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Integrative Projects in Aerospace Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Weinstein, Northeastern University; Randy August, Northeastern University; Len Dow, Northeastern University; Jerome Tapper, Northeastern University; Francis Di Bella, Northeastern University

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a Product Design Specification document, a Detailed EngineeringAnalysis document, and provide a prototype or mock up of their project or a significantsub system component including test results. The capstone course culminates in a 20-minute oral presentation in addition to a written Final Report.1 Northeastern University also has an Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Mechanical, IndustrialEngineering curriculum that also offers a Capstone Project course. However, the students in each of theseengineering disciplines work only within their own discipline as is typically done for Capstone SeniorDesign Projects.2 Northeastern University is a cooperative education school and for this reason the Introductory Course and

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Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Gururajan, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University

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academic institutions as well as members from the industryparticipate in the CDIO activities. A number of studies have documented the use of such techniquesin redesigning their curriculum in various fields, from operating like a small company (Säisä,2017) undergraduate design projects (Takemata, 2013), a course in electronics (Svensson, 2012)and systems engineering (Hsu, 2007). The most relevant aspect of the CDIO approach in the context of our course curriculumredesign is that it has been shown to be successful in fostering long term retention of fundamentalengineering concepts taught in the classroom. At our institution (as perhaps with others),constraints on time and resources has resulted in a limited, informal adoption of some aspects

Conference Session

Spacecraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dimitris Vassiliadis, West Virginia University; D.J. Pisano, West Virginia University; Yu Gu, West Virginia University

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semester, the student team participates in testing and integration atNASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The launch is followed by work on data analysis and preparation of afinal report. A brief description of the course procedures is given along with an overview of theexperiments conducted. A brief discussion of educational goals and positive outcomes of this activity forindividual students and annual teams is presented. Finally the lessons learnt in organizing the project andcourse are summarized since they may be useful for schools and organizations planning to develop suchprograms. 1. Introduction The Department of Physics at West Virginia University has sought to integrate project-based learningwith a regular classroom-based curriculum. One

Conference Session

Teaching Methodology & Assessment 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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George Frederick Halow, University of Michigan; Maia E. Herrington, University of Michigan; Melanie Spare, Siemens Digital Industries Software; Shannon O'Donnell, Siemens Digital Industries Software; Gilbert Morris, Retired (formerly Siemens)

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. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Redefining Student Preparation for Engineering Leadership Using Model-Based Systems Engineering in an Undergraduate Curriculum University of Michigan George Halow, Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Principal Investigator Maia Herrington, Undergraduate, Computer Engineering and Instructional Aide, Aerospace Engineering Tony Waas, Department Chair and Professor, Aerospace Engineering Siemens Gil Morris, Strategic Project Manager (retired

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Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Brian Schratz, Pennsylvania State University

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NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellow. As a student, he has been involved in the development and leadership of student balloon, sounding rocket, and satellite projects; he now serves as the Programs Manager for the SSPL. Page 13.1253.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Penn State Student Space Programs Lab: Training the Next Generation of Space Systems EngineersAbstractThis paper addresses the formulation and implementation of the Student Space Programs Lab(SSPL) and its integration into the curriculum at The Pennsylvania State University. The Labhas adopted specific

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Aerospace Design and Manufacturing (Student Papers)

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Braden K. Oh, Olin College of Engineering; Justin Haruaki Kunimune, Olin College of Engineering; Jonah Spicher, Olin College of Engineering; Lauren Anfenson, Olin College of Engineering; Rebecca Christianson, Draper Labs

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was to learn physics principles behind electric propulsion, todevelop computational modeling skills, and to apply the theoretical physics from this study(supplemented by material from the standard engineering curriculum) to real thruster designdecisions; we did not originally plan to actually build such a thruster. As the project progressed,however, we developed skills in many fields beyond those we initially set out for, including CADmodeling, design for manufacturing, fabrication techniques, and interaction with externalmanufacturing facilities. We also gained experience with performing a literature search, as, out ofnecessity, we sought out and compiled sources of information on electric propulsion, and weeventually interfaced directly

