Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

topresent to his uncles, but showed it first to his father. Daniel’s response was to fund thenew program himself. On June 15, 1925, Daniel Guggenheim announced his gift of$500,000 to NYU for a laboratory building with a wind tunnel, a propeller laboratory andother labs, as well as hiring laboratory assistants. An oversight committee was formedby Chancellor Brown and Orville Wright was selected as its head. On October 23, 1925ground was broken on the NYU Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, which opened ayear later. The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, under HarryGuggenheim’s direction, went forward with a plan to fund $2,500,000 in gifts to assist inaviation developmentvii. Following the NYU gift, the plan was to expand

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA; John A. Christian, University of Texas, Austin; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

will most likely receive the same answer – systems engineers.Recognizing this future need for systems engineers in the aerospace community, an aerospaceengineering department at a major US university, The University of Texas at Austin, partneredwith NASA’s ESMD to sponsor the development of a systems engineering curriculum. Thecurriculum includes an undergraduate course focusing on systems engineering for aerospaceengineers with an accompanying laboratory course that introduces students to the spacecraftsubsystems and methods for assessing their performance. This course and lab combination isintended as a prerequisite to the senior-level capstone spacecraft /mission design course and as atraining ground for students involved in UT’s student

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Lee Jonathan, Boeing Company; Adam Bruckner, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

was essentially dictated by Bill Boeing. Boeing looked at what other aeronauticsprograms were offering, and considered what his own needs were.6 The curriculum that wasdeveloped consisted of four courses. The first was an introductory class entitled “Aviation” thattaught the basics of aircraft and aerodynamics. The second course, called “Airplane Design,”stressed the application of aerodynamics, stability, and structures in the design of an airplane.The theory and design of propellers was covered in “Airial (sic) Propulsion.” The final course,“Aerodynamic Laboratory,” slated to start in spring quarter was a class that would let studentstake advantage of the new wind tunnel. The University ensured that they got their money’sworth out of McKone

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University

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Aerospace

Page 14.650.8and principles of the engineering profession. As mentioned previously, the high drop-out rate Nomination By High School Teachers On Campus Kick-off Dinner On Campus On Campus On Campus On Campus Rocket Launch Laboratory Tour and Laboratory Tour and Rocket Design Project Competition Experimentation Experimentation Filed Trip 1 Field Trip 2 Field Trip 3

Conference Session

Space Systems Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Soto, Texas A&M University; Daniel Brown, Cornell University; Mason Peck, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

beintroduced to the complex dynamics of a gyroscopic system (the CMGs) without the addedburden of full three dimensional attitude dynamics. Fourth, students, especially in the Page 14.131.3development stage of the testbed, see all the benefits of careful physical system integration. Thistestbed has not been used in any courses or laboratories, other than recent work at Cornellfacilities. Hence no survey data on the impact of such testbed on student learning and educationalvalues has been collected. However, this information would be useful in evaluating the efficacyof such testbed. One of the authors is a student in the Cornell University Leadership