Conference presentation
Using emerging information technologies in aerospace research
Drexel University Libraries. Library staff research and publications
International Space Conference 2012 - ISC 2012 (Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India, 30 Nov 2012 - 01 Dec 2012)
29 Nov 2012
Abstract
Emerging information technologies now provide a vast number of research and current updates in aerospace research areas that scientists and engineers would need to continually monitor to enhance their own research productivity. As these new tools become available, researchers need to become familiar with their content and new features soon enough to take advantage of their information collecting capabilities. Electronic information retrieval through resources such as Engineering Village, IEEE digital Library and aerospace databases among several others provide efficient venues to discover new state of the art content published in space related subject areas. Features such as alerting services and RSS feeds based on keyword searches assist researchers quickly to receive new information on global research developments providing researchers ability to apply new knowledge in their own respective research areas. Although such technologies provide efficient mechanisms to share, collaborate, and work together in the quest to solve a particular problem in aerospace research, the researchers are often overwhelmed with the wealth of available information, or worse, not able to take a full advantage of the available resources. This paper will describe major resources and show how researchers can effectively leverage them in their work. As a case study example, information technology utilization is demonstrated focusing on space debris management and space traffic management. These are two areas in which global collaboration among universities and organizations worldwide can help discover solutions over a period of time. As countries worldwide explore innovative systems for space exploration, it becomes all the more important for global collaboration to find solutions to problems created by space debris. Other areas such as space medicine, space policies, and innovative space exploration also can also greatly benefit by keeping current with information in order to apply that knowledge in future research methods. While researching and keeping up-to-date information in aerospace research is crucial, it is also important for experimenting with innovative teaching methods in face to face or online instructional programs worldwide. With the vision of students taking classes anywhere anytime and learning state of the art aerospace related information, innovative online teaching methods are bound to positively influence student active learning experiences. This paper also highlights some of these innovative teaching methods demonstrating how engaged, interactive, and collaborative learning in students can be accomplished.
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- Title
- Using emerging information technologies in aerospace research
- Creators
- Jay Bhatt (Author) - Drexel UniversityShawn Woodson (Author) - Drexel UniversityAjmal Yousuff (Author) - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Drexel University Libraries. Library staff research and publications
- Conference
- International Space Conference 2012 - ISC 2012 (Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India, 30 Nov 2012 - 01 Dec 2012)
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics; Drexel University Libraries
- Identifiers
- 991014632605904721