Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Room D
Start Date
29-4-1997 2:00 PM
Description
This paper describes a new concept in education for the space program at the university level. Under the direction of the University of Central Florida, College of Engineering a program has been developed by the Florida Space Institute to integrate university classroom teaching with the opportunity to experience the “real world” of the space program at the NASA and U. S. Air Force facilities at Cape Canaveral by providing a “Practice Based Education” initiative.
Upper level university courses have been initiated to combine classroom teaching with laboratory periods featuring opportunities for students to interact with the actual engineers, equipment, facilities, and the environment of launch site operations.
The program integrates professors and students from several universities with the experience of engineers from both government and corporate organizations to bring about an innovative approach to producing a space industry workforce with a head start in the engineering workplace environment.
Paper Session I-D - Integrating University Space Studies Coursework with the Launch Site Work Environment
Holiday Inn, Manatee Room D
This paper describes a new concept in education for the space program at the university level. Under the direction of the University of Central Florida, College of Engineering a program has been developed by the Florida Space Institute to integrate university classroom teaching with the opportunity to experience the “real world” of the space program at the NASA and U. S. Air Force facilities at Cape Canaveral by providing a “Practice Based Education” initiative.
Upper level university courses have been initiated to combine classroom teaching with laboratory periods featuring opportunities for students to interact with the actual engineers, equipment, facilities, and the environment of launch site operations.
The program integrates professors and students from several universities with the experience of engineers from both government and corporate organizations to bring about an innovative approach to producing a space industry workforce with a head start in the engineering workplace environment.
