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Excellence In Aeronautics
Volume 1 November 2014
ProgramDirector:[email protected]
ChiefFlightInstructors:[email protected]@[email protected]@kent.edu
BusinessAnalyst:[email protected]
AerospaceEngineering:[email protected]
Weather&Dispatch:[email protected]
AviationManagement:[email protected]
AirTraf icControl:[email protected]@kent.edu
FlightTechnology:[email protected],Ohio44224KSUAeronauticsDept.VanDeusenHallKent,Ohio44242
Excitingthingsarehappening!MaureenMcFarland,ProgramDirector
We have some exciting things happening in the Aeronautics program!Despite challenges with ATC hiring and implementation of the new ATPrules,wecontinuetogrow.Thisacademicyearshowsanoverallincreaseinstudents of 4%, and a growth of over 10% in our Flight Technologyconcentration. Along with that growth, we are hoping to ill three newfaculty/staffpositions‐ ifyouknowofanyquali iedcandidates,encouragethemtoapplythroughtheUniversity’sHRwebsite.We’llbemovingintothenewAeronauticsandTechnologybuildingoverthewinterbreak(that’stheof icialname—nicetoberecognized,isn’tit?)andIamalsohappytoreportthat theMasterPlan for theKentStateAirport isalmostcomplete. Ifyou’dlike to hearmore about it, please attend the publicmeeting on Thursday,November20,from6–8pmattheStow‐MunroeFallsHighSchool.
Other news: we’re currently involved in the self‐study process forreaccreditation with AABI and an initial accreditation with ABET. Bothagencies sets standards for our aeronautical programs and your feedbackandparticipationisimperativetotheprocess;you’llbehearingmoreaboutthisinthenearfuture.Ithankyouinadvanceforyoursupport.Finally,Iamhappy to report that our newly revamped Aeronautics Living LearningCommunityisdoingamazinglywell, inJanuarywe’llreceivetwomorenewaircraft (Piper Aeros), and we’ve of icially been awarded an aircraftdispatcherschoolcerti icateunderFARPart65—thethird in thestateand
the only 4‐year university. None of this ispossiblewithoutyou, soagain, thankyou foryourcontinuedsupport!
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AERO Flyer
AERO Flyer ACADEMIC & CURRICULAR UPDATES
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AeronauticalSystemsEngineeringTechnologyKentStateUniversityhostedademonstrationoftheDGEN380TurboFan engine on July 22nd. Built in France by PriceInduction,thesmallturbofanengineboasts575lb.thrustinalight175‐poundpackage. Asahigh‐bypassengine, theDGEN380 re lects current technology with a number ofinnovations.Aplanetarygearboxbetweenlowpressurespooland fan brings a large engine concept to a small platformdesigned for thePersonal Light Jet (PLJ)market. The engineincorporates a distinctive starter/generator integral to themainshaft(insteadofbeingslunginanaccessorypackbelowthe engine). As a result, fuel and hydraulic pumps are allelectric, light weight, and have less requiredmaintenance. Price Induction also provides severaleducationalsolutionsthroughitspopularVirtualEngine,ahigh‐technology simulation tool based on the DGEN 380. Thesimulationsystemandallassociatedtrainingsolutionscanbeused by universities, aircraft maintenance schools, andresearchorganizationsforcourseworkandtraininginengineoperation, visualization of internal low patterns, acoustics,and thermo‐dynamics research. CAEST is considering theprocurement of the bench to enhance and supplement theaeronauticscurriculum.
FlightTechnologyFarewelltoRayWeber
Althoughweareexcited forProf.Weberandhisnewopportunity with the University of Alaska, we arecertainly going tomiss him here. Over the last nineyears, Prof. Weber taught 14 subjects, includingcreating courses in safety and human error analysis.Duringhistimehere,Prof.Weberalsosubmittedmanyproposals,includingtheChooseOhioFirstscholarshipandPEGASAS,supervisedtheCATStestingcenteranddispatch at the airport, and served on manycommitteesthroughoutthecollegeanduniversity.
Prof.Weber’s newpositionwill be a teachingTenureTrack Position where he will be developing safetycoursesandteachingavarietyofcoursesinaviationatThe University of Alaska Anchorage’s aviationprogram. Joinus inwishingProf.Weber farewellandbestofluckwithallhisfutureendeavors!
