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

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Aerospace

processes to be exercised 1further in the work environment. As stated in the first lecture: the course is not trying to makeeveryone who takes the course a systems engineer, but trying to give aerospace engineeringstudents a systems perspective. The success of that goal is reflected in numerous quotes from thestudents in the pilot class, such as ≠ “It was a ‘big picture’ view of what we may be involved in as engineers of the future.” ≠ “Taking this course makes an engineer realize there is much more to engineering than designing a given component to a set specification. This course really teaches all the factors that go into producing a viable space system, and some tools to achieve

Conference Session

Space Systems Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Knudtson, Saint Louis University; Nicholas Freed, Saint Louis University; David Zidar, Saint Louis University; Michael Dunning, Saint Louis University; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

thematerials, the group was developing the mindset and skills necessary to write a technicalconference paper. This will be of great benefit to the students in their professionalcareers. The third conference entered was the American Society for EngineeringEducation (ASEE). The value of this conference was in helping the group to understandthe scope and place of their design project. Reflecting on the project’s educational valuehelped cement the importance of the work being undertaken. The only official competition entered was the Idea to Product (I2P) competitionfor seeking out innovative products with marketing potential. This competition proved tobe of tremendous importance to the group. By presenting the capstone project as abusiness

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

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Aerospace

3x3-in. test section. A smaller test section (1x2 in.) allowed Mach 5 tobe attained. This facility played an important educational role for nearly 60 years, until it had tobe dismantled in 2006 for the renovation of Guggenheim Hall. The wind tunnel was also used atvarious times for research purposes, especially toward the end of its life. The size of the Department during this time can be best characterized by “slow growth”.The Department had a regular faculty of five throughout the period 1935-1945. Eastwoodstepped down as department head in 1946 and retired in 1947, and Kirsten retired in 1951 (hedied shortly thereafter, in 1952, at the age of 67). A faculty position was added during the late1940s reflecting the addition of the MAE

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

rival and collaborator the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklynxi. The collaborativerelationship proved important, when in 1973, NYU decided to eliminate its engineeringprogram. This decision was not a reflection on the programs in engineering, but rather apoorly conceived notion about the future of engineering in an economic downturn, by theUniversity’s administration. Most of the faculty and labs were transferred over to thePolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and the name was changed to the Polytechnic Instituteof New York (PINY). NYU, the first Guggenheim School, became the only program tofail to continue to the present day. However, a perceived need by NYU to reengage inengineering has led to the transferring of PINY to NYU being given the