Syllabus

AEM 4333

Aerospace Design: Special Projects

3 Credits 

Catalog Description:

Student groups design, build, and test aerospace projects. Projects include designs from AEM4331 or related projects. Students create and maintain an electronic project data repository, prepare weekly status reports, build and test their design, and prepare a final report.

Course Web Address:

http://www.aem.umn.edu/courses/aem4333/

Prerequisites by Topic:

1.      Aerospace Vehicle Design (AEM4331)

Text:

None.

Format of Course: 

One scheduled 30 minute meeting with instructors each week. Teams meet as needed throughout semester to complete build and test.

Computer Usage:

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Matlab/Simulink

FEA

Excel

Ansys

(list varies with team projects)

Course Objectives:

Allow students to take their conceptual designs through the build and test phases. The projects in this course are continuations of the projects started in the previous semester of AEM4331. Students work in small multidisciplinary groups to finalize, build, and test their designs.

Course Outcomes:

Students who successfully complete the course will demonstrate the following outcomes by refining the design, building and testing a prototype. They will document their work with an electronic data base of team work products, a Build Readiness Review, weekly status reports, weekly team meetings with instructors, oral presentations, and a written final report.

Relationship to Program Objectives:

 This course is an integrated design experience in which students learn teamwork, problem solving skills, system design and oral and written communication skills.  The course involves fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, aerospace structures, propulsion and dynamics and controls.  The course also teaches professionalism and ethics, and is designed to foster lifelong learning. It prepares student for the professional practice of engineering.

Relationship to Student Outcomes:

This course supports attainment of the following student outcomes:

1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.

7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

 

Outcome Measurement

 

This course is not used to directly measure any of the student outcomes.

 

Course Outline:

Students perform a design update, build, and test project as part of a team.  Each team is led by a team lead. Students work independently and meet with their team as often as necessary to complete the project. Each team meets with instructors weekly for a status update and issue resolution. 

 

Student Survey Questions:

In this course, I acquired the following:

 

1.      An understanding of how to take a conceptual design to physical implementation

2.       An ability to prototype a design using modern tools such as 3D printing.

3.      An ability to develop a realistic schedule for design implementation and testing.

4.      An ability to develop a test plan and conduct appropriate testing.

5.      An ability to identify major trade-offs and resolve them using my technical skills.

6.      An ability to work with and respect other students, and accept their ideas even if they conflict with my own.

7.      An opportunity to develop professional skills in my discipline interest(s).

8.      An ability to present a weekly progress report

9.      An ability to write a detailed final report.

10.  An ability to trouble shoot hardware and software.

11.  An ability to work collaboratively with the sponsor of my project.

 

Please answer the following questions regarding this course:

 

12.  The course’s team/discipline organization is a good way to teach students teamwork to prepare them for the job market.

13.  The level of work required in this course was appropriate for the credit given.

14.  The design project gave me the opportunity to integrate material from several of my previous courses and learn new material.

 

 

Last modified:

 

2018-11-16