Conference Session

Reporting Out: Dissemination of Several NSF Projects of Interest to Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University; Ben Perry Dillard III; Hope Epps Rivers, SC Technical College System

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Two Year College Division

. Page 26.319.4The CA2VES Approach(1) Innovative, high-impact personalized digital learning curriculum According to a 2012 study produced by Deloitte LLP approximately 600,000 skilledmanufacturing jobs are going unfilled due to a skills gap between workforce requirements andlabor market ability.19 An aging workforce further compounds this issue where projectionsshow that in 2030 more than 20 percent of the workforce will be over 65 compared to 13 percentin 2010 and 9.8 percent in 1970.20 This means that manufacturing employers are not onlycombating current labor shortages but they are also deeply concerned about an impending laborshortage crisis caused by a “graying” workforce. Addressing this skills gap is a national prioritywhere

Conference Session

A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Stepler, Pennsylvania State University; Steve Garguilo, Johnson & Johnson Inc.; Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

stakeholders.Negotiation between the Teams: With many aspects of Mashavu, we found that the sub-teamsmust negotiate to promote the most effective solution for different parts of the system. The legalsub-team was concerned that people might not want a lot of medical information transferred ontothe internet. However, the clinical sub-team indicated that doctors would need this information tofeel comfortable giving the patient any advice. This issue led to the solution of providingadequate security in the system, which the kiosk design team and the website team implemented.We found through this process that each sub-team needed to zoom out from their individualgoals in order to see how we could best advance the system. We learned that there would bemany issues that

Conference Session

Design Courses 1, Teaching Tools

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tyler Tallman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

exists at present. I encourage future engineering education scholars interested in NDMpedagogy to dig deeper into these sorts of questions. Answers to these questions may contributeto students’ future exposure to NDM and further, contribute to the development of new methodswhich may impact the future of NDM [4]–[6].6.3 Theme 3: Programs and companies lack resources and expertise, but can help each otherNearly every paper in this review mentioned under-resourcing as a delicate issue of NDMengineering education. Individually, equipment and supplies for courses cost money that programsmust already be careful in distributing [20], [22], [23]. Additionally, Brown suggested there wasalso the issue of a lack of faculty who could teach the subject [8

Conference Session

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Johrendt, University of Windsor; Schantal Hector, University of Windsor; Karen Benzinger, University of Windsor; Geri Salinitri, University of Windsor; Arunita Jaekel, University of Windsor; Derek Northwood, University of Windsor; Michelle Watters, University of Windsor

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

salient issue was that timing was highly dependent onstudents having sufficient technical knowledge to make a worthwhile contribution. “No-oneargued for industry-based learning to occur until at least one year has been completed.” The“ideal” duration of the work terms was unclear, with durations of one year, six months or sixteenweeks being preferred by different sets of students and faculty.18Fleming and Eames24 note that amongst cooperative education programs, there is a greatdiversity in placement length and structure and that this diversity in placement structure “isgoverned more by organizational influences such as institutional timetabling, placementavailability and faculty commitment than by educational imperatives”. They also found that

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

from honors and honors/non-honorscombination groups from the spring 2014-2015 (153) school year. This is interesting consideringmany of the questions were very similar to the ones offered in the 181 and 173 exam.ConclusionsAll together the scores for the midterms and finals in the LWTL curriculum for the revisedcontent indicate a positive impact. The exception being the first exam of the ENGR 120 coursewith the full implementation group. Given that they were a lower performing group and it wasthe first time many of the faculty taught the course with the new structure, this low performanceis noted, but not cause for much concern yet. When the course is implemented next fall (191), itwill be important for the researchers to note a positive or

