Design of an Impact Management System for Aerospace Innovation

The primary objective of this internship is to design an impact management system for aerospace innovation teams (four different sizes of solar-powered airships) to track their objectives against results measured in terms of impact. Each aerospace innovation team defines its mission in terms of performance results measured in engineering terms. The intern’s job will be to work with teams to measure the innovation in terms impact. Each team describes their mission with a one-page brief describing what, why, who, and cost. The intern’s job is to track the “why” and design an impact management system to measure the impact of the project in terms of being in the public’s interest. When a team is driven by the “why” and follows this as the compass to guide each decision, its path to innovation gains more momentum and develops more intellectual property and results than if they are concentrating on “what.” The benefit to the partner organization is an improved flow of innovation from the research and design phase to the testing and evaluation phase through better alignment with goals and improved articulation of alignment with public interest in order to achieve regulatory approval.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Stewart;Joanna Sheridan

Student:

Partner:

Solar Ship Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of King's College

Program: