2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Development of Aerospace Engineering-Focused Undergraduate Research at a Small University: Accomplishments and Lessons Learned

Authors

Dr. R. Danner Friend Norwich University [biography]

Dr. R. Danner Friend received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1999. He then worked for Applied Research Associates in Alexandria, Va. prior to coming to Norwich University in 2003. He is currently an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Norwich. Some of the courses that he regularly teaches include Materials Science, Manufacturing, and Mechanical Engineering Tools. He enjoys mentoring undergraduate students in aerospace-related research projects. Some of the research areas include autonomous navigation of micro-space vehicles, underwater robotic vehicles, and design of experiments for testing new materials for spacecraft thermal protection systems.
Dr. Jacques N Beneat Norwich University [biography]

Dr. Jacques Beneat received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Massachusetts in 1993 with focus on advanced microwave structures for satellite communications.
He is currently associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Norwich University in Vermont. He has been involved in undergraduate research for many years with international collaborations with the Ecoles militaires de Saint-Cyr and the University of Bordeaux in France, and the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal in Canada.

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