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- Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University
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experimental aerodynamics, aircraft design and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 2019 ASEE 126th National Conference Flipped Classroom and its Impact on Student Engagement Chadia Affane Aji and M. Javed Khan Tuskegee University, Tuskegee Alabama 36088AbstractThis paper will provide the first-year results of the impact of implementing the flipped approachin lower level math and aerospace engineering courses. A quasi-experimental between-groupsresearch design was used for assessing the effectiveness of this methodology. The control groupconsisted of students who were in the same course
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- Aerospace Division Technical Session
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- 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University; Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University
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mathematics classes. She developed teaching modules to improve students’ learning in mathematics using technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 2018 ASEE National Conference Impact of Programming Robots and Drones on STEM AttitudesAbstractHands-on activities can effectively engage students and promote learning. This paper presents theresults of a one-week long summer camp for middle school students. The objective was to impactthe attitudes of the participants towards science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)fields. The participants of the camp were from underrepresented groups from two rural schooldistricts. The camp provided opportunities
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- Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Sven Bilen; Lisa Brown; Mieke Schuurman; Timothy Wheeler; Julio Urbina
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AC 2008-1102: ADDRESSING AEROSPACE WORKFORCE NEEDS: THE IMPACTOF HANDS-ON SPACE SYSTEMS PROJECT EXPERIENCES ON CAREERCHOICESSven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University SVEN G. BILÉN is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering at Penn State. He is the Chief Technologist for Penn State's Center for Space Research Programs and Director of the Student Space Programs Lab. He is member of IEEE, AIAA, AGU, ASEE, URSI, and Sigma Xi.Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University MIEKE SCHUURMAN is an engineering education research associate with the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering at The
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- Aerospace Division Technical Session
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- 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Shawn S. Keshmiri, University of Kansas; Aaron Blevins, University of Kansas; A Ram Kim, University of Kansas
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appliedmethods. A recent report by the Royal Academy of Engineering on the quality of EngineeringEducation in the United Kingdom highlighted the need to change both the scope and quality ofengineering education to meet “industry-relevant skills” and “experienced-led” learning [8].Class projects can be the most important tools teachers have to engage and prepare students indeveloping in-depth knowledge [9-10]. Class projects provide students the opportunity tosolidify engineering and scientific principles and to reinforce teamwork aspects through acollective and synergistic efforts within the group. The effort envisioned herein seeks to integrateco-curricular elements in undergraduate STEM programs to maximize education and researchoutside typical
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- Aerospace Engineering Education
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University
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may be other reasons impacting performance e.g. financial, from a pedagogicalperspective, the low performance of US students is due to the lack of interest in science,technology, engineering and math (STEM). One reason for this lack of interest is the unengaginglearning environments as reported in the High School Survey of Student Engagement [8]. Thissurvey which was administered to more than 42,000 high school students and covered 103 schoolsin 27 states, found that 66% of U.S. students were bored, citing uninteresting and irrelevantmaterials in the classroom. Bridgeland, Dilulio and Morrison [9] identified that the major cause(46%) of school drop-out was the uninteresting nature of the classroom. Student engagement istherefore an important
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- Hands-On Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - I - Student Papers
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Hannah Rose Stroud, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Darren John Hartl, Texas A&M University; Isaac Emmanuel Sabat, Texas A&M University; Kelly K. Dray, Texas A&M University
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Department Head in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She also serves as Director of the Craig and Galen Brown Engineering Honors Program. She received her BS, MS, and PhD from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M. Kristi works to improve the undergraduate engineering experience through evaluating preparation in areas, such as mathematics and physics, evaluating engineering identity and its impact on retention, incorporating non-traditional teaching methods into the classroom, and engaging her students with interactive methods.Dr. Darren John Hartl, Texas A&M University Darren J. Hartl received his BS in Aerospace Engineering in 2004 and Ph.D. in
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- Aerospace Division Technical Session 2
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- 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- William Michael Butler, Lockheed Martin