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Logan Beaver, Old Dominion University; Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

the era of industry 4.0: implications for management practice. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 49(3), 56-70. 6. Lachapelle, S. (2023). Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cybersecurity Education for Autonomous Vehicle Engineers. Journal of Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence, 3(1), 122-138. 7. Bastiaan, J. M., Peters, D. L., Pimentel, J. R., & Zadeh, M. (2019, June). The autodrive challenge: Autonomous vehicles education and training issues. In 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 8. https://www.quanser.com/ 9. Shared Autonomy Development in Quanser QCar https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/projects/4t64gv864 10. M. Sivakumar, A. B. Belle, J. Shan, O. Odu and M. Yuan

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

J. Jill Rogers, The University of Arizona; Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Jennifer Velez M.Ed., Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

TriUPartnership, including engineering college deans, faculty, and college recruitment and outreachstaff from Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona,was formed as an outgrowth of a National Science Foundation, INCLUDES project [2]. One ofthe aims of this project was to increase engineering awareness and interest amongst a broadpopulation of the state and thereby enhance entry into the state’s four-year university engineeringprograms.The TriU Partnership served 96 high school students from 4 different states in a virtualeducational event offered in June 2020. Twenty-five teams of students were asked to considerthe challenges their high schools faced in achieving a safe reopening in a pandemic. Over sixdays

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John V. Tocco J.D., Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

provides in pertinentpart: “…conduct preliminary research of stakeholder needs and generate a proposal describing aproject that addresses real-world constraints and issues, including sustainability and othersociopolitical considerations.”6 While it is important for assessment purposes that the social sciences are addressed in capstoneprojects, teams rarely address the outcome with more than a surface treatment. For example,project deliverables often only discuss unemployment statistics in the project site area. Themembers of WoS, however, were determined to reach a whole new level in the consideration ofthe social sciences.Capstone Project Overview The Vista Maria campus is approximately 37 acres and is encircled with an 8’ high securityfence

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

George H. Williams; James . Kenny

pedestrian bridge, a Newcomen steam engine, a computerizedweather station, repair of a sinking warehouse, mechanization of agricultural processes in ThirdWorld countries, and cost/benefit analysis of alternative fuel use. Over the course of the yearstudent work generally exhibits significantly increased understanding of the elements of open-ended problem solving and increased creativity in the engineering design process. Moststudents find the course work to be interesting and relevant but very challenging, and there issome concern about continuity in the team-taught, modular curriculum.BackgroundIn the last five years, the Engineering and Computer Science Programs at Union College wereextensively revised as part of a study financed by the General

Conference Session

CPD Technical Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Andrew Lillesve, Iron Range Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

thatproduces high functioning engineers. The PIP was one document that has been looked at for thisimprovement. Faculty members have collected feedback on the PIP from IRE’s academicadvisory board and the present students. The feedback received falls into two key categories. Thefirst is the structure and format of the PIP. Students are concerned that the document itself is overstructured and at times, needlessly wordy. Students see the value in the PIP but worry too mucheffort is being spent on writing as opposed to reflection and improvement process.The other category of feedback with regards to the PIP deals with the time frame in which it isdone. Students often wait until the last weeks of the semester to perform the reflection process.As such, they

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate A Disney, Mission College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

topicsmight exist across content areas. “Technology and Society” concerns the relations betweenhumans and technology. This includes issues such as ethics and responsibility and the historyand evolution of technology. The “Design” section focuses on the methods though which Page 23.1160.6engineers create new technological products and systems. Content would include designmethodologies, cost-benefit analysis, and design evaluation. “Products and Systems” addressesthe systems nature of technology, and includes topics such as the flow of energy, materials, andinformation in systems, feedback and control, and the specific technologies characterizingmodern

Conference Session

Two-Year to Four-Year Transfer Programs: Best Practices

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Bradley Kinney, Bay de Noc Community College; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University; Mark Norman Highum, Bay College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

successfully set up, calibrate, program, and utilize the FANUC robot equippedvision system. Participants passing the exam will receive a certificate in iRVision 2D issued by aFANUC certified instructor.In addition to these workshops, training opportunities will also be targeted to other educators andstudents outside of Bay College and Michigan Tech. Faculty members will promote roboticsautomation to K-12 teachers and high school students by holding one-day seminars for K-12teachers. During the seminar, participants will: 1) learn concepts of industrial robotics; 2) learnthe basics of programming FANUC industrial robots; 3) try the robotic software “RobotRun”;and 4) work with faculty to consider ways the software can be integrated into the K

