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Tracy Yother

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Early career · publishing since 2017Rising activity
Engineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentTechnology Assessment and ManagementExperimental Learning in EngineeringRisk and Safety AnalysisAdvanced Aircraft Design and Technologies

Publications

20

Citations

34

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

9

Publishing since 2017

Research summary
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Tracy Yother works on aviation and aerospace engineering education, focusing on curriculum design and workforce training for aircraft maintenance, commercial space, and emerging propulsion technologies. Recent projects include applying machine learning (e.g., YOLOv8 for detecting propeller damage, speech recognition for maintenance tasks) and studying training needs for hydrogen-powered aircraft, electric propulsion, and high-voltage batteries. Much of the work is published in aviation education journals and engineering education conference proceedings, often examining how academic programs can prepare students for changing industry standards.

Aviation and aerospace engineering educationAircraft maintenance training and curriculum designEmerging propulsion technologies (electric, hydrogen)Applied machine learning for aviation inspection/maintenanceCommercial space workforce development

Publication output has been uneven but shows an increase in recent years, with a notable peak in 2024 following earlier gaps (e.g., no publications in 2019 and 2021).

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications18192020: 5 publications20212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 6 publications6242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Collegiate Aviation Review International×4
  • 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings×2
  • International Journal of Aerospace Engineering×1
  • The Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and Research×1
  • International Review of Aerospace Engineering (IREASE)×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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