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Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Christopher Cotting, United States Air Force Test Pilot School

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an unsafe condition, whereas pilots must realize the complex coordinationthat is occurring on the ground in a control room, and the need to have efficient and optimizedtests to minimize programmatic costs.Curriculum Execution Challenges Page 26.193.11Each student day allows for 3 to 4 hours of academic instruction, with 1 to 2 flight events alsoscheduled during that day. A simulation laboratory, instructor feedback session, or oral reportmay take the place of a flying event as required. An academic event will often last 3 to 5 days,with a test given at the end of an event. Each academic event is part of a larger course that alsoincludes

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University

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understandingof the manufacturability requirements when it comes to selecting a dimension for each part of thecross-section. Although it is easy to draw a shape with any dimensions, its fabrication may bedifficult or impossible using the specified sheet-forming process. Issues such as this can easilygo unnoticed unless the manufacturing process is a part of the engineering design activity.The student fabricated column concepts A and B are tested using a servo-hydraulic testingmachine in a laboratory. The measured axial compressive failure loads (min, max, mean) arecompared with the analytical prediction for each design concept. Also, various responsecharacteristics such as local buckling would be easy to observe during testing for comparison ofthe

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hüseyin Sarper, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

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discusses a major group project using model rockets in atwo-hour per week laboratory that is a part of a two-credit course in exploration of engineeringand technology at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.Introduction:A model rocket is a combined miniature version of real launch and space vehicles. Once amodel rocket leaves the launcher, it is a free body in air. Model rockets have been used asprojects before. Boyer et al. [1] report a similar project for sophomore aerospace engineeringstudents. Figure 1 shows a cross section of a ready to launch model rocket with a B6-4 solidengine. Page 26.1643.2Figure 1. Single stage model rocket with

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mark D. Maughmer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Benjamin T. Pipenberg, The Pennsylvania State University; Nicholas Jared Grasser, The Pennsylvania State University; Stephen Van Wert, The Pennsylvania State University

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thecourse are that students should, upon their completion of the course, be able to:1.) Complete the preliminary design for an aircraft such that it satisfies assigned specifications2.) Design a system, component, or process that meets given requirements in aircraft systems3.) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems4.) Function on multi-disciplinary teams5.) Communicate and present effectively the results and consequences of their technical efforts6.) Determine what the ethical responsibilities are to themselves, to employers, and to societyThe course has a lecture component as well as the laboratory sessions. The purpose of the lectureportion of the class is to support the students’ design and fabrication activities. As a result

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven H. Collicott, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace, Masten Space Systems, UpAerospace, and XCORrockets, NearSpace balloons, and a student rocket project. Sponsorship of these activities isvaried so is outlined in the individual descriptions below but hardware costs have largely beensupported by our college of engineering as one part of the process to keep laboratory classes up-to-date. Descriptions of these activities that put the new flight capability to work for educationbegin with payloads that have flown and then payloads in development. Flight providercapabilities are found at the web sites for the companies. These sites are easily found in any websearch engine and thus not referenced here. 1. Armadillo Aerospace: Beginning in 2009 Armadillo and the author collaborated to

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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review for difficult concepts; he highlighted cognitiveload theory and related it to problem-based learning [9]. In this work, he highlights thatmeasurement variation, which uses probability and statistics, is the difficult concept targeted in Page 26.840.9his research. He argued the effectiveness of scaffolding with worksheets in a laboratory settingover lectures and textbooks in problem-based learning in order to teach difficult engineeringconcepts.Other researchers, in proving the usefulness of simulations for teaching, highlighted typicalproblems that students encounter. In broad categories, students have difficulty with generatinghypotheses

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Keith W Cunningham; Samuel Vanderwaal; Eyal Saiet, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Professor, Electrical/Computer Engineering, UAF Earth & Planetary Remote Sensing, UAF Geophys- ical Institute Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration 2009-2012: Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate 2006-2009: Deputy Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research 1999-2003: Deputy Head, USAF Academy De- partment of Astronautics 1992-1996: Assistant Professor, USAFA Department of Astronautics 3. PUB- LICATIONS 1. Cunningham, K., M. C. Hatfield, and R. Philemonoff, Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Alaskan Civil Research, 2014 Arctic Technology Conference, 2014 2. Hatfield, M. C., and J. G. Hawkins, Design of an Electronically

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Aerospace Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hank D Voss, Taylor University; Jeff F Dailey; William A Bauson, Taylor University; Bill Chapman, Taylor University

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Paper ID #13398Nano-satellites and HARP for Student Learning and ResearchDr. Hank D Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois in 1977. He then worked for Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories prior to coming to Taylor University in 1994. He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Taylor University. Some of the courses that he regularly has taught include Principles of Engineering, Intro to Electronics, Statics, Advanced Electronics, Jr. Engineering Projects, FE Review, Control Systems