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Coleman D. Floyd

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

improvementof this class: (1) Make learning experiential by engaging students in cooperative learning experiences. (2) Give students control of their learning. (3) Highlight key points since new learners are surfers and scanners rather than readers and viewers. (4) Motivate learning by engaging students in their own learning environment. (5) Challenge students to construct knowledge from their experiences.Research QuestionsOne goal of the new mechanical engineering program is to identify best practices throughassessment of the courses and program. Another goal of the faculty is to ensure the studentshave a positive experience in each course. STEM disciplines are traditionally taught bydisseminating information

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James R Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Bryan Basham, Software Alchemy (with RIT)

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division

Bell Laboratories, Siemens Corporate Research, and AVL, including microcode for a graphics processor, real-time medical image processing, and data acquisition and communications protocols for semiconductor process control. Since 1997, he has been a faculty member in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Department of Software En- gineering including the position of Department Chair. His professional interests are in the engineering of software for real-time and embedded systems. He was a recipient of RIT’s 2010 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching.Mr. Bryan Basham, Software Alchemy (with RIT) I am a Software Consultant, Developer, Application Architect and Educator with over 40 years of software development

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University; Krishna Kumar V. Nedunuri, Central State University; Edison Perdomo, Central State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

-WRM majors from the low-income students at CSU Scholarships provided relief to students by lowering their student-loans significantly andallowing them to focus on academics. A freshman seminar course was enhanced with theacademic preparedness components specifically for the STEM majors. It helped them tosmoothly adjust to university life from high school life. Students also had access to the academicadvisors and the faculty advisors to discuss the issues that could impact their academicperformance. Students were informed about the opportunities for the other scholarships andinternships. Since Fall 2016, USE4WM scholars were also recipients of other scholarships suchas NSF LSAMP, Improving Pathways for STEM Student Retention and

Conference Session

LABVIEW-Based Experiments and Robotics Laboratory

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Edwin Bartlett, East Orthopedics

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

and industry;invention and proof of concepts, etc.This was the first group of seniors out of a new engineering department. As this first capstone experienceserved a very good opportunity to assess the student ability, it functioned the same to the entireengineering curriculum. From the assessment effort, several concerns were identified: − While the students were able to collect information about orthopedic injection surgery, how to convert these basic facts into actions presented the most difficult task. In other words, the students underwent the biggest difficulty in formulating the real-world task into an attachable engineering problem. More comprehensive, open-end design projects are expected to be

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Zakzewski, The University of Scranton; Mark Robert Murphy Sr., University of Scranton, Director of Sustainability; Michael Mahon Ph.D., Abington Heights School District

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

creating a good seal. This caused the refrigerator to turn on more frequently,and use more energy to maintain the desired interior temperature. A simple and inexpensiverepair was suggested replace this gasket to reduce energy use.The fourth team reviewed building automation schedules, exterior lighting, and indoor pool Page 26.1077.5systems. They found that the building automation schedule was being used effectively. Asurvey of the pool clearly indicated an upgrade was required. School district officials sharedtheir concerns over issues with the ventilation system. The team also surveyed parking lotlighting and lighting under a large covered

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

. The student enjoysstarting the semester with extra points while also learning what it will be like taking a testonline. This activity also helps the faculty member know whether their studentsadequately acquired the necessary information about the course. Academic Dishonesty:It should be mentioned that academic dishonesty, unfortunately, occurs in the onlineformat as with all F2F courses and is an issue to wisely and promptly deal with. Rules inthis regard must be clearly stated from start, and enforcing them must be done in such agentle but firm manner that aims and strives to build up a better student and a superiorcitizen.On-line Applications to a Traditionally Categorized Hands-on Course:A Construction Project Management course is often

