Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session Innovative Pedagogy in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zhenhua Wu, Virginia State University; Lorin Scott Sodell, Virginia State University College of Engineering and Technology; A.A. Elmustafa, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University and The Applied Research Center-Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility; Dawit Haile, Virginia State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

summer 2020, the firstsyllabus was drafted with learning outcome and topics. The syllabus was sent to our ExternalAdvisory Committee (EAC) for their comments on whether or not any topic needed to bestrengthened/omitted. One challenge was to arrange so many topics for a 3-credit hour class in a15-weeks semester. The schedule assigned for each topic was included. With the EAC’s comments,the course topics were finally decided as indicated below.1. Introduction to NASA and the global aerospace industry (1 week)  NASA history and mission  Aerospace manufacturers and their major products (Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, GE Aviation, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon (including Pratt & Whitney), Safran, Rolls-Royce.)2. Overview of