MedE6340 - Medical Engineering Modeling and Testing

Syllabus for AE2610
INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Spring 2019
3 Credits: Required for BS Aerospace Engineering

Instructor: Assoc. Prof. Peter Gustafson

Office:	G-215 Floyd Hall
Phone:	276-3423
Email:	peter.gustafson@wmich.edu
Faculty Web Page:	http://homepages.wmich.edu/$\sim$pjm8969/
Course Web Page:	on e-learning

Schedule:

Lecture:	MW 3:30–4:20, D-210 Floyd Hall
Office Hours:	MW 1–2, or by appointment
	(See the faculty web page for potential slots)

**Catalog Data:**

An overview of aerospace engineering disciplines; the history of aerospace, fundamental elements of aerodynamics and astrodynamics, experiments, airfoils and wings, performance, stability and control, propulsion, and structures leading toward the aerospace vehicle conceptual design.

Objectives

The objective of this course is to give students a broad conceptual understanding of major branches of aerospace engineering discipline leading to aerospace vehicle design.

• To apply mathematics and physics courses to the solution of introductory level problems in aerospace engineering.

• To introduce the principals of aeronautics for use in subsequent course in aerospace curriculum.

• To expose the student to the principals of aircraft design

• To motivate the engineering students to pursue education and subsequent professional career in aerospace engineering.

Topics:

• History of Aviation
• Basic Aerodynamics
• Propulsion
• Airplane Performance
• Stability & Control
• Structures & Materials
• High-speed Flight
• Airplane Design (through DBF)
• Aerospace Testing (through Lab)

Prerequisites:

MATH 1220 and Phys 1060 concurrently

Text:

Introduction to Flight, John D. Anderson, Jr., 8th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2016.

Reference materials:

• http://history.nasa.gov/SP-367/cover367.htm

• http://www.faa.gov/regulations\_policies/handbooks\_manuals/aviation/pilot\_handbook/

Grading:

2 Midterm Exams	40% (20% each)
Final Exam (Comprehensive)	30%
8–10 HW Sets	15%
6 Lab Group Reports + DBF	15% (12% LAB@12% each + DBF 3%)

Grading scale:

A:	≥ 90%
BA:	≥ 85%
B:	≥ 80%
CB:	≥ 75%
C:	≥ 70%
DC:	≥ 65%
D:	≥ 60%

Laboratory Goal & Schedule

• The laboratory section of this course is designed for students to expose to various experimental techniques used in aerospace engineering.

Laboratory Assistants

• Cameron Segard (Head)
• Thomas Kerber

• Each registrar-scheduled lab section is divided in to 2 groups. Each student will be in only one group.

• Group members are assigned by the instructor and cannot be changed without prior approval.

• Labs are a group activity, and thus your group members rely upon your participation and promptness. It is the student’s responsibility to arrive at the appropriate time, based on the Lab Schedule. A sign-in sheet will be present at the beginning of the session and will be removed by the Lab Assistant as the lab session starts. No credit will be given for labs where you weren’t signed in.

• There will not be any make-up labs; hence it is not advisable to miss a lab. If extraordinary circumstances prohibit your participation in a scheduled lab session, you must notify your lab instructor and Dr. Gustafson by the Wednesday prior to the scheduled session. At the sole discretion of Dr. Gustafson, you might be permitted to change groups (for that lab session only). Under no circumstances will you be permitted two such scheduling accommodations. No credit will be given for missed labs.

• Failure for the laboratory portion of the course will result in a failing grade for the course.

Laboratory Reports

• Lab reports must be written using a word processor and submitted as a pdf file. Use generous margins and font sizes. (1 inch margin all four corners, 12pt size Times- Roman font.) Use double spacing.

• The Lab Report must have a title page that includes:

  • Lab Exercise Number and Title

  • Lab Group Letter

  • Names of individual member with his/her signature

  • Lab Assistant Name

  • Date of the lab performed

• The cover page must be scanned and prepended to the report pdf file.

• Laboratory report writing should be shared across the group. Each participating member must sign on the front page of the laboratory report. A student who does not contribute equitably to the laboratory report shall not be permitted to sign. No credit will be assigned to an unsigned group member.

• Use an appropriate report format with citations. Some guidelines may be suggested at http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/workbooks/laboratory.html

Assignments deadlines are strict. Assignments are typically due at the beginning of class. All homework must be turned in via e-learning. Late work will be penalized 10% per day or portion of a day. (Examples: 5 minutes late penalized 10%, 24 hours +5 minutes late penalized 20%.)

Schedule

Course Description

Grading System

Percentage	Grade
>= 90	A
>= 85	BA
>= 80	B
>= 75	CB
>= 70	C
>= 65	DC
>= 60	D
<60	E

Course Policies/Attendance Policy

• Students are required to attend all lecture and activity sessions sessions unless there is an urgent need to miss them.

Assessment and Evaluation

Locations

• WMU College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• WMU College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Wind Tunnel

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