Conference Session

Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vaidy Vaidyanathan, University of Central Florida; Carmo D'Cruz, University of Central Florida

connections; promotes technical entrepreneurship and assists UCF researchers intransferring technology to the marketplace.The Central Florida Technology Incubator is a university-driven community partnership with themission of building high-tech opportunities into successful business ventures in Central Florida. Itsprimary goals are to graduate financially stable companies poised for significant revenue growthand to create an effective means for University faculty to commercialize technology throughlicensing and strategic partnerships. Located adjacent to the UCF campus in East Orlando, theIncubator consists of over 67,000 square feet space with the addition of its new Center forEntrepreneurship in Downtown Orlando.The local economic downturn in the

Conference Session

Engineering Futures: Navigating the Pathways of Education, Inclusion, and Professional Growth

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Calle Müller, Florida International University; Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor P.E., Florida International University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

program at FIU. Her research interests are in graduate and postdoctoral education with a focus on mentorship and transitions as well as faculty development and the use of technology in engineering and computing education.Mr. Mohamed ElZomor P.E., Florida International University Dr. Mohamed ElZomor is an Assistant Professor at Florida International University (FIU), College of Engineering and Computing and teaches at the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability. Dr. ElZomor completed his doctorate at Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Factors Driving and Impeding STEM Student’s Motivation and Success

Conference Session

Programming Education 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jialiang Tan, Lehigh University; Yu Chen, Independent Researcher; Shuyin Jiao, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

the preferred developer environment tool among alldevelopers, with the number increasing to 73.71% of over 90,000 respondents. Due to the greatuser amount, bugs/issues are fixed/solved in time. VS Code updates frequently, from Mar 2023to Mar 2024, VS Code development team made 33 releases in total, updating with big changealmost every month2. Thanks to its large user base, bugs and issues in VS Code are promptlyaddressed. The software receives frequent updates, with the VS Code development teamreleasing a total of 33 updates from March 2023 to March 2024, introducing a new version eachmonth with new features and important bug fixes.The high popularity of VS Code is one of the main reasons why we introduce it to our Pythonclass. Students often

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein

AxiomaticDesign in addressing this problem. Central to Axiomatic Design is early identification ofuncoupled design parameters that address independent functional requirements. A new designprocess, incorporating Axiomatic Design methods along with the use of Acclaro software(http://www.axiomaticdesign.com) was developed in this work and piloted with several capstonedesign teams at the University of Idaho during the current academic year. Early indications arethat these teams were more successful in establishing functional requirements that were morecomplete, more logically hierarchical, and more independent than other design teams.Furthermore, design ideas discussed by these teams seemed to be accepted or rejected on theirown technical merits, rather than

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

with identifying approaches to assessing cyberlearningawards. However, there are many metrics that can and should be used in the process.Issues to Consider Before summarizing the qualitative results and making recommendations, I must share the issuesthat must be considered when developing cyberlearning resources. There was no interview questionsrelated to the drawbacks of cyberlearning. However, every interview participant mentioned issues thatmust be mitigated as we begin to chart new courses in the cyberlearning territory. Similar to the metrics for assessing the impact of a cyberlearning award, the issues participantsmentioned related to teachers and learners, and the development and maintenance of cyberlearningresources

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Otily Toutsop, Morgan State University; Rachida Satio Constance Kone, Morgan State University; ketchiozo wandji; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University; Caroline Kinyanjui, Morgan State University; Vinton Amsley Morris; Jay Jemal; Javaun Rose, Morgan State University

American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #35701 Community Science Board Cybersecurity Committee. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including He is the recipient of multiple awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, IBM Faculty Partnership Award, National Semiconductor Faculty Development Award, and the General Motors Faculty Fellowship Award. He is currently a senior member of the IEEE and a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi engineering honor societies.Miss Caroline Kinyanjui, Morgan State University Caroline Kinyanjui is a Ph.D. student with a concentration in