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Debelak and Roth detail experiments in simulationin chemical engineering courses in the early 1980s, many years prior to the EC2000 ABETchanges.26,27 In 2007, McManus, Rebentisch, Murman, and Stanke explored the effects of livesimulation on teaching Lean Enterprise Thinking at CDIO Initiative participant MIT.28 Each ofthese studies notes increased engagement by students using simulation along with additionalwork required by instructors to implement such an approach. The literature as a whole indicates that simulation can be an effective tool to replicate reallife experiences and provide the student with opportunities to develop complex skills. There arevery few research papers discussing the impact of this approach in engineering education
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- Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Leslie Olsen, University of Michigan; Peter D. Washabaugh, University of Michigan
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AC 2011-1287: INITIAL IMPACT OF A FIRST-YEAR DESIGN-BUILD-TEST-COMPETE COURSELeslie Olsen, University of Michigan Professor and Director, Technical Communication ProgramPeter D. Washabaugh, University of Michigan Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering Director, Wilson Student Team Project Center Page 22.879.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Initial Impact of a First-Year Design-Build-Test-Compete Course March 11, 2011AbstractFor the past six years there
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- Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Alok K. Verma, Old Dominion University
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. Page 22.801.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Impact of Project Based Learning in Introduction to Engineering /Technology ClassAbstract Project based learning (PBL) has a proven record as a teaching tool. Concepts that areoften hard to grasp are made easy by the use of project based activities. The constructivismlearning theory suggests that people learn better by actively participating in the process oflearning. The Introduction to Engineering and Engineering Technology class has been modified toinclude project based learning kits to engage freshmen early on in the program. The goal is
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- Hands-On Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - I - Student Papers
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Hannah Stroud; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University
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in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She also serves as Director of the Craig and Galen Brown Engineering Honors Program. She received her BS, MS, and PhD from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M. Kristi works to improve the undergraduate engineering experience through evaluating preparation in areas, such as mathematics and physics, evaluating engineering identity and its impact on retention, incorporating non-traditional teaching methods into the classroom, and engaging her students with interactive methods. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Hands-on Exposure to Unconventional Applications of Aerospace at the High
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- Hands-On Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - I - Student Papers
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Yilin Feng, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette; Lorraine E. Holtaway, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Sarah Ryann Congdon, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
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systems thinking for aviation and aerospaceindustries and for other complex socio-technical issues. Two course objectives are to understandhow to frame complex issues in terms of systems thinking methodologies, and to evaluateoptions and alternative solutions to complex problems.As an important component of student learning, hands-on discovery activities (HODA) are usedto illustrate CST principles and models which allows students to experience the behavior ofsystems and to better understand CST. The hands-on discovery activities are at first led by theinstructor. The students form teams and then lead the learning experiences for the class as thesemester progresses. Getting to lead a game, or being assigned to do so, engages the students onan
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- Aerospace Division Technical Session 3
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- 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI
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fundingfor SSP.The Organization for Space Energy Research (OSER) intends to unify SSP architecture througha meta-process of objective optimization using subsystem modules of existing architecturalconcepts. In this way US researchers can speak with one voice to advance the cause of whatcould be the ultimate answer to renewable energy.Reaching and engaging SSP architects, who tend to be widely-dispersed and poorly funded, is aconsiderable challenge. There are between 170 and 220 active or semi-active researchers on SSPin the US. Bringing them all together in an optimization project requires a significant effort,especially at the start. This paper describes the way in which a US-initiated student spaceorganization is being enlisted to bring together
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- Space Side of Aerospace
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Wiaam Elkhatib, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Steven Anthony Zusack, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Brock Schaffer; Emiliya V. Akmayeva, Students for the Development and Exploration of Space; Patrick John Proctor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Guy Nicholas Wiss, SEDS
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brainstorming, zealous discussion, teaching others,frequent research and documentation, collaborative teamwork, focused listening, exchange ofconstructive criticism, notetaking, and software design implementation. This aerospace projectstrongly contrasts with the standard teaching method of lecturing. Previous engineeringeducation literature and research on active learning have consistently revealed that manyindividuals learn best and become proficient in skills by practicing them in a real setting and byengaging in group projects13, 14, 15. Design projects also help students to visualize their mainresult, therefore engaging all their attention on the product. Learning through visualizationreduces the burden of math and memorization helping to expedite
