KU Aerospace Engineering Program Overview

1. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 1 KU Aerospace EngineeringProgram Overview Vision People Facilities Curriculum Student Extracurricular Activities Current Faculty Research The Future

2. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 2 Past, Present & Future Up to now Curriculum: aircraft system design focus Students: design, build, fly teams Faculty research: individual effort Now Curriculum: design, build, test/fly threads Students: increased undergrad research Faculty research: significant cooperation

3. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 3 Vision Curriculum: Fully integrated design, build, test/fly Students: Design, build, fly teams fully enabled Indispensable to research effort Faculty Research: Substantial cooperation New faculty supported by external funding

4. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 4 People Faculty: 8 Staff: 4 Electronics technician A&P mechanic Students: Undergrads ~ 120 Graduate students ~ 25

5. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 5 Facilities Learned Hall Wind tunnels Design Lab Composites labs Machine shop Airport Flight test center Machine shop Vehicle Manufacturing Facility Propulsion test stands Nichols Hall Structural Acoustic Lab Fort Riley UAV flight operations area

6. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 6 Wind Tunnels Subsonic 4 by 3 foot test section Reynolds Number < 105 ?Laser Doppler Velocimeter

7. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 7 Composites Facilities Layup area Robotic fiber placement system Fiber winding machine Textile loom 1 x 1 x 3 foot 600o, 300 psi autoclave Heated press Walk-in ambient pressure furnace Immersion ultrasonic test system

8. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 8 Design Laboratory/ Operations Center 24 workstations Tiered seating Industry-standard codes PATRAN/NASTRAN Catia Unigraphics Satellite Toolkit (STK) ?Ideal for UAV operations training center

9. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 9 Machine Shop Full service machine shop 3-D printer 5-axis CNC mill

10. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 10 Airport Facilities Walter Garrison Flight Test Center ? $2,000,000 grant for capital improvements 2000 ft2 hangar bay + 2000 ft2 office space Avionics instrumentation shop Aircraft Machine shop Vehicle Manufacturing Center Sheet metal fabrication center Home to RSDO & SAE ?Clean Room, Environmental Testing go here Mal Harned Propulsion Test Lab

11. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 11 Aircraft Cessna 182 RG Experimental certificate Flys multispectral camera missions Equipped with air data system Cessna 172 1/3 scale model J-3 Cub New air vehicle to be named later

12. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 12 Curriculum Traditional core Aerospace curriculum Overall focus on vehicle system design Recent focus on Design, Build, Fly Capstone system design courses AE 521, Individual Aircraft Design Second system design course AE 522 Team Aircraft Design AE 523 Team Spacecraft Design AE 524 Team Engine Design

13. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 13 Creating a Design, Build, Fly Infrastructure: Design, Build, Test at the component level

14. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 14 Creating a Design, Build, Fly Infrastructure(continued)

15. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 15 Student Extracurricular Activity AIAA Student Design Contest Winners Numerous Awards in Aircraft, Spacecraft & Engines ?Best record in the country in Aircraft Design A rich history of Design, Build, Fly activity Get-Away Special on Space Shuttle (�90?) SAE Heavy Lift Contest Won AeroDesign East, Summer 2003 Rocket Systems Development Organization Builds liquid-fueled rocket motors for fun Conducted 3 static tests in the last 4 years Flew a 17-foot rocket in 1998

16. RSDO Mojave Desert Launch

17. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 17 Current Research David Downing Navigation, Guidance & Control Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) NASA Mark Ewing Design Optimization Structural Dynamics Boeing, Raytheon & Cessna Saeed Farokhi Propulsion Integration Vortex flow control

18. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 18 Current Research(Continued) Rick Hale Composite Manufacturing Steered-Fiber Composites DoD, NSF, NASA Eddie Lan AIAA Fellow AIAA Aerodynamics Award winner Dynamic Aerodynamics NASA

19. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 19 Current Research(Continued) Jan Roskam Aircraft Design Trevor Sorensen Spacecraft mission design Ray Taghavi Propulsion Integration Jet acoustics NASA

20. 31 March 2012 Kansas University Aerospace Engineering 20 The Future Our mission: The KUAE mission is to educate aerospace engineering students with balanced knowledge and skills in advanced design, design integration and manufacturing of aerospace vehicles, and to serve the needs of Kansas as well as United States industries and government. Our Design, Build, Fly focus is expected to: Better prepare students to be: Engineers Productive members of our research enterprise Enable growth of our research enterprise in UAVs Satellites