Conference Session

Engineering, Ethics, and Community Engagement

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lazlo Stepback, Purdue University ; Joey Valle, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG), Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

engineer’s right to a politicalopinion, and civic engagement, with an engineer’s duty to objectivity and truthfulness. The BERraises the question of whether the engineer’s statements about the working conditions of theplant violated their duty to issue statements in an objective and truthful manner, as dictated bythe code of ethics. Additionally, the BER argues that since this engineer is running for publicoffice, the political nature of their statement and the associated media attention must beconsidered when evaluating if the engineer acted in an objective or truthful manner.The BER acknowledges it is possible that Engineer A had a legitimate concern for worker safetybut criticizes the engineer for not speaking to management about the allegations

Conference Session

Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bret Austin Arnold, University of Tulsa; Alison J. Kerr, University of Tulsa; Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa; Michael W. Keller, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Paper ID #22509Graduate Student Self and Adviser Ratings on Professional CompetenciesMr. Bret Austin Arnold, University of Tulsa Bret is a doctoral student of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the University of Tulsa. His re- cent projects concern how personality shapes team-related behaviors and the degree to which antecedents of workplace burnout differ across cultures. Most recently, Bret has joined the University of Tulsa’s cross-disciplinary STEM ProDev team. The team has recently designed and piloted a training program that develops the professional soft-skills of graduate engineering students.Alison

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyn Marie Turner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Shirley Dyke, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

engineering education including assessment of student learning. She taught technical communication courses to undergradu- ate engineering students and currently consults with faculty and teaching assistants. She also is PI for the ”Aligning Educational Experiences with Ways of Knowing Engineering (AWAKEN): How People Learn” project. She earned her Ph.D. in educational administration at UW-Madison.Shirley Dyke, Purdue University Dr. Dyke is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering, School of Mechanical Engi- neering, Purdue University and the director of the Intelligent Infrastructure Systems Lab. Before Purdue, she was the Edward C. Dicke Professor of Engineering at Washington University-St. Louis. Dr

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston; Catherine Horn, University of Houston

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

underserved by the education and social sectors. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Endeavour S-STEM Program: A Multi-College Collaboration to Increase Engagement & Retention in STEMIntroductionThe United States has long held its position as the global leader in technological innovation andeducation. But that standing has been in jeopardy due to the shortage of domestic studentsgraduating in STEM. This concern has led researchers to investigate why graduation numbers areso low and also to propose ways in which STEM retention and hence graduation can beincreased. The data show that there are

Conference Session

Design Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

process where students are  open and eager to learn new things. It is up to faculty mentors to provide opportunities andactively engage these students. Engineering education, on one hand requires the adaptivegrasping of basic theories, and on the other hand, emphasizes hands-on experiences, innovativeideas and creativity that meet societal needs. There is a genuine necessity to bridge the gapbetween theory and practice. A practical approach is to improve student participation ininnovative design methods and education. Two critical success factors for an engineer in the “flat-world” are their ability to adapt tochanges, and be able to work at the interface of different disciplines2. In this “flat-world”3,engineers and scientists need to

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianne DeTurris

muchneeded technical advice for how to solve the weight andcenter of gravity issues. They agreed to fund an Figure 4 – R/C Powered Airplane Modeladditional grant for the club to pursue the flight testgoal. Top representatives of Starcraft Boosters, Inc. also came and visited students on severaloccasions to offer advice and encouragement. The CPSS team was very excited to have suchhighly placed industry and government interest in their accomplishments.The new construction goal for the 10-ft vehicle was to make a lighter structure that, combinedwith a more powerful motor, would achieve a higher altitude. This time composite materialswould be used to manufacture the entire rocket. Instead of a phenolic tubing body, carbon fiberwas used, and