Course Work
Students work in 4-6 person groups that work on various projects. Projects include wing construction, propeller driven tricycle, wing loading test, rocket launched gliders, paper airplanes, and model aircraft. To a large part, the learning experience can be related to the integrated nature of the design course, as well as to the interaction of undergraduate students at all levels of the program. There are three components to the course, lecture, design, and fabrication, meeting the official course objectives:
- Complete the preliminary design for an aircraft such that it satisfies assigned specifications
- Design a system, component, or process that meets given requirements in aircraft systems
- Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
- Function on multi-disciplinary teams
- Communicate and present effectively the results and consequences of their technical efforts
- Determine what the ethical responsibilities are to themselves, to employers, and to society
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