24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-7.8.1

AIRCRAFT AND AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CURRICULUM AT MIT

E. M. Murman, J-P. Clarke, R. J. Hansman
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Keywords: Air transportation; aircraft systems, engineering curriculum

Graduate programs and subjects recently developed are presented within the context of a general framework characterizing the intellectual dimensions of these systems area. Technical, lifecycle and social aspects are addressed, and in particular the interrelationships between them. Both content and pedagogy challenges are considered.

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