Conference Session

Hands-on Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - II - Student Papers

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Aerospace

airframe and powerplant certificate. Ms. Yother has 18 years’ experience in the aerospace and defense industry working for companies such as Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Pratt and Whitney. She has held positions in product support, customer support, and program management.Mr. Cooper G. Burleson, Purdue University A Graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelors of Science in Aeronautical Engineering Technology, Cooper’s field of expertise lies in Commercial / Private Space Operations (CSO). He has worked in Wash- ington D.C. at the Commerical Spaceflight Federation where he oversaw both commercial space policy and legislative drafting, as well as oversaw the public launch of Moon Express’s MX-model Lunar Lan- ders

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

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Aerospace

undergraduate experiences.For K-12 – More diversified classes to include engineering/majors to take in college – Time management – balance life demands – Good math and science foundationFor the University – More project based learning – Require co-op or internship – Research emphasis – Analysis skillsIn summary, the STEM pipeline is not full for a variety of reasons. Boeing is engaged in manyways with the pipeline.Grand Solution and OpportunitiesBoeing is well positioned to take a lead role in developing the engineering pipeline to cultivate aworld-class talent pool of engineering graduates. This process can and must begin in K-12programs.The Case for Boeing as a LeaderNationally and

Conference Session

STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hansel Burley, Texas Tech University; Terrance Denard Youngblood, Texas Tech University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University; Casey Michael Williams, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Aerospace

the effect of increasing momentum—communication and cooperation-- whenever a job needs to be done. • Informal interactions have proved to increase accountability among all involved. 14 • Other STEM groups want to work with the lead evaluator. NoteThis research was supported and funded partially by SystemsGo, Inc. (www.systemsgo.org). Wethank Mr. Brett Williams, founding teacher and former executive director of SystemsGo, and theentire SystemsGo group for allowing us to observe students and teachers in their program

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Christopher Cotting, United States Air Force Test Pilot School

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Diversity

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Aerospace

create an environment that mixes learner centered, knowledge centered, and assessmentcentered environments. These objectives were written with a focus on learning levels that aremapped to Bloom’s Taxonomy so that students and staff can read the objectives and then beprepared for any assessment exercise. Implementation of these learning objectives primarilyfocused on problem based learning with a mixture of cooperative, role-based learning, andindividual learning. Learning objectives are tracked down to each hour of student contact time toensure the proper content is delivered as well as to ensure student time is being efficientlyused.This paper traces the development of the new flying qualities phase curriculum and the designdecisions that were

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Crawley, MIT; Robert Niewoehner, United States Naval Academy; Jean Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Aerospace

contribute to understanding. It isappropriate to set aeronautical education in the context of aerospace product development forseveral reasons. First, it is what our graduates will do when they graduate. It culturally preparesthem for the activities of engineering, and excites them by satisfying their desire to perform theroles of an engineer. Secondly, it aids in teaching the skills that they will need in the workplace.If we are to teach students to communicate and work in teams, and especially to act ethically andcreatively, it is far easier to impart this understanding while working on authentic engineeringactivities. Finally, and most subtly, learning in context better supports the learning of the criticalaeronautics core competencies

Conference Session

Design Courses 1, Teaching Tools

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shantanu Gupta, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Caroline K. Marete, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Aerospace

a semester that is already packedwith other course requirements and activities. With other priorities demanding student andfaculty time, realizing interaction between industry experts and students in design courses may ormay not be achievable. Research to understand the value of expert interactions may informeducators as to the pedagogical value and provide support for including these activities in designcourses.In this paper, the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Design Competition wasselected for three reasons: 1) interaction with experts is part of the competition requirements, 2)winning design proposal packages are available on a website for the ACRP Design Competition[1], and 3) the authors have participated in the

Conference Session

UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Aerospace

lot, and generallyrequires that the student have some other means of support. Finding such students is not simple.Retaining such students is a challenge, especially as some may have started a summer without ajob, but may eventually obtain employment which reduces or eliminates the time they candevote. Added to this, the often-encountered aura surrounding the word “research” may causeanxiety among students who lack peers or role models. Undergraduate students may considerresearch something “only graduate students do” [12].Described herein is the origin, genesis, recruiting, management, and execution of a pro bonoundergraduate research team study, the supervision and motivation of the students, and a fieldtrip and “team-building experience

Conference Session

Teaching Methodology & Assessment 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Aerospace

, including grades in pastclasses or overall GPA. Predictive performance can be used to create teams with students ofsimilar GPAs or scores from prior semesters. Teams are formed by ranking students based onacademic performance and the grouping the top students in the first team, then the next groupingin the second team, and so on[3]. Teams can also be formed randomly, with student teams beingbuilt off random selection from the student list for the course[4]. Finally, teams can be formed byself-selection, in which students form their own teams without guidance from an instructor[5][4].It is important to understand the links between team performance and individualperformance/experience as well as design project success. Cooperation among team