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A System-of-Systems Inspired Framework to Enhance Aerospace Structural Mechanics Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Keeping It Real: Real World Examples and Systems Thinking

Tagged Division

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Page Count

18

DOI

10.18260/1-2--42518

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https://peer.asee.org/42518

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Waterloo Tsutsui Purdue University, West Lafayette Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-4683

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Dr. Waterloo Tsutsui is a Senior Research Associate in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, IN. Tsutsui received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University in 2017. Before Purdue, Tsutsui practiced engineering in the automotive industry for more than ten years, with the last position involving the research and development of lithium-ion battery cells for electric vehicles. Tsutsui's research interests are systems engineering, mission engineering, energy storage systems, multifunctional structures and materials design, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

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Daniel DeLaurentis Purdue University

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Dr. Daniel DeLaurentis is a Professor at the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, where he also serves as Vice President for Discovery Park District (DPD) Institutes. His research centers on design and system engineering methods for aerospace systems and systems-of-systems. Dr. DeLaurentis is Chief Scientist in the DoD Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) and a Fellow of both INCOSE and AIAA.

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Abstract

We initiated a System-of-Systems inspired framework (i.e., Definition, Abstraction, and Implementation) to enhance aerospace structural mechanics education. The proposed framework has a possibility to become an active learning pedagogy in mechanics education since the difficulty level may be adjusted for students to fit right in the Zone of Proximity Development. The framework can also promote healthy collaboration among the students as well as between students and instructors for critical thinking and engagement. The framework is a streamlined version of “the big picture to the small picture” approach, so the students can always see the big picture, which helps them to understand how everything fits together and fosters creativity. In the framework, we created specific examples of how structural mechanics educators can start using the approach immediately (i.e., a summary table and a two-table approach) to solve cross sectional properties (i.e., a centroid location, area moments of inertia, and product of inertia). Finally, as a future work, combining the System-of-Systems inspired framework with digital teaching techniques like virtual lab could be an exciting topic since the interactive and multimedia environment appeals to today’s students who are comfortable using digital media as an active learning tool.

Tsutsui, W., & DeLaurentis, D. (2023, June), A System-of-Systems Inspired Framework to Enhance Aerospace Structural Mechanics Education Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42518

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