students must be able to apply their technicalskills to a real problem, 2) they must work as a member of a team, and 3) they must apply atraditional systems engineering process to the design function. In the final analysis, theCapstone Design course is an opportunity to wrap up the undergraduate engineering experienceby teaching students how to be engineers in today’s world

Conference Session

Spacecraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

semester, the student team participates in testing and integration atNASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The launch is followed by work on data analysis and preparation of afinal report. A brief description of the course procedures is given along with an overview of theexperiments conducted. A brief discussion of educational goals and positive outcomes of this activity forindividual students and annual teams is presented. Finally the lessons learnt in organizing the project andcourse are summarized since they may be useful for schools and organizations planning to develop suchprograms. 1. Introduction The Department of Physics at West Virginia University has sought to integrate project-based learningwith a regular classroom-based curriculum. One

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

) 6. Novak, G. M., Patterson, E. T., Gavrin, A. D., Christian, W., ‘Just in Time Teaching,’ American Journal of Physics, October 1999, Volume 67, Issue 10, pp. 937 7. Reichner, R., Bernold, L., Burniston, E., Dail, P., Felder, R., Gastineau, J., Gjertsen, M., Risley, J., ‘Case Study of the Physics Component of an Integrated Curriculum,’ Physics Education Journal, 67 (7), July 1999 8. Paulson,D.R.,. Faust,J.L. (2010), Active learning for the college classroom. Pre-College Science Education. Los Angeles: California State University. Retrieved: September 20, 2011. http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/ 9. Howell, K.C.(1996). Introducing cooperative learning into a dynamics lecture class. Journal of

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

institution where he introduced aspacecraft-mission design course in spring 1984. The early course was basically a clone of the Page 25.97.2USAFA design course with space-related topics. With USAFA approval, the instructor evenused the USAF “boilerplate documents” Request for Proposal (RFP). Beginning in fall 1984, theaerospace engineering curriculum was revised to allow the students to choose one of two sevensemester-credit-hour technical areas (atmospheric flight or space flight) as the culmination oftheir degree program. All students were require to take an aircraft flight dynamics course and abasic space flight dynamics (orbital mechanics) course

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

. This will inspire students and help them comprehend and respond todiverse and fast changing knowledge and technologies in Aerospace domain. This initiative is in-line with the development of a new Aerospace engineering program at Southern PolytechnicState University. The research skills obtained by undergraduate students in their early educationcareers are an important learning experience. Special emphasis is put on design, practice,integration, and application of the scientific and technical knowledge learned from the classroomthrough various activities. The topic chosen for research is rather simple yet important tounderstand. It has real world applications. It provides analytical and experimental knowledge andskills to the students involved