福岡大学におけるロケットを題材にした工学教育

<p>Fukuoka University provides a place for craftsmanship with rockets as the theme. The purpose is to provide a place to practice the knowledge and skills learned in classroom lectures, support students' independent manufacturing activities, develop space transportation engineers, and provide an environment where they can feel the connection with society. A feature of this program is that test flights and trial runs are not possible. Students need to imagine potential troubles for each development item and perform quantitative evaluation and solutions through tests. About 5 to 10 people are required, and management as a team is essential. For rocket engine combustion experiments and rocket launch experiments, it is necessary to summarize, explain, and obtain permission from the local government and residents who manage the test site for safety and security. Students are expected to acquire negotiating skills by thinking about how to connect with society and how to explain and convince them of what they want to do. By summarizing the quantitative evaluation and its validity on the document, it is expected that the writing ability and information transmission ability will be improved. From the results of the questionnaire, about 70% of the graduates answered that they would use what they experienced and learned in this activity in their work. It is thought that the teacher's support for project management and schedule management methods will lead to a higher degree of satisfaction.</p>