01 - Aircraft and Systems Integration
USING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE AIRCRAFT DESIGN PROJECTS TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN EDUCATION: LESSONS LEARNED
P. Raj, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, United States; J. Abulawi, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Germany
This paper are will share with a broad cross section of international community (i) the rationale of incorporating international collaborative design projects into the capstone aircraft design course in the undergraduate curriculum at Virginia Tech in USA, and (ii) the lessons learned from this worthwhile undertaking with HAW-Hamburg (the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences) in Germany.