International Research and Education Planning Visit: Supplement to NSF Grant #0431948 to Visit Baumann Moscow State University, Russia

这是一个计划美俄在纳米和微卫星设计领域进行长期合作研究的项目。主要调查人员是来自华盛顿大学的Ramesh Agarwal和来自鲍曼莫斯科国立技术大学(MSTU)的Valentin Zelentsov。PI目前的努力集中在华盛顿大学教授的工程课程的现代化上-这一需求得到了航空航天行业顾问的强调。目前的课程侧重于教唆的标准必修课：空气动力学、航空航天结构、推进、飞行力学和控制、轨道力学和航空航天设计。业界顾问特别指出，有必要将微型飞行器和纳米卫星的物理、理论和设计纳入标准课程，并提供两个方面的实践经验：飞机设计和航天器设计。MSTU拥有一个成熟和杰出的纳米和微型卫星设计、建造和飞行计划。它通过将学术研究与研究、设计和实验工作相结合，为工程教育提供了一种独特的方法，它在俄罗斯的卫星研究、设计和制造方面一直处于领先地位。与MSTU合作将为美国工科学生提供绝佳的教育机会。这一航天工程研究项目实现了将美国和中东欧的顶尖专家聚集在一起，在平等互利和互惠互利的基础上，在共同利益和能力强的领域结合互补努力和能力的计划目标。

This is a project to plan for long-term U.S.-Russian collaborative research in the area of nano- and microsatellite design. The principal investigators are Ramesh Agarwal from Washington University and Valentin Zelentsov from Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MSTU).The PI's current efforts are focused on modernizing the engineering curriculum taught at Washington University - a need emphasized by aerospace industry advisors. The current curriculum focuses on the standard ABET-required courses: aerodynamics, aerospace structures, propulsion, flight mechanics and control, orbital mechanics and aerospace design. Industry advisors have noted, in particular, the need to include the physics, theory and design of micro air vehicles and nanosatellites into the standard courses and to provide hands-on experience along two tracks: aircraft design and spacecraft design.MSTU has a well-established and outstanding nano- and micro-satellite design, build and fly program. It offers a distinctive approach to engineering education by combining academic studies with research, design, and experimental work, and it has been a leader in research, design, and building of satellites in Russia. Working with MSTU will provide an excellent educational opportunity for U.S. engineering students. This project in aerospace engineering research fulfills the program objectives of bringing together leading experts in the U.S. and Central/Eastern Europe to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.