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- Hands-on Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - II - Student Papers
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Dawson Lewandoski
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undergraduate students, as well asbeing offered in a blended video-distance format to students from UAA to participate alongsidethe UAF students.The above courses have not only benefitted from increased student awareness and interest, but alsofrom the skillsets many of the design team students bring to the course. These skills includeknowledge of the general SEDP process, UAS-specific design experience, various constructiontechniques (eg, foam core/composite skins, balsa wood/Mylar skin, 3D printing), UAS flightexperience, and basic awareness of UAS flight rules. These competencies have had a significantpositive impact on the overall effectiveness of the classes taking these courses and have generallyprovided the students additional opportunities to
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- Hands-on Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - II - Student Papers
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Tracy L. Yother, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Cooper G. Burleson, Purdue University; James M. Thom, Purdue University; Brian Kozak, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
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, communication, creativity, motivation, and teamwork were most critical in soft skills.Research completed at Purdue University surveyed alumni and students from an aeronauticalengineering technology program. Their results found a broad range of hard skills needed for acommercial space workforce [16]. The top-rated hard skills found were safety procedures, spaceindustry terminology, and clean rooms. A full accounting of the skills and their rankings weresummarized in Figure 1.Fig. 1. Comparison of topic ratings between commercial space industry professionals andaeronautical engineering technology students.Additional research, done at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University was completed by Mehta[17]. This research was focused on participants working in
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- Design Courses 1, Teaching Tools
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- 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tyler Tallman, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Paper ID #32296Student Paper: The Current State of Pedagogy on Nondestructive Methodsin Engineering EducationMr. Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette Justin C. Major is a fifth-year Ph.D Candidate and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fel- low in the Purdue University Engineering Education Program. As an undergraduate student at the Univer- sity of Nevada, Reno (UNR), Justin completed Bachelor’s degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Mathematics Education with an informal emphasis in engineering education. Through his in- volvement in the UNR PRiDE Research Lab and engagement
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- Hands-on Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - II - Student Papers
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Yue Gu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue Polytechnic Institute
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issued a statement on sustainable development education thatstates in part “Engineering students should learn about sustainable development andsustainability in the general education component of the curriculum as they are preparing for themajor design experience” and that “…faculty should ask their students to consider the impacts ofdesign upon U.S. society, and upon other nations and cultures” [3]. Some engineering programshave used a national airport design competition in their education programs [4, 5]. Between 2007and 2017, over 40% of winning teams in the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs were comprised of studentsenrolled in undergraduate and graduate level degree
Student Activities, Research and Development in High-power Rocket Propulsion and Systems Engineering
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- Hands-on Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - II - Student Papers
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- James Cook; Maxim G. Strehle; Jonathan William Schaefer , Saint Louis Rocket Propulsion Lab; T. Alex Ambro, Saint Louis University; William Hiser; Andrew Riddle; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University
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studies have shown when undergraduate students are able to combine the fundamentaleducation they get in class with complemented research experience; students have flourished [2,3, 4]. The development of leaders follows the typical hierarchy; the upper classmen typically fillthe leadership positions, while the lower classmen and less experienced members are mentoredwhile working on the projects. This process provides opportunity to develop good leadershipskills and excellent communication skills, experiences that are required and strongly applicableto building a successful career in the aerospace industry [5].Mission of Rocket Propulsion LabSaint Louis University’s Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (RPL) is a Student Organizationinvolved in the
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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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- Logan Walker Graves, Los Alamos National Labs; Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
