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Course Overview:
"This course is for people who wish to experience the importance of creativity and innovation and the critical role they play very early in the design process," says Dr. Camarda, whose primary area of expertise is in thermal structures. "Students will learn how to apply the art and science of engineering to enhance creativity and innovation to find simple, elegant design solutions when it counts the most during the lifecycle of a project: the conceptual design phase." Innovative Engineering Design differs from previous NESC Academy offerings in that the participants and instructors will work and play hard together in the creative environment of the Penn State Learning Factory and spend the week enjoying the accommodations of the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, PA. As well, the course will require precourse studies and extended hours, to include lab work. Dr. Camarda holds more than eight patents with several patents pending. In 1983, he received Industrial Research magazines IR-100 Award for one of the top 100 technical innovations. Some of his recent innovations were for methods to repair the leading edges of the Shuttle Orbiter, which were ready in time for his 2005 missionSTS-114, Return to Flightand for an Alternate Launch Abort System (ALAS) for Orion, which reduces mass-to-orbit and eliminates excessive acoustic loads and that serves as the current baseline launch abort system for Constellation. Design methodologies covered in Innovative Engineering Design range from "skunk works"-like rapid prototype development to current launch vehicle development programs, and focus on the conceptual design phase. Dr. Camarda and his team of instructors from GIT, Penn State, MIT, NASA, and similar institutions will teach skills to enhance: - Information gathering and analysis.
- Team building and multidisciplinary analysis.
- Design and optimization.
- Idea generation and creative concept development.
- Robust design practices.
- Effective evaluation techniques.
- Understanding the importance of failure in successful design.
- How to fail and learn "fast and furiously" for maximum positive programmatic impact using rapid development strategies.
Its format, slightly different from previous courses, requires students to apply innovative, hands-on design techniques in solving a real vehicle design problem.
Only U.S. citizens may attend this course.
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