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CDIO at Virginia Tech: 

CDIO at Virginia Tech Chris Hall Putting the comma in Aero, Space and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech since 1997

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Burruss Hall is the main administration building

Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching: 

Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Mission: reinforce the importance of teaching excellence as a fundamental responsibility of a land-grant university Provides rich opportunities for faculty and graduate students to learn about teaching, engage in reflective dialogue about teaching and learning, and access resources to enhance courses and programs CEUT funds Faculty Study Groups and other teaching-related activities

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College of Engineering Norris Hall is the main Engineering building

Department of Engineering Education: 

Department of Engineering Education This “new” department, formerly Engineering Fundamentals, will offer graduate courses in engineering education Organizes and teaches the freshmen engineering courses, which includes design-build experiences

MacGyver Vehicle: 

MacGyver Vehicle Purpose: To work as a team to design a working vehicle using only the contents of the MacGyver box. The vehicle must travel a prescribed distance and stop inside a target. Students gain design experience, including the use of propulsion. Students come away with a sense of the fun, challenge, and rewarding nature of engineering design.

MacGyver Launchers: 

MacGyver Launchers

Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech: 

Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department Overview People and Facilities Senior Design Projects Randolph Hall houses AOE, as well as Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering: 

19 Faculty in aerodynamics and hydrodynamics structural mechanics dynamics and control design Yearly graduation rate of approximately 75 Bachelor of Science 25 Master of Science 10 Doctor of Philosophy Students use (“operate”) extensive research facilities Innovative wind and water tunnels Full-scale flight simulator Spacecraft simulators Satellite tracking lab Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

Undergraduate AOE Enrollment Trends: 

Undergraduate AOE Enrollment Trends

Graduate AOE Enrollment Trends: 

Graduate AOE Enrollment Trends OE Distance Program begins

Intro AOE Course: 

Intro AOE Course AOE 2104 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering Required of all sophomores, most take in Fall Intended to provide overview of the AOE curriculum Aircraft and spacecraft systems Aerodynamics, stability and control, structures, space systems Does not include a design-build experience

AOE Senior Design at VT: 

AOE Senior Design at VT All seniors complete one year of “capstone” design two semesters with 3 credit hours each semester Choose between Aircraft and Spacecraft (Ocean Engineering students choose Ship Design) Students work in groups of 6 to 12 students Typically include freshmen in second semester Often include sophomores and juniors in second semester Often include seniors from other engineering curricula Access to “Senior Design Lab” PCs, Workstations, Printers, Plotters, Software Typically compete in national and international design competitions Writing-intensive, formal and informal presentations Issues: teamwork, engaging all students, student evaluation

AOE Senior Design at VT (continued): 

AOE Senior Design at VT (continued) These projects are almost always “paper” designs of full-scale vehicles, based on an RFP provided by sponsoring agency AOE Design-Build experiences are currently in extra-curricular faculty-advised projects: Design-Build-Fly Autonomous underwater vehicle Sounding rocket Human-powered submarine HokieSat . . . Teams have access to the Ware Lab Students involved in these projects almost universally oppose formalizing the projects by inclusion in the curriculum

VT-Zero G Reduced Gravity Experiment: 

VT-Zero G Reduced Gravity Experiment Four VT Juniors designed, built experiment to fly on “Vomit Comet” Effects of Microgravity on a Human’s Ability to Control Remote Vehicle Eliminate visual and vestibular cues Goggles allow “pilot” to see 3D environment with crosshairs and illuminated targets Microgravity impedes inner ear equilibrium processes Pilot uses joystick to navigate between targets

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NASA Shuttle Hitchhiker Experiment Launch System (SHELS) AFRL Multi-Satellite Deployment System (MSDS) University Nanosatellites HokieSat Virginia Tech Ionospheric Scintillation Measurement Mission (VTISMM) aka HokieSat Ionospheric Observation Nanosatellite Formation (ION-F) Utah State University University of Washington Virginia Tech University Nanosatellite Program 2 stacks of 3 satellites Sponsors: AFRL, AFOSR, DARPA, NASA GSFC, SDL

CEUT-sponsored faculty initiatives: 

CEUT-sponsored faculty initiatives Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching has sponsored faculty study groups within AOE Common elements of aircraft, spacecraft, and ship design Improving connections between junior-level courses Active learning in AOE courses Design Across the Curriculum

Summary: 

Summary AOE @ VT is moving in the CDIO direction Barriers exist Vertical and horizontal integration Workspace availability Integrating second design-build experience into senior design (or “junior design”) The new Engineering Education department may be able to push CDIO concepts at the college level