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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effective way of enhancingcomprehension and retention of lessons1,2,3 in the undergraduate curriculum. Coyle4 discusses avertically integrated curricular experience in electrical engineering, constructed from a projectrunning through a sequence of courses. Ohland5 discusses multiple approaches tomultidisciplinary design experiences in the undergraduate curriculum. Devgan6 discusses how Page 23.1037.2research experiences are used to meet ABET EC2000 criteria. Pionke7 describes using a NASAstudent competition as an intense multidisciplinary project experience. While the experiencediscussed in this paper was not designed as a curricular experience, it

Conference Session

UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subodh Bhandari, Cal Poly Pomona

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of mobiletargets using UAVs,7 vegetation growth analysis using UAVs,8 and environmental gasmonitoring using UAVs. These projects involve faculty and students from several departmentswithin the Colleges of Engineering and Science including Aerospace Engineering, Electrical &Computer Engineering, and Computer Science departments.An excellent collection of UAVs and associated equipment at the university facilitates theseprojects. The UAV Lab at Cal Poly Pomona has more than fifteen fixed- and rotary-wing UAVs of various sizes and payload capacities. Some of the UAVs are shown in Figure 1. Also

Conference Session

Teaching Methodology & Assessment 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Zachary Nolan Sunberg, University of Colorado Boulder; Kathryn Anne Wingate, University of Colorado Boulder; Lara Buri, University of Colorado, Boulder

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. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Fair Senior Capstone Project Teaming based on Skills, Preferences, and Friend GroupsIntroductionCapstone design courses are critical pedagogical components of any engineering curriculum asthey allow students to complete open-ended projects in a team setting, often while interactingwith industry customers. Equitably teaming students for these courses can be a difficultchallenge. Each team must have the technical and leadership skills necessary to complete theproject, and industry sponsors prefer to have high performing students for recruiting purposes.Moreover, students often have strong preferences based on which

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Laboratory Courses and Programming in the Aerospace Curriculum

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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,” Eye on PSI CHI, PSI CHI, The International Honor Society inPsychology, Spring 2010[5] Haynes, L., Pfeffer, S., Boss, J. et al. “Lab management: insights for the new investigator.”Nat Immunol 7, 895–897 (2006) doi:10.1038/ni0906-895[6] Younis, N., “Establishing and Assessing Educational Objectives for EngineeringPrograms,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education AnnualConference & Exposition[7] Arati Phadke, Sangeeta Kulkarni, "Enriching Curriculum Through Laboratory Courses forTechnology-Enhanced Learning", Technology for Education (T4E) 2018 IEEE Tenth InternationalConference on, pp. 118-121, 2018, DOI 10.1109/T4E.2018.00032[8] Sasha Nikolic, Peter James Vial, Montserrat Ros, David Stirling

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Laboratory Courses and Programming in the Aerospace Curriculum

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Waterloo Tsutsui, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Genisson Silva Coutinho, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia; Alberto W. Mello, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Michael David Sangid, Purdue University; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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AeromechanicsII. AAE 20401 is an aerospace structural mechanics lab course for second-year students wherethey had the opportunity to use the Virtual Lab software. When implementing the Virtual Labs,we characterized the content, assessment, and pedagogy of the course under the BackwardCourse Design Model to identify how the Virtual Lab software could be integrated into thecoursework. After a year of getting feedback on the software from the students and investigatingthe pedagogical approaches on how to use it, we introduced a new format on the use of thevirtual lab in Fall 2019. This paper describes the latest version of the lab course with theintegration of the Virtual Lab software. The curriculum design, presented in this paper, is auseful reference for

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Aerospace Hot Topic: Unmanned Aerial Systems

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subodh Bhandari, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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significantly improves students’ communication skills, both oral and written, ascompared to the presentations and writing as part of the curriculum alone.23,24Most of the students who responded to the survey questionnaire said that the involvement in theproject helped them improve their written and oral communication skills.It has also been observed that the students who presented and published their work at conferenceshad higher success rate in getting employment offers. The students also are more motivated forgraduate degrees at Master’s and PhD levels.C. Exposure to Multidisciplinary EnvironmentThese research projects have been helpful in exposing the students to multidisciplinaryenvironment. The research program involves students from Aerospace and

