Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Roderic Coates, Pennsylvania State University; Alyson G. Eggleston, Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

Research Council [5-6].New pedagogical approaches to EC include an increasing focus on topic-specific proceduralwriting; engineering-specific templates and citations; and highly structured assignments withclear applications and a team-based component. Studies have shown that engineering students inparticular respond best and perform better in technical writing tasks with clear deadlines,expectations, peer review phases, and rubric-based assessments [5].EC pedagogy is also changing as a result of the overall importance of engineering technical workrises in industry. Calling it the Communication Coefficient (CC) method, researchers advocatethat engineering students’ experiences in the communication classroom can be improved if theyare advised in

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4 - Teaching Methodology

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell William Mailen, Auburn University; Jeffrey LaMondia, Auburn University; Sushil Adhikari P.E., Auburn University; Katharine H. Brown, Auburn University; Christopher Ryan Basgier, Auburn University; Jordan Harshman, Auburn University

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

writing,and writing ability in the context of engineering graduate education that includes systematicwriting instruction and intervention structures. The four components of the Writing SySTEM are(1) workshops to teach writing skills and promote the recruitment of diverse participants intoother components, (2) discipline-specific graduate writing courses, (3) peer writing groups, and(4) writing resources hosted on a publicly available Open Educational Resource (OER). Data forthe quantitative analysis of the effects of program components on self-efficacy is still beingcollected for this work-in-progress. The anticipated outcome of this work is to equip graduatestudents with strategies and resources for writing effectively in STEM fields and to

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Challenges and Coping Strategies of Engineering Graduate Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Aldridge, The Ohio State University; Nicole M. Else-Quest, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joseph Roy, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO), Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

as a psychometrician, program evaluator, and data analyst, with research interests in spatial ability, creativity, engineering-integrated STEM education, and meta-analysis. As a psychometrician, she has revised, developed, and validated more than 10 instruments beneficial for STEM education practice and research. She has authored/co- authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings and served as a journal reviewer in engineering education, STEM education, and educational psychology. She has also served as a co-PI, an external evaluator, or an advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Aviation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Martinez Soto, Syracuse University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

Projects: Projects within the program span multiple years. This extended timeline enables students to develop deep expertise within their project domains while providing an organic necessity for recruitment, onboarding, and peer mentorship [2]. Vertically integrated projects require continuity and knowledge transfer between cohorts to ensure project sustainment. • Early Academic Career Intervention: The program is open to students across all undergraduate academic years. Teams often consist of senior students working alongside first-year students, creating opportunities for peer mentorship. This approach supports skill development for early academic career students and

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 1 - Experiential Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Danushka Bandara, Fairfield University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

schoolresearchers, and 10 faculty mentors, overseeing 25 diverse research projects. Among these, two keyhighlights is the development of a programmable, affordable drone designed for autonomous swarmnavigation in GPS-free environments and Machine Learning for Brain Activity Analysis. With studentscollaboratively conducting research into innovative technologies.The program culminates in poster presentations, where students showcase their research to faculty, peers,and the public. Supported by Fairfield University’s School of Engineering and Computing, the URSRcontinues to grow in scope and impact. This paper details the program’s structure, participant diversity,and key research projects, with a focus on the drone navigation project and the brain activity

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Tyler Young, The Ohio State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

walk. During this activity, students walk around the classroom and read their classmates’project results. For each assignment, they leave a comment – either an affirmation or asuggestion for improvement – on a sticky note. After this gallery walk concludes, students thentake turns presenting their homework results to the class. The instructional period shouldconclude with enough time left for students to write a brief reflection on how they mightincorporate feedback from their peers to improve their presentations. These reflections will beturned in as the final exit ticket of this mini-unit.ConclusionThe “Cool It!” mini-unit described above has been conceptualized following theories ofculturally-responsive and sustaining pedagogies, community

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

themodeling and analyses at the university research lab. Also, since she was not officially enrolled atthe university, she had to be given special access to the engineering lab and university computers.All these accommodations were made to give this student an opportunity to learn well beyondwhat her peers learned at her school.Advantages:Despite all the challenges, the student performed well. She was able to complete the design andanalysis of ALICE over the span of two semesters. As a result of getting involved in research andworking on this project, she learned how to perform research starting with literature review. Shelearned how to review and critique other research papers. She learned how to look up, review andanalyze the COTS components

