A Design for Inspiring Students with Near-Space Exploration

Author(s)

Jeremy Straub
Gail Ingwalson
Ronald Fevig

Volume

23

Issue

1

Abstract

The prevalence of overseas success in engineering education represents a significant threat to the United States. Once the dominant force in advancing technology, the U.S. is seeing significant amounts of research and development work moving overseas. U.S. competitiveness and increased productivity requires demand for high-value-added products (Porter & Rivkin, 2012) such as those designed and developed by those with advanced training in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. The U.S. economy, thus, depends on the production of skilled scientists and engineers--not just to sustain American leadership in science, but to sustain its national economy.

First Page

35

Last Page

48

Scholarly Commons Citation

Straub, J., Ingwalson, G., & Fevig, R. (2013). A Design for Inspiring Students with Near-Space Exploration. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 23(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15394/jaaer.2013.1597