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engineering endeavors. A lack of faculty, materialresources, and students can all too often hamper efforts to institutionalize such experiences.However, the existence of even a few meager aerospace-related pieces of a puzzle – a workexperience as an undergraduate, an academic course, a graduate research project, a design team,or a user agency with real-world needs – can sometimes combine to provide the perfect set ofexperiences and opportunities for a motivated student to wildly succeed in following theirpassions and in making a difference.The remainder of this paper is dedicated to describing one example of how individualopportunities, even as ‘one-off’ offerings for the school, can have a dramatic impact on thestudent, the school, and on users
Excellence Or Disaster? A Thought Experiment On Grading, Teaching And Learning In Engineering School
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- Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology
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and Psychology – those who had developed thefine system in existence in the U.S. high school system and made it what is today. The promiseof this system when it was sold to engineering faculty was that it was to have three components: a) Student evaluation of teaching b) Peer evaluation of course materials and classroom performance Page 13.587.6 c) Community recognition of contributions to advancing learning.However, only the first of these came with easily quantified metrics. One question asked studentsto rate the statement “The Instructor Was an Effective Teacher” on a scale of 1 to 5. The meanvalue of the score on this question
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- STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- 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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do know that theseprograms can encourage students to enroll in engineering, the lasting impact of these programson engineering students is less clear. With this research, we provide some clarity by examiningbackground factors of retained aerospace engineering students.The goal of this mixed-methods investigation is to identify the factors that increase studentsuccess in engineering in order to inform future programs and curricula. Research questionsguiding this study include: 1) How do retained aerospace engineers describe the impact ofparticipation in a pre-engineering program on university major choice? and 2) Whichbackground factors affect student retention and success in Aerospace Engineering students? Wesurveyed sophomore and senior
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- Aerospace Division Technical Session 4
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- 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology
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website of the School of Aerospace Engineering.2 Walker, R.S. et al, “Final Report of the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry”,November 2002.3 Clough, W. et al., National Academy of Engineering, “The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the NewCentury”. National Academy Press, 2004, ISBN 0-309-53065-2, 118pp Report of the National Academy ofEngineering. http://books.nap.edu/catalog/10999.html?onpi_newsdoc051720034 Felder, R.M., Woods, D.R., Stice, J.E., Rugarcia, A., “The Future Of Engineering Education”. Teaching MethodsThat Work” Chem. Engr. Education, 34(1), 26–39 (2000).5 Fishback, S. J., "The Cognitive Development of Adult Undergraduate Students," Thesis, Kansas S.U., June 19986 Private communication
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- Teaching Methodology & Assessment 2
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- Mary E. Johnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Yilin Feng, California State University, Los Angeles
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%) 14/14 (100%) negligibleThe rules, as well as the underlying systems thinking principles of this balancing system, aresimple so that students could be engaged while not being confused by another highly complexsystem. Students also practiced identifying the delays that were introduced into the balancingsystem in later trials, as well as tried different strategies to reduce the impact of the delays on theperformance of the system. Through this activity, students gained a real-life experience operatinga balancing system and were able to connect this system to aviation and aerospace systems.The discussion about the connections to the aviation and aerospace industry is a crucial part ofthe HODA. Students are encouraged to extrapolate the
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- Personnel Development & Retention
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- Corin L. Bowen, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder; Kenneth G. Powell, University of Michigan
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marginalized students in the engineering college, which consists of 12 disciplinary departments [1]. Our previous quantitative studyfound that students marginalized on the bases of gender, race/ethnicity, and/or household incomelevel experienced both disproportionately low representation rates and diminished outcomes. Weare interested in determining how the quantitative results are impacted by a focus specifically onaerospace engineering students.Existing research on retention of diverse students in aerospace engineering undergraduate programs is scarce. General reports of demographical representation are published annually by theAmerican Society of Engineering Education [2]. Orr et al.’s 2015 study [3] was effectively thefirst study to
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- Student Success, Learning Strategies, and Retention in the Aerospace Industry
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- 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University