Conference Session

AERO 4: New Technologies and Strategic Applications

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

engineeringgraduates.Research GoalsThis research project aligns with the university wide Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) initiative.The course makes it clear that the undergraduate research experience provides appropriatescaffolding. In other words, students learn some foundational information and gain researchexperiences. Junior students are paired with more experienced students to learn the technicalaspects of design. Short lectures / hands-on instruction is done throughout the semester. The courseis structured according to the best practices for collaborative projects. There are frequentopportunities for students to receive feedback from peers and the instructor at different phases ofthe research. Students get the opportunity to work individually and in teams. The

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4 - Teaching Methodology

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Kuester, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor; Maria Smith, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

mustconsider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societalcontexts“ [11], which needs to be consciously reinforced throughout an engineering curriculum[12].This paper describes the implementation of a book project into an upper-level aerospaceengineering course for general engineering students. The students were asked to select anarrative non-fiction book about aerospace history, write a short report, and present theirfindings to the class. The objectives of the project were to help students apply the course materialto a historical context, to promote students’ lifelong learning through reading, and to encouragestudents to explore the societal and historical context of aerospace engineering. The followingsections

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 3 - Student Papers 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor St. Fleur, Prairie View A&M University; Jianren Zhou, Prairie View A&M University; Minghui Xu, Clemson University; Yuhao Xu, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

of the Centaur V upper stage. The instrumentation on Centaur V is essential tomeasuring stress, strain, and other mechanical factors during testing to ensure the system canperform as expected during a launch. Most of the testing done follows a general testing process.This process consists of designing, fabricating, instrumenting, creating a test setup, constructingthe database, writing a Test Procedure Sheet, and running the actual test. A specific test was adog bone test, which was designed to focus stress on the middle portion of the sample. This “dogbone” test used methods that correlate directly with larger-scale structural tests, such as thoseconducted on Centaur V. These smaller tests serve as a cost-effective and reliable method

Conference Session

AERO 5: Student Success

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Casillas, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

both groupsMethodsStudents were approached during a recitation period for AERO 201 and presented with a briefintroduction to both the NUA2NCED Laboratory and the experiment itself. The recitation periodoccurred from 9:10 AM to 10:00 AM in a lecture hall seating approximately 40 students. Afterthe introduction, a total of 37 students opted to participate in the experiment.The experiment as administered is divided into three segments: a pre-survey, two exam-formatproblems, and a post-survey. All materials were accessed online; participants were provided aseries of internet links to direct them to each component of the study. Each participant wasprovided a single sheet of paper on which to write any scratch work necessary to complete

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustin Scott Birch, Weber State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM). • Process control, repeatability, and reproducibility studies. • Test plan writing. • Test report writing.Having advanced training in specific areas will always provide an advantage over their peers as theytransition into the workplace. The Industrial Advisory Boards (IAB) representing the degree programspreviously noted, have often voiced their desire for more specialized training in the areas noted, andthis project is an excellent mechanism to accomplish that. The testbed project provides students aneffective forum for learning these skills and mastering them at a professional level.6.0 STUDENT OUTCOMESOne of the primary goals of the initial phase of the Hybrid Rocket and High-Temperature

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4 - Teaching Methodology

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Andrew Roney, University of Denver

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

detailed explanations of science and engineering are used throughout the course alongwith replaying some clips related to each relevant topic.Rockets and Launch VehiclesThen, once the reasons for going to space are established, the first critical technology thatenables spaces exploration is rockets. In class, several examples of rockets are introduced whichare connected (one of the 3C’s) back to the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) which Mark Watneyuses to finally escape Mars. In the associated laboratory, students build water rockets and launchthem exploring variables like number of fins for stability, pressurization of the water, and massratios (fuel to vehicle mass) that give the longest flights (Figure 2). The students are then askedto write a

Conference Session

AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Ennis, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Oliver Jia-Richards, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

arespectful term for “interested parties.” Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, from the Kankana-ey Igorot People of MountainProvince in the Philippines, and Stanley Kimaren ole Riamit, an Indigenous peoples’ leader from the PastoralistsMaasai Community in southern Kenya, write a blog on how they are rights holders of their land, not stakeholdersthat need to negotiate their priorities [12], therefore making “stakeholders” a colonial and violent word forindigenous peoples. This change in language has also been adopted by the Center for Disease Control, IndigenousCorporate Training, and Lake Superior State University [13]–[15].the topic of satellite-mega constellations, which are groups of satellites that operate together tocover a vast span of the planet. We also