Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajnish Sharma, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Aerospace

Paper ID #8797IMPLEMENTING PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING PROJECTS TO SYN-THESIZE FEEDBACK CONTROLLERS USING MATLAB/SIMULINK ANDSTUDENTS ASSESSMENTDr. Rajnish Sharma, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Dr. Rajnish Sharma, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, received his doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station in Dec. 2008. He received his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1999. He entered the Aerospace Department at Indian Institute

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Brett Stone, Brigham Young University; Edward Red, Brigham Young University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Michael Wright; David E. French, The Boeing Company; Shigeo Hayashibara, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Carl Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology; John P. Sullivan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

Associate Technical Fellow currently assigned to support technology and inno- vation research at The Boeing Company. Michael is responsible for leading a team conducting engineer- ing education research projects that focus on improving the learning experience for students, incumbent engineers and technicians. His research encompasses, Sociotechnical Systems, Learning Curves, and Engineering Education Research. Additional responsibilities include providing business leadership for engineering technical and professional educational programs. This includes development of engineering programs (Certificates and Masters) in advanced aircraft construction, composites structures and prod- uct lifecycle management and digital

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadir Yilmaz P.E., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Kyle Jeffrey Benalil, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Francisco Martín Vigil, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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Aerospace

satisfactoryatomization [5]. However, if biodiesel is blended with jet fuel, kerosene or diesel, fuel preheatmay not be necessary because of the overall low viscosity of the blended fuel. In this work, amicro gas turbine was operated on jet-A and kerosene as baseline fuels. Then, the fuels weremixed with 20 % of biodiesel and the blended fuels were evaluated in the micro-turbine in termsof performance and emissions characteristics. This project was done as part of a courseassignment and eventually became a successful experiment to integrate alternative energy andturbine research in an undergraduate classroom in aerospace engineering.Experimental Methods in Aerospace Engineering The Mechanical Engineering Department at the New Mexico Institute of Mining

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Nelson, Iowa State University

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Aerospace

projects and includes projects from underwater to space and everything in between. One of those projects is our high altitude balloon program which I have been working with the students with for for the last 8 years. We have been using high altitude Balloons as a low cost vehicle for our students to learn more about science and engineering and to give them real world problems to solve. In addition to my duties at Iowa State University I also serve as the President of the Stratospheric Bal- looning Association. This organization aims to promote, educate and encourage collaboration for high altitude balloon projects

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terry Allen Michmerhuizen, College of Aviation, Western Michigan University

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Aerospace

“Airworthy” is that the item “conforms to approved type design, and is incondition for safe operation.” (3) The first part of that definition is objective, and the second partis subjective. Since aviation maintenance is primarily based upon following proceduresestablished by the manufacturer of the product, most laboratory projects tend to be objective innature. The student either accomplishes the task in accordance with the maintenance instructionsprovided by the manufacturer or not. Although this effort is partially based upon the FAAspecified levels of proficiency, projects should also include grey areas where the student mustinspect and analyze a condition, and determine whether or not the product can be “Returned toService” with no additional

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott L. Post, Bradley University

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Aerospace

government standards where 40% of NASA Space Programshad cost overruns of 100% or more, and some projects have cost overruns up to 400%.13While the space shuttle program was approved, there was not sufficient funding for a spacestation. So now what would a shuttle do? NASA still had to justify the shuttle to congress to get Page 24.1094.3funding for the project. NASA’s ambitious plan for the Shuttle included launching allgovernment satellites, including those from the department of defense, and commercial satellites,as well as NASA’s own satellites and other missions. Also, to garner additional political supportfor the space shuttle, NASA sought

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin Turner, Marquette University; Mark Nagurka, Marquette University

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Aerospace

common, rather than jumping around between other fields/projects.□ It would be more effective if students could really design a mini helicopter. It would help students understand how each element or subsystem works with each other.□ Too often teachers don't provide meaningful applications of how to connect textbook mate- rial to real life. I don't think that is an issue at all in this class. Based on student feedback, the goals of implementing the helicopter theme as a means toincrease interest in the material and encourage students to see the real-world applications of thecourse content appear to have been met. Formative assessment will continue throughout thecourse

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding, Purdue University

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Aerospace

antenna). Many of the students struggledwith the MATLAB code, and no one achieved good correlation between the theoretical andsimulated values. It was an interesting exercise in probability calculation and simulation, but thescenario and simulation need to be scrutinized more thoroughly if used again.An alternative was also developed to perform jamming. The author had a crude, short-rangeGPS jammer that he had built for a different project several years before, and three of thestudents had GPS units in their cars; units that could be removed and run on their own batteries’power. An intramural flag football/soccer field was chosen as a test site, and experiments runthere. Unfortunately, two of the students discovered that their GPS units