Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terry Bristol, Institute for Science, Engineering and Public Policy, Portland State University

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explores and clarifies the nature of the engineer’sconstrained but irreducible freedom in his book, The Existential Pleasures of Engineering. LouisBucciarelli at MIT has been a leading proponent of the philosophy of engineering. In his book,Designing Engineers, he properly identifies design as the core agenda of engineering practicewithin the context of a socially defined enterprise. In Philosophy of Engineering, Bucciarelli,sees the concerns of philosophers as relevant to engineering thought and practice, in negotiating3 Worth repeating here is that neither the INCOSE Handbook nor the recent Mind Set essay make any reference to either thermodynamics or anautonomous engineering agenda

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Aviation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felix Ewere, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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, preliminarydesign, and critical design. In the spring semester they manufacture the prototype, conductverification tests, conduct a system readiness review, and finally conduct flight tests. Conceptselection is a critical part of the engineering design process usually preceded by conceptgeneration [1]. There are several concept generation techniques like mind maps, brainstormingand concept maps. Typically, the project requirement defines the boundary for which these ideascan exist [2]. To move from generating these ideas to picking an idea(concept) can be dauntingespecially for the novice designer. Usually, at the undergraduate level, qualitative methods likethe Pugh matrix [3] are used to simplify the process and facilitate a reasonable decision

Conference Session

AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Irving Buchwald, Clarkson University; Michael C.F. Bazzocchi, Clarkson University

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]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNEDNOQnwD8[17] “Antenna Gain,” Antenna Gain - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics. [Online]. Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/antenna-gain. [Accessed: 18-May-2021].[18] “Engineering:Antenna Gain,” HandWiki. [Online]. Available: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:Antenna_gain. [Accessed: 24-Feb-2023].[19] S. Velayudhan, “A Low, Cost Portable Ground Station to Track and Communicate with Satellites in VHF Band,” Dec. 2017.[20] Tech Minds. The Beginner's Guide To Software Defined Radio RTL-SDR. (Apr. 5, 2018). Accessed: May 15, 2021. [Online Video]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB6XQSEFwVA[21] Andreas Spiess. #286 How Does Software Defined Radio (SDR

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4 - Teaching Methodology

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Kuester, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor; Maria Smith, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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Diversity

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an upper-level elective for general engineering students. UMHBoffers a general engineering degree, with specializations in either Mechanical or ElectricalEngineering. Introduction to Aerospace Engineering is available to students focusing in eitherdiscipline, but the course was designed with Mechanical Engineering students in mind [30]. Thecourse pre-requisites are Thermodynamics and Dynamics, which serve as the foundation fordiscussions on Aerodynamics and Aircraft Stability/Control, respectively. The textbook for theclass was Introduction to Flight by Anderson and Bowden [4], and the course content was splitinto six modules: the standard atmosphere, aerodynamics, aircraft performance, aircraft stabilityand control, astronautics, and

Conference Session

AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Juhyun Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Plomin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Heather Ruth Arnett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Luisa-Maria Rosu, I-STEM, (Illinois Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Education Initiative; Joshua Rovey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Paper ID #38044Experience with the Development and Implementation of Online andHands-on Rocketry Education and OutreachMr. John Juhyun Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign John Kim is currently pursuing a master’s degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His work focuses on the impact of hands-on kits and MOOCs towards enhancing science literacy.Timothy Plomin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Tim Plomin is currently pursuing a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Illi- nois at Urbana-Champaign. His work focuses on the impact of hands-on

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 2 - Student Papers 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lani McGuire, The Ohio State University; Benjamin Ahn, The Ohio State University

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Paper ID #48256Work-in-Progress: An Analysis of the Effect of Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering Students’ Learning Experiences on Career PathwaysLani McGuire, The Ohio State University Lani McGuire is a first-year PhD student in Engineering Education at the Ohio State University. His research interests lie in exploring undergraduate and pre-college engineering student opportunities and experiences.Dr. Benjamin Ahn, The Ohio State University Dr. Benjamin Ahn is an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University in the Department of Engineering Education. ©American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

AERO 5: Student Success

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Casillas, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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importance in the aerospace industry.With these points in mind, the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M Universityis but one of many in the United States that do not adequately reflect the diversity of itspopulation as a whole. Women are heavily underrepresented as undergraduate students in thismajor, comprising just 8.3% of Bachelor’s degrees awarded during the 2020-2021 academic year[4]. Ethnic minorities were similarly underrepresented during this academic year, with whitesaccounting for 67.5% of awarded Bachelor’s degrees in aerospace engineering [4]. Enrollmentfigures reported by the university in fall of 2022 reflect slightly higher representation, withwomen comprising 14.1% of students in the aerospace engineering department

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4 - Teaching Methodology

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Andrew Roney, University of Denver

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this coverage is ideal for a non-major student course becausethis allows exposure to all sorts of fields rather than just simply one field such as physics,mathematics, biology, chemistry, or engineering. In addition, this course could provide a niceintroductory course for engineers as it is interdisciplinary in its nature.One of the main themes incorporated in this course is the concept of “Engineer Tools ofScientific Discovery”. For this definition we use the NAE Grand Challenge description:“In the century ahead, engineers will continue to be partners with scientists in the great quest forunderstanding many unanswered questions of nature. In the popular mind, scientists and engineershave distinct job descriptions. Scientists explore

