Conference Session

A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cochran, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2010-2395: COLLECTIVE SYSTEM DESIGN IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONDavid Cochran, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. David S. Cochran Managing Partner System Design, LLC. Dr. Cochran is one of the world’s authorities on production and enterprise systems engineering and supply chain techniques and technologies. As an MIT Mechanical Engineering faculty professor (1995-2003), he established the Production System Design (PSD) Laboratory at MIT (1995). He is a two-time recipient of the prestigious Shingo Prize (1989 and 2002) for manufacturing excellence for his work in the design of effective “lean” systems. He also received the Dudley Prize for best paper from the

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Walter, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; David Walden, Sysnovation, LLC

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2010-741: ASSOCIATE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL (ASEP)CERTIFICATION: A CREDENTIAL TAILORED FOR STUDENTS AND JUNIORENGINEERSSteve Walter, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Steve Walter is the Distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering at Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). Before joining the IPFW faculty in 2006 he held positions as a systems engineer and project manager with the Northrop Grumman Space Systems Division where he served in a variety of systems engineering and program management roles. Prior to that, he was a senior member of the technical staff at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he developed new and innovative

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

  training  in  systems  modeling. Systems  Engineering  Analysis  replaces  Energy  Conversion  course  in  the  senior  year. Communication  System,  Software  Systems  Engineering,  Control  Systems  and  Power  Systems are the senior level courses that provide systems engineering based design experiences that lead to 100% systems engineering based Electrical Systems Engineering Design Laboratory and a two sequence  Capstone  Design  experience  that  will  incorporate  systems  engineering  (life  cycle) design  process.  Course  descriptions  for  new  courses  are  provided  to  show  how  skill  sets  are developed  through  course  outcomes.  The  new  required  and  technical  electives  in  the  systems engineering  concentration  are  in