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelia Greig, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Alex Powaser, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Douglas Howe, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Will Alan McGehee, California Polytechnic State University

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.3.4 Student ExperienceA comparison between students exposed to the lab to students who were not exposed to the lab ismade. Student sample ‘A’ contains 67 students who undertook the spacecraft propulsion courseprior to the implementation of the electrospray lab described here. Student sample ‘B’ contains72 students who undertook the spacecraft propulsion course including the electrospray lab. Theaddition of the electrospray lab to the curriculum is the only significant change to coursestructure between the two samples.Both sample groups were asked questions directly related to electric propulsion performance andsizing. One question required them to appropriately size an electrospray thruster system for asmall satellite mission to an inner

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University

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-structured interviews with teachers, students, andaerospace industry professionals; (4) student demographics; (5) assessment of studentperformance on projects and problem-based learning activities; and (6) student enrollment inSTEM related courses/programs in their senior year in high school and beyond.Initial Conclusions and Future DirectionsAlthough the program is in its initial stages, there are already some lessons learned that willenhance our future endeavors. One of the most important features of the kick-off stage of theprogram was the keynote speaker. He was motivational, inspiring, and made an impact oneverybody in attendance. After the address, for example, one student changed his mind fromplanning to pursue electrical engineering to

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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, aLightweight Fighter Design Project, a Glider Design Project, homework, two exams and acomprehensive final exam. The desire was to update the course with new approaches to teachingintroductory aeronautics. The framework for change came as a result of a Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN) Innovating Curriculum with Entrepreneurial (ICE) MindsetWorkshop. Since 2007 Baylor University has been involved with the KEEN. KEEN is “a nationalpartnership of universities with the shared mission to graduate engineers with an entrepreneurialmindset so they can create personal, economic, and societal value through a lifetime ofmeaningful work” [1]. This is accomplished by incorporating entrepreneurially minded learning(EML) into the classroom

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University; John A. Voth, Oral Roberts University; Connor A. McCain, Oral Roberts University; Jordan David Reutter, Oral Roberts University; Nathaniel Shay Frailey; Matthew Samuelson; David Ahrens, Oral Roberts University

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student at Oral Roberts University.Mr. Jordan David Reutter, Oral Roberts University Jordan is Mechanical Engineering Student at Oral Roberts University Graduating in May 2018. He’s been involved with many projects such as The Hyperloop Competition and is currently interning with The Boeing Company. He was primarily involved with the design and manufacturing of Team Soar’s flight simulator serving as a design engineer.Nathaniel Shay FraileyMatthew SamuelsonMr. David Ahrens, Oral Roberts University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Development of a Virtual Reality Flight Simulator to Assist in the Design of Original Aircraft (Work in Progress)ABSTRACTThe

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hank D Voss, Taylor University; Jeff F Dailey; William A Bauson, Taylor University; Bill Chapman, Taylor University

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Paper ID #13398Nano-satellites and HARP for Student Learning and ResearchDr. Hank D Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois in 1977. He then worked for Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories prior to coming to Taylor University in 1994. He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Taylor University. Some of the courses that he regularly has taught include Principles of Engineering, Intro to Electronics, Statics, Advanced Electronics, Jr. Engineering Projects, FE Review, Control Systems

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin Alexander Peraza Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Kaushik Das, Texas A&M University, College Station; Dimitris C. Lagoudas P.E., Texas A&M University

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,preparation of progress reports, and a final research paper and research poster presentation at theend of the summer. The program also included a preparatory course for the standardized test forgraduate school program applications (i.e. GRE) and several seminars on student-mentorinteractions, graduate school opportunities, and research based careers.Program OverviewThe purpose of the undergraduate summer research grant program was to involve outstandingstudents who had completed their sophomore year and were interested in pursuing graduatestudies. Eligible students should have interest and desire to actively participate in ongoingresearch projects, a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25, and major in engineering or relatedscience or math curriculum

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Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin

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. Page 25.97.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Quarter-Century of Teaching Spacecraft-Mission DesignAfter more than twenty five years of teaching a capstone spacecraft-mission design course in anaerospace engineering curriculum, the instructor looks back on the evolution of the course andchanges in student capabilities. The evolution in course structure, types of projects, projectdepth, and instructor understanding of the design process are discussed. The effect of thetremendous increase in information available to students through the Internet is discussed.Instructor BackgroundThe author became a member of the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin in September1965. From 1965

