Design Projects: Aerospace

This project based course teaches students how to solve problems proposed by NASA or other aerospace industry partners in a hands-on manner using critical thinking and workplace skills. Working in teams, students learn through doing, with an emphasis on defining and diagnosing the problem.  Using the engineering design process, students will seek to understand the problem from multiple perspectives before attempting to solve it. Students learn and apply specific skills throughout the course, including communication (written, oral, graphical), project management, concept visualization, critical thinking, effective teamwork, as well as building and iterating solutions.