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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerri Phillips, West Virginia University; Giampiero Campa, The MathWorks, Inc.; Srikanth Gururajan, West Virginia University; Marcello Napolitano, West Virginia University

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thefundamental concepts of flight, mathematics, and science, as well as the most recent advances inaerospace technology22. Laboratories or special class projects are often incorporated to enhancethese lessons; however, this only constitutes a small portion of the class and curriculum. In factafter graduation, students still typically require substantial training in systems engineering beforethey can be fully effective within aerospace companies. Furthermore, while practicing engineerstypically have one or two areas of expertise, engineers who understand their specialty in thecontext of the entire system are considered to be the most effective11 and tend to advance towardleading positions in their company or institution.The Panel on Undergraduate

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Crawley, MIT; Robert Niewoehner, United States Naval Academy; Jean Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

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knowledge and product skills most needed for America’s aerospace workforce [CDIO Standard 2] ≠ Developing laboratory and design-implement projects that help aerospace engineering programs integrate learning laboratory and project-based experiences throughout the undergraduate program, focusing on first-year and multidisciplinary capstone design- implement experiences. [CDIO Standards 4, 5, and 6]15,16 ≠ Developing a rigorous approach to assessing student learning and skills development, based on objective measures, and surveys of student self-confidence in learning. [CDIO Standard 11] System development as the context for aeronautical engineering education Context is the surroundings and environment that

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin Morris, Bradley University; Scott Post, Bradley University

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Aerospace

), which was built at the Langley Laboratory in 1921-1923. This was the first wind tunnel Page 15.594.3that could operate at pressures higher than atmospheric, which allowed higher Reynolds numbersto be achieved at lower velocities. By the 1940’s supersonic wind tunnels were in use, eventhough Chuck Yeager had not yet broken the sound barrier. In 1972 a cryogenic wind tunnel wasbuilt at NASA Langley by injecting liquid nitrogen into the wind tunnel to cool the gas. Thislowered the viscosity and increased the Reynolds number, and this tunnel had the capability tomatch Reynolds and Mach numbers simultaneously up to Mach 1.2. Today the largest

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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budgeted for the project versus the actual hoursand dollars spent.The use of standards is emphasized by the instructor of AT497. All of the projects in the coursemust use a form of FMEA. The students may choose to use either an SAE standard or the FAAhandbook method known as FMECA 6. The teams identify the choice of method in the proposalin the X. Procedures section, in the description of the Measure phase effort. This paper focuseson the use of SAE standards for PFMEA.One of the projects completed in spring 2009 involved a process improvement for the operationof a dynamometer in the engines laboratory. The team used SAE J1739 and the SOD scalesprovided in the standard. Another team used the standard in their project to improve a compositelayup

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Oranuj Janrathitikarn, Pennnsylvania State University; Lyle Long, Pennsylvania State University

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small group and two groups werepaired to work as a team. This course also included the closed laboratories to provide in-depthtraining on the particular skills.In order to develop the software engineering course for students in majors other than computerscience and engineering, other approaches should be integrated into the course because thosestudents have limited background and experience in computer language programming. Forexample, another software engineering course provided the lectures in six areas: ComputerArchitecture, ADA 95 Constructs, Algorithms, Theory of Computation, Software Engineering,and Introduction to Other Classes6.The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State University had offered the Introductionto Software

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

Search Engine technology, and the rapid rise of user comfort with theidea of having to sift through large numbers of links, made such complex schemes irrelevant.Design Team ExperiencesIn recent times, design team experiences have become accessible at all levels, including “Design-build-fly”, “RASCAL”, and other projects that include freshmen through PhDs. Research projectparticipation as paid assistants or in “Special Problem” courses for credit, and collaborative teamexperiences such as “Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunity” and “NASA MeansBusiness” are increasingly seen. These complement experiences as Interns or Co-Ops.Multidisciplinary Systems Design and OptimizationSince the early 1990s, the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory at

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

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AC 2010-862: DEVELOPING THE AEROSPACE WORKFORCE: A BOEINGEXPERIENCEKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Dr. Van Treuren is a professor on the faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baylor University. He teaches the capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course as well as courses in heat transfer, aerospace engineering, gas turbines, fluid mechanics, and wind power. His research interests include energy education and gas turbine heat transfer. He can be contacted at Kenneth_Van_Treuren@baylor.edu.Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology Dr. Daniel Kirk is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the Florida Institute of