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Topics Related to Assessments and Outcomes

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Frederick, Mechanical and Aeropace Engineering; Rebekah Frederick, Homewood Academy for Girls

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Aerospace

AC 2007-2859: USING REGIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCES TO AUGMENTAEROSPACE DESIGN PROJECTSRobert Frederick, Mechanical and Aeropace Engineering Robert Frederick has 15 years experience in integrating industry mentors into aerospace design classes. He has directed the development of UAH's multidisciplinary design classes that have included over 20 different projects in the past 15 years. His research interests include aerospace vehicle design, solid propulsion, and liquid propulsion,Rebekah Frederick, Homewood Academy for Girls Rebekah Frederick is a writing and Communications/Communicative Arts major at Homewood Academy

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Boyer, St. Louis University; Krishnaswamy Ravindra, St. Louis University; John George, St. Louis University; Kyle Mitchell, St. Louis University

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Aerospace

AC 2007-1922: INNOVATIVE MODEL ROCKET PROJECT FOR SOPHOMOREAEROSPACE ENGINEERING STUDENTSLawrence Boyer, St. Louis University Lawrence, a native of Saint Louis, Missouri, received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Parks College of Saint Louis University in 1978 and worked in the aerospace industry (mostly in flight simulation) full-time up until returning to academia in 1992. He received his M.S. in AE in 1994 and became full-time faculty at Parks in 1995. Lawrence still retains part-time status in industry. Lawrence has varied hobbies including flying (private pilot), church choir directing, pipe organ restoration and playing, various types of dancing and Contra Dance calling.Krishnaswamy

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Miller, University of Oklahoma; Yunjun Xu, University of Oklahoma

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Aerospace

AC 2007-415: THE SOONER LUNAR SCHOONER: A COMMON PROJECT FORMULTIPLE AEROSPACE CLASSESDavid Miller, University of Oklahoma David P. Miller received his B.A. in Astronomy from Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale. He has worked at both JPL and Ames Research Center and is the recipient of numerous NASA awards including the Exceptional Service Medal for his work on small rovers leading to the Pathfinder Rover Mission. Dr. Miller currently is the Wilkonson Chair and Professor in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma.Yunjun Xu, University of Oklahoma Dr. Yunjun Xu received his master’s degree in Electrical and Computer

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Christopher Deline, University of Michigan; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Steven Sandoval, University of Michigan; Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Yang Li, University of Michigan; Richard Redick, University of Michigan; Julie Bellerose, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan; Bogdan Oaida, University of Michigan; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Nilton Renno, University of Michigan

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Aerospace

address the challenges facinga student-run lab. Case studies of projects are also used to highlight important lessons learnedover the years.1 What is S3FL?Since 1998, the Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratory (S3FL) at the University ofMichigan’s College of Engineering has combined a formal design process with student creativityand spontaneity to train and provide students with opportunities for research in space systemsdesign and development.1 Each year, S3FL involves over a hundred undergraduate and graduatestudents in realistic and intensive design-build-test activities ranging from balloon payloads tomicrogravity experiments to nanosatellites. By participating in the end-to-end development ofcomplete space systems, students acquire

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Suzanne Lessack, University of Michigan; Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Rebecca Wind, University of Michigan; William Woelk, University of Michigan; Theresa Biehle, University of Michigan; Laura Dionisio, Loyola Marymount University; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Nathaniel Gallaher, University of Michigan; Katie Thorne, Michigan Technological University; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan

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Aerospace

hundred undergraduate and graduate students each year with the opportunity towork on real-world, design-build-test space systems projects. Such opportunities include themicrogravity flight experience available through NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student FlightOpportunities Program. By having a proposal accepted through a competitive evaluation process,students can design and fabricate an experimental payload that flies onboard a C-9 plane whoseparabolic flight trajectories permit short periods of microgravity test conditions.During August 2006, S3FL flew a C-9 microgravity test payload in support of the lab’s TetheredSATellite Testbed (TSATT) project, now known as the Tethered Satellite Ionospheric eXplorer(TSIX) satellite. In accordance with the 2004

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Biezad, California Polytechnic State University; Joon Kim, Lockheed Aircraft Co

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Aerospace

innovative experiences include modifying course syllabiacross many technical areas, focusing on the individual learning styles that generate interestand enthusiasm in students, overcoming the inertial of established grading processes that donot recognize or reward exceptional teamwork, and linking with funded projects and relatedproposals supporting work up to the graduate level.The way that Cal Poly has been meeting the above challenges has been unique and rewarding,yet still contains risk relative to accreditation. These risks are discussed relative to the nextaccreditation visit where the department hopes to win approval for its innovative approach tocurriculum development.The Educational ChallengeAbout some topics perhaps too much has been

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael McGrath, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Aerospace

AC 2007-1340: EVOLUTION OF A CLASS IN SPACECRAFT DESIGN:EXPERIENCES GAINED OVER A DECADE OF TEACHINGMichael McGrath, University of Colorado at Boulder Page 12.703.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 1/25/2007 4:25:00 PMEvolution of a Class in Spacecraft Design: Experiences Gained over a Decadeof TeachingAbstract.Spacecraft Design at the University of Colorado at Boulder is a project-based approach to thedesign of an unmanned spacecraft mission, focused at the senior and graduate level. Teams ofstudents produce a Concept Study Document and series of oral presentations for a hypotheticalNASA

