Civil Aviation Oriented Aerospace Engineering

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Civil Aviation Oriented Aerospace Engineering

Octavian Thor Pleter, PhD, PhD, MBA (MBS)associate professor

University Politehnica of Bucharest

Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

1ICAO NGAP Bucharest, 28-30 June 2011Version 1.0 dated 28 June 2011 O. T. Pleter and the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering


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Presentation Overview (20):

Aerospace Engineering in UPB-FAE: Tradition andAccomplishments

The Next Generation of Aviation Professionals Challenge

A Vision for UPB-FAE

Air Navigation = A Civil Aviation Oriented Program of

Studies in AE

ICAO NGAP Bucharest, 28-30 June 2011


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(UPB-FAE)

1928-1931

Elie Carafoli

(1901-1983)

3ICAO NGAP Bucharest, 28-30 June 2011

1818


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(UPB-FAE)

Victor Pimsner

(1920-2000)


1971


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IAR-80

IAR-39


Accomplishments of the Romanian Aviation Industry


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IAR Ghimbav-Brasov

IAR-330 Puma

I. Av. BucurestiROMBAC 1-11




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Avioane Craiova

IAR-99 Soim

Avioane CraiovaIAR-93 Vultur/Orao




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Who Employs UPB-FAE Graduates?


Romanian Aerospace

... and more.


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Europe and Beyond

and



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Romanian Spoken Here:



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Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Laboratory


Subsonic wind tunn el ;

-Closed c i rcui t ;

-Test sect ion d iameter: 1.5 m;

-Maxim um air sp eed 50 m/s.


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Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Educat ional Supersonic Wind Tunnel ;

Maximum air speed: 1.8 Mach

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Jet engines Laboratory

Control Systems for jet

engines

Mechanical Vibration in

Engines

Compressor Dynamics



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CFD Laboratory

CFX: Numerical model of theCombu st ion Chamber

Fluent: Numerical model of the Axial Transonic

Compressor 14


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Our Challenges:

Long-Term Business (20 Years delay between inputs andresults, hardly adaptable)

Per-Student Financing (lowering exigency and filtering)

Funding Difficulties (cost cuts)

Ethics Issues (plagiarism, exam fraud, corruption)

Scientists Teach Engineers (how likely is that they wouldnot teach them to become scientists instead?)

A Gap Between the University and the Practical Aviation


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Our Challenges (2):

Lower Number of Openings in Aviation for Graduates(Romanian aviation industry shrank)

Engineering is Considered Difficult (young people prefer

a career in law or economic sciences)

Unlike Economic or Law Education, Engineering Requires

Laboratories (huge costs to modernize them)

Romanian 18-Year Old Population Shrank Abruptly

No More Monopoly on Aviation Higher Education: Tough

Competition From Foreign Universities


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Our Challenges (the toughest one):

Do We Really Understand Young People? thrill seekers, distracted and looking for distractions,

lower span of attention,

confident on the outside but not easy on the inside,

short term emotional, poor long term planners,

in need to be treated as individuals (not easy in mass

education and not in our tradition),

hating mathematics, loving intuitive models instead,

looking for immediate reward and positive feedback,

negative feedback nearly kills them,

visual, demanding in visual representations,

responding better to trial-and-error learning than to

competences-based learning etc.Adapted from: How to Approach Teenagers? By Yvonne van Sark, Aerospace Education 2020, Amsterdam 2010


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Past Future

Monodisciplinary MultidisciplinaryHighly Specialized Wide Spectrum (Holistic)

Hardware-Oriented Liveware and Software Added (Human

Factors, Safety, Management)

Aircraft Design and Fabrication Civil Aviation, ATM

Educator-Led Frontal Teaching Collaborative Learning

Scientists Educating Engineers Engineers Engaged in Teaching;

Scientists Engaged in Applicative Research

Professor-Centred University Student-Centred University

Curricula Decided by Professors Curricula Decided by EmployersPilots and ATCO rarely into AE Studies Pilots and ATCO with AE Degrees

Lower Complexity Systems High Complexity Systems of Systems

High Quality Engineers, AE on

demand as a profession

Expectations Need to be Adjusted, AE no

longer attractive

Changes in Aerospace Engineering (AE)



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Our Vision for UPB-FAE


+

Strategic Partnership Treaty (2008)


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Air Navigation

A new concept and program of studies for University Politehnica

of BucharestFaculty of Aerospace Engineering orientedtowards civil aviation

Leadership and initiative: Dean Prof. Dr. ing. Virgil Stanciu

Management: Head of Department Prof. Dr. ing. Sterian Danaila


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AirNav Board

a think-tank of visionary civil aviation professionals (mainly

UPB-FAE graduates) decided the curriculum

Daniel Avram, Eurocontrol

Radu Cioponea, Eurocontrol/FSF

Florin Cioran, Eurocontrol

Bogdan Donciu, Romatsa

George Firican, ICAO

Mihai Huzmezan, GE Endre Korody, Nyiregyhaza College

Antonio Licu, Eurocontrol

Razvan Margauan, Maastricht UAC

Dragos Munteanu, Tarom

Sorin Dan Onitiu, Jeppesen

Eduard Porosnicu, Eurocontrol

Daniel Timofei, Lear Corp. Claudia Virlan, Romanian CAA

The board members wholeheartedly support the

AIRNAV project and wish to contribute to its curricular

definition, according to the best practice and to the

strategic priorities of the current aviation.


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37%

20%

13%

16%

14%

Air Navigation Curricular Structure

Engineering

Aviation

Air Transport Engineering

Systems Engineering

Regulation, Management,

Safety


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Air Navigation

Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering Degree, 4Years of study

Internship: 3months in the 3rdYear

Intake: 40, admission test in Algebra, Physics, and English

First Series: 2009, 1.1candidates / seat

Second Series: 2010, 1.5candidates / seat

Taught entirely in English at ICAO Level Subjects relevant to Air Navigation Services, Air Traffic

Management, Ground and Flight Operations, Maintenance,

Safety, Regulations

Double accreditation of modules (academic and CAA)* Motivation by emulation (prestigious professionals +

students)


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Air Navigation Laboratory (2010)


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Air Navigation Convention

1stin 2010

2ndin 2011


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Air Navigation Series

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