Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Michael Butler, Lockheed Martin

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

participant's thoughts and views of the engineering profession, practice,and design. To best capture the complexity of such topics, a mixed methods research approachwas utilized. The instruments used for the mixed methods approach included an engineering Page 23.166.9design conception survey (taken by all participants), semi-structured interviews (conducted witha sample from each of three study group participant sets), and design presentation/projectassessment using a rubric (for only the student study groups). These instruments wereadministered to a combination of students (an experimental and control group) who were themajor focus of the study and

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

competition2,3, although the pool ofqualified people is quite small. Innovation is key to our industry, and our focus here is to developthe capability of our graduates to innovate4,5 in a field that requires depth and intensecomprehension. The applied mathematicians and aerospace engineers who led the remarkableadvances in high speed designs in the latter half of the 20th century are either retired or nearingretirement. Transferring their knowledge base to the upcoming generation is a concern6, becausethe recipient must have the preparation and discipline needed to grasp the knowledge. This putsthe onus teachers to ensure that candidates aspiring to jobs in the leading aerospaceestablishments have firm basic knowledge and personal discipline in this