AERO Flyer ACADEMIC & CURRICULAR UPDATES
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AirTraf icControlChelsea Atkins, senior Air Traf ic Control student, recently won a First Place award for theUndergraduateStudentSymposiumonResearch,Scholarship,andCreativeActivity. ThegoaloftheundergraduatesymposiumistomakeundergraduateresearchanintegralpartoftheKSUexperience,
better preparing students forgraduate and professionalopportunitiesthatwillmakeforanenriching educational experience.The symposium provides anopportunity for the students toshare the results of a topic theyexplored in depth. Chelsea’sresearch focused on the majorconcerns of NexGen, such as cost,ef iciency and time. Her researchalso showed the overall economicimpactofNexGen.
CongratulationsChelsea!!
AviationManagementKSUAeronauticswelcomesTomLong!
Mr. Thomas Long,A.A.E., has extensive experience inAviationManagement. Mr. Longhas been instructingundergraduate courses since 1997, covering courses in Airport Management, Airport Planning, GeneralAviation Operations, Legal Aspects of Aviation, Fiscal Aspects of Aviation, Safety Management Systems inAviation,andAirportOperations.Mr.LongholdsanMBAinManagementwithGoldenGateUniversityandaBSin Aviation Management with Southern Illinois University. He earned his Accreditation with the AmericanAssociationofAirportExecutivesin2005.
Mr.Longheld2positionsintheAirForceovera12‐yearperiodbeforemovingontoworkwithTheBoeingCompany Wind Tunnel Complex. He has over 22 years of experience working in the civilian airportenvironmentwith6 separate airports;managing4of thoseas anAirportManager/Director. In1994,whilemanaging an airport noise abatement program at Paine Field, Mr. Long volunteered with the AirportOperationsdepartmentwithSeattle‐TacomaInternationalAirportfortwoyearsandincludedthecreationofavisualschedulingprogramthatprovidedOperationsSupervisorstaffawaytotrackthetimeandlocationcargoaircraftwereparkedoncargolines.
During theperiodof1997‐2011,Mr.Longmanaged3generalaviationairports,oneofwhichalso includedmanagingthe lightschool, lineserviceoperations,andaircraftmaintenanceoperations. Afourthairporthemanagedwasanon‐hubcommercialserviceairport.
Mr. Long is actively involved with the AAAE in ive committees: Finance and Administration, AcademicRelations,GeneralAviationAirports,Operations/Safety/Planning/EmergencyManagementandTraining.
AERO Flyer INTERNSHIPS
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InternsinAction!
For informa on about Internships/Co‐ops contact Jackie Ruller at [email protected]
JakeHep ingerinternedatUnitedthispastspringsemesterandwasbased out of Chicago. He experienced FAA altitude chambertraining in Oklahoma City, and wrote 10‐7 reports recordingrunwaylength,birdsinthearea,etc.whenjetsarelandinginsmallairports, as well as morning reports detailing information fromUnitedmanagersregardingwhathappened thedaybeforeat theirairport, such as incidents, progress, runway closures,weather, airtraf iccontrolissues,etc.
One of the perks Jake experienced interning for United wasEXTENSIVETRAVEL!!Jake lew96,000milesinonly4months.ThephotototherightwastakeninaBoeing757onthegroundinSanFranciscoonthewaytoHawaii.
Jacob Shurer participated in an internship this summer atAECOM.AECOMisaleadingprovideroftechnicalandsupportservices in theaviation industry including,butnot limitedto,aviation system planning, airportmaster development plans,air ield/airspace operations planning and design, andenvironmentalimpactassessment.
Whileinterning,JacobworkedonmultipleairportsacrosstheUnitedStates,includingHonolulu,aswellasinternationallyforanairportinBotswana.
Brian Katona reports having an amazing timeinterning at NASA Langley this summer. Hisgroup did extensive work on an unmannedaerialvehicle(UAV).Brianhadtheopportunityto hear many lectures from experts aroundNASA and industry. He toured many NASAfacilities, including many labs at Langley, theJamesWebbtelescopeassemblyatGoddardandtheAntares rocket assembly and range controlatWallopsIsland.HealsomadeaquickstopatNASAheadquarters.