Conference Session

STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Jannette McFalls-Brown, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Danielle Grimes, Mississippi State University

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engineering classes. 2. Did your elementary, middle, or high school have a gifted studies program? Did you participate in gifted studies? 3. Did you have any engineering experience before attending college? Where did you get this engineering experience? 4. Did you take any Project Lead the Way classes? 5. Have you participated in any advanced curriculum? Describe your experience. 6. Does either of your parents work in engineering or science related field? Explain. 7. Is there any reason that you might want to leave aerospace or engineering now or at some time in the future? Explain. 8. Are you an engineer? 9. Are you involved with any on-campus groups? If yes, then which ones? 10. What are your

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University; Christopher Douglas Roper; J. Andrew Pirrello Jr., Kennesaw State University ; Alain J. Santos

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in engineering courses is not new. 2D drivingsimulators are commonly utilized in vehicle dynamics courses for motion simulation. Likewise,flight simulators are favorably used in most aerodynamics courses. Advances in technology haveempowered pilot test program producers to create effective and real-time simulation based FlightTraining Devices (FTDs) [6]. Flight simulators draw attention as a training resource in aerospaceengineering curriculum. Several studies have been conducted on finding the most effective way ofexploiting flight simulators in courses. Meta-analysis was investigated to find effectivenesscharacteristics of flight simulators [7]. Huet et al. studied the performance of feedback in a fixed-base flight simulator [8,9]. In a

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadi Ali, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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engineering education research and practice. Page 22.1537.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Towards More Effective Teaching Strategies of Iteration and Systems Management in Spacecraft Design ABSTRACT We propose effective teaching strategies to help teams of students in spacecraft design projects in the first or second semester in the sophomore year in the aerospace engineering curriculum move from being “beginning designers” to being “informed designers.” The focus here is on one dimension in the

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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work with Bill Boeingon the wind tunnel project, Millerresigned from the University in thesummer of 1917 to become ChiefEngineer at the newly renamed BoeingAirplane Company.6 Concurrent with this turn ofevents, the Mechanical Engineering Fig. 2 The Boeing Wind Tunnel at the University ofdepartment began a search for a new Washington (c.1918). Clairmont Egtvedt isfaculty member to implement and third from left. This facility is still in use butinstruct a complete aeronautics with a modern 3’x3’ wind tunnel inside.curriculum. This search led to thehiring of Frank McKone for the 1917-1918 academic year. The curriculum that McKoneorganized

Conference Session

Personnel Development & Retention

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Yun Dong, Iowa State University; Subhanwit Roy, Iowa State University; Lorenzo D. Baber, Loyola University, Chicago ; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University

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Paper ID #33277Identifying the Proactive Actions of Newly Hired Engineers During theSocialization PeriodMs. Yun Dong, Iowa State University Yun is a Ph.D. student in the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) program at Iowa State University (ISU). She is currently involved in the research project titled Workplace Socialization in the Aerospace Engi- neering Profession, identifying the actions of managers and newly hired engineers during the socialization process into aerospace engineering companies.Mr. Subhanwit Roy, Iowa State University Subhanwit Roy received his B.Tech. degree in electronics and communication engineering

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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. William ”Bill” C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William (Bill) Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program and one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has held courtesy appointments in Mechanical, Environmental and Ecological Engineering as well as Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. He is a registered professional engineer and on the NSPE board for Professional Engineers in Higher Education. He has been active in ASEE serving in the FPD, CIP and ERM. He is the past chair of the IN/IL section. He is a fellow of the Teaching Academy and listed in the Book of Great Teachers at Purdue University. He was the first engineering faculty

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Alexandru Catalin Belu, Case Western Reserve University

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AC 2011-2209: TEACHING MECHANICS WITH MAPLERadian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA, and Research Assistant Professor at DRI, Reno, Nevada. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, power electronics and electric machines for wind energy conversion, radar and remote sensing, wave and turbulence simulation, mea- surement and modeling