Nicoletta Fala
Aerospace Engineer, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor
TEACHING
(OSU) MAE 4223 AEROSPACE LABORATORY
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(PURDUE) AAE 251 INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE DESIGN
The role of design in aerospace engineering. Introduction to aerodynamics, performance, propulsion, structures, stability and control, and weights. Layout and general arrangement of aerospace vehicles. Design concept generation and selection. Computational methods for design. Trade studies and graphical optimization. Conceptual design exercise involving aircraft, spacecraft, or both. Technical presentations and communication for aerospace engineering.
(PURDUE) AAE 351 AEROSPACE SYSTEMS DESIGN
Aerospace system lifecycle and design process. Stakeholder needs elicitation and requirements generation. Quality function deployment and hierarchical objective trees. Concept generation and creativity techniques. Introduction to safety, risk, cost and value analysis. Critical evaluation of the applicability of systems engineering techniques in specific contexts. Application of these techniques to a team semester design project.