One of the highlights of Brian’s summer wasmeeting,andwatchingthelaunchwithsomeoftheexecutivesfromNASAandOrbital.
AERO Flyer NEWS & EVENTS
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The 18th annual Aviation Heritage Fairwas held on Saturday, September 13th atthe Kent State Airport (1G3). The eventkickedoffwithanall‐you‐can‐eatpancakebreakfasthostedbytheStow‐MunroeFallsKiwanis. In line with the purpose of theAviation Heritage Fair, the AeronauticsProgram presented two scholarships tostudentsmajoring inAeronautics. AshleyTurnbull, a senior Aviation Managementstudent,andJaimeLaughlin,ajuniorFlightTechnology student, each won ascholarship.
Thereweremanyaircraftondisplay,whichincludedmodelsthat lewinWorldWarIIandVietnam.Abeautifully restored SNJ‐4 Advanced Navy Trainer, a C‐123K Provider named “Thunderpig,” a B‐25named“YankeeWarrior,”andaC‐47named“YankeeDoodleDandy”wereallondisplay.
The Kent State Precision Flight Team conducted plane rides throughout the day. Proceeds from theplane rides support the light team’s competition in the Regional Safety and Flight EvaluationConferenceheldeachMay. TheKentStatePrecisionFlightTeamisaself‐fundedstudentorganizationthatdependsondonationsand fundraising,and theplaneridesareamajor fundraisingevent for theteameachyear.
MAPSAirMuseumwasonhandwithaPrattandWhitneyR‐2800DoubleWaspEngineandanAllisonJ‐33Engine.Theyalsoprovidedkeynotespeakers,includingRoyS.Richardson,whowasamemberofthefamedTuskegeeAirmenwhileservingintheUnitedStatesArmyAirCorp.Heworkedthe lightlinepre‐ lighting, taxing and performing aircraft maintenance. Mr. Richardson was born and raised inCleveland,Ohio.
FormerKentStategraduate,SarahDeal,whoalsoservedasaLieutenantColonel in theUnitedStatesMarineCorpwasinattendance.Sarahwasthe irstfemaleaviatorintheMarines.
The new Wingfoot One, lown by some of our own Kent StateAeronauticsgrads,hoveredovertheairportforagoodportionoftheafternoonshowcasingitsabilities.AhighlightoftheeventwastheLiveAuctionforarideontheWingfootOne!
Ben Satyshur, the event manager and the Kent State AviationSafetyProgramManager,statedthatthegoaloftheeventistogetthecommunityinterestedinaviation,andtogivetheveteransanopportunitytoseetheaircrafttheymayhave lownorworkedon.
Program Director Maureen McFarland, CAEST Dean Bob Sines and
Provost Todd Diacon are shown here with scholarship recipients Ashley
Turnbull and Jaime Laughlin.
Thank you to the
Delta Zeta girls
suppor ng the
Aeronau cs Program!
AERO Flyer NEWS & EVENTS
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KentStateUniversityAircraftMaintenance
Kudos to the Kent State AircraftMaintenance crew, as well asAirport Operations and its linecrew! Recently, a couple waslying cross‐country in theirGrumman Cheetah when theymade a stop at the Kent StateAirport. After landing, theyexperienced an unexpectedmaintenance delay when theydiscovered the right brake ontheiraircraftwasnotfunctioningproperly.Josh Eyring, Kent State AircraftMaintenance Manager, and hiscrew assisted the travelers insecuringpartsovernight.JoshalsoallowedtheratedA&Pmechanictopullhisaircraftintothehangerandmakerepairsinsideratherthan ighttheelementsoutside.Oncetheymadethenecessaryrepairs,theremainderofthecouples’crosscountryjourneywasuneventful.The cross country travelers were very impressed with the very friendly, professional staff andenthusiasticstudentstheyencounteredatourairport.Theywentsofarastowriteanexcellentreviewof the Kent State Airport. Furthermore, the couple sent a generous donation, which they chose todesignateforthepurchaseofneededequipmentintheKentStateAirportmaintenancearea.Weareproudofthepassionanddedicationofourmaintenancestaff! Theyworkharddayinanddayouttoensurethattheaircraftcomingandgoingfromourairportareintopshape.