Conference Session

Teaching Topics in Aircraft Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University; Ronald Sterkenburg, Purdue University

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Aerospace

, Page 12.1166.2and structural joints. The theory is reinforced in the materials laboratory where they manufactureand test several hands-on projects using manual and CNC mills and lathes, and test equipment.During their freshmen year, students take AT108 and AT166, which are prerequisites for AT308,and are taught sheet metal fabrication and repair, corrosion, heat treatment, aerospace materials,welding, and painting. The topics of AT108 and AT166 are geared towards the FAR Part 147curriculum. Students enrolling in AT308 have developed basic aircraft materials skills, but all ofthem still have a lot to learn about structural joint design, the use of CNC equipment, and qualitycontrol systems like ISO 9000. American universities, in general, are

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Topics Related to Assessments and Outcomes

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; David Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Ron Madler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Darin Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Karl Siebold, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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often lukewarm because students wanted to havemore professional-related information. During the Fall of 2006, the instructors for this courseintroduced tours of the new facilities and selected a team-based design/build/compete project asa way to provide more focus on engineering. The new building and other additions to our labfacilities made for an impressive introduction for our students. Students commented that theyreally enjoyed seeing demonstrations of some of the equipment and wanted to see furtherdemonstrations. In the end-of-semester course evaluation, the lab tours and demos were the onlypart of the course that the students were unanimously in favor of.For the design/build/compete project, students utilized the new senior design

Conference Session

Teaching Topics in Aircraft Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Sterkenburg, Purdue University; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University

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Aerospace

to design aircraft and aircraft parts. The authors of this paper haveincorporated a new project in the AT166 Aircraft Materials II course to reinforce the knowledgegained in the introductory course and to apply this new skill set to design, and manufacture analuminum alloy formed wing rib using CNC equipment and conventional sheet metal equipment.For this project students select a wing airfoil using commercial available software based onassigned parameters like gross weight, cruise speed and stall speed. An airfoil for a small pistonpowered experimental aircraft is selected with a maximum gross weight of 500 pounds, cruisespeed of 150 mph, and a stall speed of 50 mph. Airfoil optimizer software is used to downloadthe drawings of the selected

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karl Siebold, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Darin Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Mischa Kim, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Aerospace

hardware interfacesstudents will have a coherent reinforcement of concepts in order to improve theircomputing skills while at the same time strengthening their grasp of thefundamentals.Introduction During the Program/Project Life Cycle of any sophisticated andfinancially demanding project, simulation plays a dominant role not only in thedevelopment, but also in the operations/maintenance phases. However, in order tointelligently make use of the multitude of simulation products available one has toachieve a fundamental understanding of the driving concepts of simulation, whichis numerical integration. For this purpose a curriculum timeline has beendeveloped at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, which tries to parallelNASA’s Program

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Eastlake, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Magdy Attia, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Aerospace

students and employers. The first author is currently teaching thefirst of these two courses, Aircraft Preliminary Design, AE420. In this course a booklet ofhandouts describes the overall course format and the 16 deliverable tasks. This 30-pagedocument has evolved over the 28 years that the author has taught this course and serves as areasonable representation of the traditional aircraft design process, or “current state” process.In more detail so that process diagrams are understandable to readers of this paper, the currentstate is defined by a Statement of Work which defines project requirements, design specificationsfor the semester, grading criteria, deliverables required (six design review written reports, twooral presentations, five quizzes

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Christopher Cotting, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Durham, Virginia Tech

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Aerospace

AC 2007-93: THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND REDESIGN OF ANUNDERGRADUATE-LEVEL, SIMULATOR-BASED COURSE ON 'FLIGHT TESTTECHNIQUES'M. Christopher Cotting, Virginia Tech Chris Cotting is currently a graduate student working on his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech. Prior to his return to school, he worked for four years at NASA Dryden Flight Research Lab where he was a project chief engineer and flight test lead for several projects. Prior to working for NASA he was employed for four years at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Palmdale, California. He has worked on numerous experimental aircraft projects including the X-43A and X-43C, X-35, and X-33. He has an undergraduate and Master’s

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy; Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Aerospace

tools were added to the course, which allowed students to seesatellite orbits. These computer-based labs emphasized key concepts from class such as satellitemaneuvering, ground tracks, rendezvous, orbit propagation, perturbations, and constellationdesign. A small table-top satellite, with fully functional subsystems, was also used todemonstrate and reinforce satellite design principles introduced in the text. These principleswere then applied to a preliminary satellite design project. New assessment methods using on-line quizzes measured student learning for every lesson. These on-line quizzes required studentsto prepare for every class. Multiple assessments conducted after the initial offering of this newcourse showed students were much better

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Topics Related to Assessments and Outcomes

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Maughmer, Pennsylvania State University; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

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Aerospace

students hear about the benefits of being able to Page 12.1359.3sketch and what will be expected of them during this ungraded component of thecourse.At this point, five to six exercises are begun. After the first two exercises, whichdeal with aircraft components, the aircraft that is to be sketched is projected forthe students or given to them via a hard-copy. In all cases, the instructor thendemonstrates in some detail how they go about sketching the figure. The studentsare then asked to practice sketching the figure over the next week or so, oftenafter which time, they are asked to reproduce it in class. These figures are thencollected, critiqued, and returned