http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:59:05 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kluever/ipod/Kluever05.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kluever/ipod/Kluever05.m4v Asked how he was drawn to aerospace engineering, Kluever responds: “Well, really it’s from the Apollo days. When I was in kindergarten, I remember watching the Apollo 11 landing—the first lunar landing—on a grainy black-and-white TV. That just made a big impact on me, and of course the first thing I wanted to be was an astronaut, and when that didn’t work out I found out that engineers are really what’s needed to design these missions, so aerospace engineering just seemed like a logical thing for me.” 3 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:21:08 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kluever/ipod/Kluever08.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kluever/ipod/Kluever08.m4v The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has recently developed an emphasis area in aerospace engineering. Kluever teaches such required courses in the general areas of dynamics (how bodies move and how forces produce certain velocities and accelerations) and controls (how to design a control system to do a particular task), and he teaches such elective courses as Space Flight Mechanics and Aircraft Flight Mechanics (how to design a space mission or determine such performance characteristics as take-off, landing, range, endurance, and stability with an airplane). 3 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:23:35 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/syndicatemizzou/ipod/how-50.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/syndicatemizzou/ipod/how-50.m4v When asked about why they were drawn to this area of research or creative activity, MU faculty provide interesting and compelling responses. In some cases, they continued in school because the drive to learn new things was so great, because family provided a sense of identity and career direction, or because of initial interest in a related field. In other cases, they stumbled upon the field quite by accident. Regardless of the reason, the passion they hold for their work is obvious. 3 Tue, 06 May 2008 15:44:41 GMT