Learning Through Experience: Group Design Projects on the Masters Course in Aircraft Engineering
Abstract
The successful completion of aerospace projects usually involves the bringing together of many different specialist skills. The need for aerospace engineers to be conversant with many disciplines and aware of the many facets of a project is today's reality. However, in today's working environment it is becoming increasingly difficult for individuals to achieve the necessary experience, with the timescales for major aerospace projects getting ever longer and their number decreasing. The Group Design Projects within the Aircraft Engineering course have the specific purpose of addressing this issue. They provide the opportunity for aerospace engineers from a range of disciplines to be involved in a real project, with many of the difficulties and constraints of those they will meet in their working lives. These projects progress through the full design process and provide this experience within a limited time period and, relatively, limited risk environment. In addition to meeting their basic objective, Group Design Projects commenced to-date have proved very demanding but provided further benefits to all concerned.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010503
Entities
People
- R. G. Scott
- R. I. Jones
Organizations
- Cranfield University