AER150: Aerospace History, F-2024: Course Essay
Each student is required to produce a course essay, between 1200 (Min), and 2000 words (Max). The
students are expected to conduct a more detailed study and critical analysis on a topic related to an
aviation or space concept/ technology, or an important event in Canadian/ International Aerospace
history.
The essay will include a discussion of the relevant technological/ social/ environmental impact. The
Course Essay will be evaluated based on technical content and the quality of the writing, including
structure/ organization, logic, syntax, and grammar.
Essay Topics:
As also discussed in class, this year we are considering two topics to choose from, one related to
Aviation, and a second one related to Space. The decision came to the following topics:
- Avro Arrow:
Born on the 4th of January 1953, the CF-105 Avro Arrow was Canada’s broken dream, and it could
have been one of Canada’s greatest aeronautical achievements. It could fly more than 3 times the
speed of sound (Mach 3) and the cancellation of the Avro Arrow project on February 20th, 1959,
caused this day to be known in Canada as “Black Friday.”
- International Space Station (ISS):
The International Space Station, a worldwide project, and a goal in a quickly growing space
frontier, is the doorway to the future of mankind and the world as it is known. The ISS, the final
frontier’s laboratory, is not the first habitable artificial satellite but it by far surpasses any attempts
in the past to create a unified structure in space that can be used for a multitude of different
purposes.
Submission Instructions:
The deadline for the submission of the essay is before midnight (11:50pm), on November 29, 2024.
The course essay must be submitted electronically via D2L (for Turnitin plagiarism checking).
Except where requests for Academic Consideration are granted, late submissions for any of the
course works, 1 minute to 24 hours, will have 20% penalty, 24 to 48 hours, will have 50%
penalty, 48 to 72 hours, will have 80% penalty, and more than 72 hours will have 100% penalty
(Zero mark!). Above-mentioned penalties (including weekends) will be applied for late submission of
works, which must be submitted per instructions posted on the D2L. Do not submit ANY HARD
COPIES or materials at the Department (of Aerospace Engineering) office, via e-mail, under an office
door, or in any drop box, etc. A penalty of 10% will be applied if this instruction is ignored.
Students who do not want their work submitted to this plagiarism detection service had to, by the end of
the second week of class, consult with the instructor to make alternate arrangements.
Formatting, etc.
The course essays are individual works and should be between 1200 and 2000 words.
Please use ONLY the 12-point Times, or 11-point Arial font, single-space, with 1in, top, bottom, left
and right margins.
Make sure to provide all your references and cite them within the text (the references are NOT counted
as the number of words).
It has been a pleasure working with all of you, and the journey continues.
Thank you and all the best.
Your instructor,
- Seyed
Seyed M. Hashemi, PhD, PEng., Senior member of AIAA,
Professor of Aerospace Engineering,
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU),
Toronto (ON), Canada