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4 - Teaching Methodology

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell William Mailen, Auburn University; Jeffrey LaMondia, Auburn University; Sushil Adhikari P.E., Auburn University; Katharine H. Brown, Auburn University; Christopher Ryan Basgier, Auburn University; Jordan Harshman, Auburn University

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Paper ID #49217Work-in-Progress: Aerospace Engineering Faculty’s Perspective on the WritingSySTEM for Increasing Self-Efficacy of Graduate Student WritersDr. Russell William Mailen, Auburn University Dr. Russell W. Mailen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University. Dr. Mailen leads the Polymer Mechanics Research Laboratory, which focuses on the characterization of the thermal and mechanical properties polymers (including viscoelasticity), self-folding origami, and mechanical metamaterials. His research group has a significant number of undergraduate researchers, and the group

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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workremains to stabilize and grow this nascent effort into a mature and robust program. Areas ofimmediate focus include program accreditation, faculty hires, research efforts, partnerships, andstudent awareness.Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Gaining ABET accreditation for theprogram is, of course, a key emphasis item for UAF. As is the case for any new program, we mustgraduate at least 1 student from the program prior to applying for accreditation. UAF is workingdiligently to ensure this process is as quick and efficient as possible. The new aerospace program hasbeen built from existing UAF programs (all accredited) with the specific ABET aerospace engineeringaccreditation standards in mind from the beginning, and UAF’s

Conference Session

AERO 5: Student Success

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Zachary Reinert, Texas A&M University

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programs for engineering continue to grow in popularity among schools anduniversities, the corresponding curriculum that gets delivered to students has becomeincreasingly compartmentalized to each specific discipline. This shift has occurred naturally aseducational departments desire to highlight direct applicability of their education to theirdepartment label. However, much of the knowledge and many of the skills obtained in individualfields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can be applied to variousother STEM fields. Yet, preconceived barriers between each discipline often create mental gapsin the minds of students that render their abilities to think of their education’s applicabilityoutside of the department they are

Conference Session

AERO 5: Student Success

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian D. Ritchie, The Ohio State University

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engineering is often the best teacher. While this research was done in anaerospace engineering experimental projects capstone sequence, many design capstonesequences in other engineering majors incorporate the experiential learning component aerospaceoften lacks, so many of the lessons learned here should transfer well to those capstones.References[1] KEEN Framework, https://engineeringunleashed.com/framework[2] Grzybowski, D. M., & Tang, X., & Park, E., & Leonard, A., & DeLano, J., & Zhao, K.(2020, June), Integration of Entrepreneurial-minded Learning. Paper presented at 2020 ASEEVirtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Online. 10.18260/1-2--34852[3] Carnasciali, M., & Harichandran, R. S., & Erdil, N. O., &

Conference Session

AERO 2: Innovative Pedagogy and Hands-on Learning 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zain Zafar Khan; Zachary Alan Sobelman; Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University

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Paper ID #39798Exploring Additive Manufacturing in a Space Environment - A CapstoneDesign Project ExperienceZain Zafar KhanZachary Alan SobelmanDr. Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU), is an expert in space systems engineering and has en- gaged in the design, development of several space systems, facilities, including an amateur radio ground station and two magnet coil test facilities. He is a Federal Communications Commission licensed amateur radio operator. He is

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Tyler Young, The Ohio State University

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Paper ID #44439Board 4: Work in Progress: Development of a Culturally Responsive, Community-basedFluid Dynamics Mini-Unit for Middle SchoolE. Tyler Young, The Ohio State University E. Tyler Young is a graduate student at The Ohio State University currently pursuing a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. He graduated summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering before embarking on a career in STEM education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Development of

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mollie Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Prabhat Hajela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Luca Carlone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Siyi Hu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Marcus Abate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Zeyad Awwad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Yun Chang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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experiences. Another remedy to consider would bea voice-to-text notes feature within the simulation that can export personalized notes. For moreradical results, additional topics that cannot easily be translated into a non-XR format may be con-sidered, such as interactive model assembly, first-person point-of-view experiences, or modellingsystem interior processes. With this in mind, the continued exploration and refinement of XR usagein aerospace engineering education holds promise for fostering an enriched learning experience.References [1] J. M. Probst and H. Orsolits, “Experts’ view on ar/vr in engineering education at universities,” in Learning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition, vol. 634 of Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, pp

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Aviation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Joshua Shila, Bowling Green State University; Shantanu Gupta, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; Catherine Smith, Bowling Green State University

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Paper ID #47221A Sustainable Framework for Providing Early Exposure to Aviation EducationDr. Jacob Joshua Shila, Bowling Green State UniversityShantanu Gupta, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University Shantanu Gupta is an Assistant Professor at the Bowling Green State University in the School of Aviation within the College of Technology, Architecture, and Applied Engineering. Dr. Gupta earned a B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, a M.S in Aviation and Aerospace Management, a Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics, and a Ph.D. in Technology from Purdue University, West Lafayette