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Science Collaborator and has been awarded grants by the U.S. Air Force, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture to research Magnetic Mapping of Pico/Nano/Micro-Satellites and study the impact of magnetic field exposure on plant germination, growth. Dr. Asundi teaches courses in Space Systems Engineering and is actively engaged in collaboration with academic institutions in India. As part of invited visits, Dr. Asundi has conducted several short courses and workshops in Systems Engineering Based Design of PNMSats. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Archival-based Flipped Classroom Implementation for Enhancing the Performance of Academically
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- Aerospace Student Projects, Engineering Design and Research
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- 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Catherine F. Cahill, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Peter W. Webley, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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target community and was therefore newand unique. In the case of UAF, underserved Alaska Native students were targeted for participation inthe program. Students from grades 6-8 were recruited for a 1-week long structured summer program toget a hands-on learning experience using UAS as a learning platform.It is worth noting the focus of the UAS Summer Camps and the other outreach activities were targetedat middle school aged children. Other age demographics and their broader communities of older andyounger siblings and parents were also impacted during the UAS Roadshows and community events.The middle school age was targeted because of the increased potential to inspire these young men andwomen to explore STEM related careers. This age group is
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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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- Maria Baklund, University of St. Thomas; MiKyla Jean Harjamaki, Playful Learning Lab; Hannah French; Patrick Roche, University of St. Thomas; Collin John Goldbach, Playful Learning Lab; Cullen Charles Kittams, University of St. Thomas ; Molly Roche, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Damian Kulash Jr., OK Go; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas
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winning team to meet the PLL team and discuss their ideas. Mostweeks, depending on the design progress, the Art in Space project lead sent emails to update thewinning teams, the Playful Learning Lab undergraduate engineering team, and the OK Go bandmembers. These email updates frequently included design sketches and 3D CAD models createdby the PLL team, as well as questions for the student teams to provide input and critiques ontheir payload designs. Examples of the CAD models can be seen in Figure 4 and Figure 9.Starting in August, members of the Playful Learning Lab engaged in a monthly video chatcheck-in with the teams to talk about challenges or roadblocks that arose and ask for suggestionsfor how to proceed. The goal of these communication
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- Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I
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- 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Christopher Deline, University of Michigan; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Steven Sandoval, University of Michigan; Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Yang Li, University of Michigan; Richard Redick, University of Michigan; Julie Bellerose, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan; Bogdan Oaida, University of Michigan; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Nilton Renno, University of Michigan
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account for the realities of a student workforce, and to manage in aproactive, vigilant, and responsible manner.3.1 Promote interdisciplinary awareness and systems perspectiveIn relatively complex, top-tier projects like TSIX (Tethered Satellite Ionospheric eXplorer, atethered nanosatellite pair for ionospheric characterization and a validation testbed for on-orbitrendezvous and formation flying sensors), where a large team of thirty or more students is splitup into subsystems, it may be easy for team members to develop tunnel vision. Students maybecome so consumed with optimizing their own subsystem’s design that they fail to recognizethe critical impact that their engineering decisions have on other subsystems. Interfaces betweensubsystems may
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- Space Systems Design
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- 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Albert Soto, Texas A&M University; Daniel Brown, Cornell University; Mason Peck, Cornell University
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beintroduced to the complex dynamics of a gyroscopic system (the CMGs) without the addedburden of full three dimensional attitude dynamics. Fourth, students, especially in the Page 14.131.3development stage of the testbed, see all the benefits of careful physical system integration. Thistestbed has not been used in any courses or laboratories, other than recent work at Cornellfacilities. Hence no survey data on the impact of such testbed on student learning and educationalvalues has been collected. However, this information would be useful in evaluating the efficacyof such testbed. One of the authors is a student in the Cornell University Leadership
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- Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Brian Schratz, Pennsylvania State University
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are able to learn faster, approach designs from many angles, andultimately grow as a team to produce more efficient and professional designs.Student-oriented space projects at Penn State began with the NASA Get Away Special (GAS)payloads designed to fly in the payload bay of NASA’s Space Shuttle (see Fig. 1). Penn Statestudents produced three GAS payloads, which launched aboard the Shuttle in 1986, 1996, and2001. These payloads focused on various objectives from recording orbital debris impacts toseed germination in space. Figure 1 Timeline of SSPL Programs and ProjectsBeginning in 1997, Penn State students saw the addition of sounding rockets with the initiationof the SPIRIT (Student Projects Involving Rocket