Thank you to the
Delta Zeta girls
suppor ng the
Aeronau cs Program!
Albert C. Beck passed away October 1, 2014, at the age of 86. AlBeckwithwasamentortomanyattheKentStateAirport,aswellasafriendandbusinessmanwithagreat loveofaviation. Heestablishedhis business at theKent StateAirport in 1966. Alwas a commercialpilot, owned a charter company and operated a light school at theairport.Heinvestedmuchofhistimeandenergyinhelpingtoprovideopportunities for the students and the community. Al was veryinvolved in the planning and preparation for the annual AviationHeritageFairandalwaysprovidedtheplanningcommitteewithfreshideas for a successful event. Anytime there were discussions aboutclosing the airport, Al would advocate in every way for keeping theairportopen.Alreallylovedthestudents,peopleandtheopportunitytobeapartofKentState’sairportandhewillbegreatlymissed.
AERO Flyer NEWS & EVENTS
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AeronauticsLivingLearningCommunity
Thank you to the
Delta Zeta girls
suppor ng the
Aeronau cs Program!
The Aeronautics Living Learning Community(LLC)isofftoagreatstartthisyear! Studentsin the LLC recently had the opportunity toparticipateinaClevelandHopkinsAirporttour.The tour consisted of an inside look at theUnited/Continental Hangar, including staffworkareas,supplyandbreakrooms,aswellasthe interior and exterior of B737 aircraft.Students also spokewith a leadmechanic andFlight Manager for the airline, and enjoyedexploring the engine and mechanical systemsandsittinginthecockpit.
Laterduring the tour, LLC studentswereable toviewtheUnitedoperationstower,andlearnaboutthesafetyandsecurityoftheair ieldandairport.The tour guide was a community relationsspecialist who was able to give the studentsadditional information about how tomanage the“citywithinacity”atanairport.
The Aeronautics LLC includes 32 irst‐yearstudents. Thestudentsinthecommunityhaveparticipated in a Meet and Greet and acommunity service with POWERcorps.Students have also been paired withupperclassmenPeerMentors,whichincludedaMeet Your Mentor Night complete withChipotle for everyone. Recently, the LLCstudentsparticipatedinaMegaMidtermeventwheretheywereprovidedacademicresources,a best pizza in Kent contest, and free chairmassagesthroughRecServices.
LLCStudentMatthewArroyoandPeerMentorEzellMcAfeeenjoyaviewfromthecockpitofaB737
Atleft,studentslistentoaleadmechanicdetailingthefeaturesofaB737aircraft.HeatherRyan,theAeronauticsLLCCoordinatorandAcademicAdvisor,poseswithLLCstudentsinfrontoftheB737
(below,frontandcenter).
AERO Flyer ALUMNI
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JenniferMilburn
Jennifer is a 2006 graduate of the AeronauticalSystems Engineering Technology concentration ofour Aeronautics program at Kent State University.Sincegraduating,shehasworkedatBoeingandhasbeen involved in many different programs there.Her irst positionwas in Huntsville, Alabama as aSystems Reliability Engineer for the space station.There, Jennifer analyzed the oxygen regenerationsystems, which is the system that converts urineback into drinkable water and breathable oxygen.Next, Jennifer was a Flight Test Engineer inMaryland for the Boeing P8, a 737 derivativedesigned for the Navy to accomplish antisubmarine warfare. Her responsibilitiesincluded lying on the aircraft to monitor operational limits in light, as well ascon iguringtheaircrafttosupportvarioustesting.Jennifer is currently based in Salt LakeCity,Utah andworks on a design team. She isresponsibleformakingengineeringchangestosupportnewdesigns.Shewasworkedonnew designs including the 787 and 767 tanker, and she is currently working the newdesignforthe737 lightdeck.
CatchingupwithAlumni:
Kent State Avia on Alumni Gathering 2014
The Alumni Gathering and the Dick Schwabe Golf Ou ng were held on September 12th. Proceeds from the golf ou ng directly benefit the Kent
State Flight Team. The gathering included an alumni symposium, a Chinese auc on, and catering by the Winking Lizard.
