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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ertunga C. Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Systems Engineering

sustainability in technology education.Borchers et al.[13] gave a detailed example of an undergraduate course in environmental designand manufacturing, while Lynch-Cary and Sutherland[14] discussed how to integrate principlesand practices of sustainability into the industrial engineering curriculum.Kumar et al.[15] discussed infusing sustainability principles into manufacturing and mechanicalengineering curriculum and describing challenges of the process and a benchmarking study atMichigan Tech. They concluded that the three main barriers were lack of accreditation processimprovement, conventional thinking of some faculty members and company expectations andrecruiting trends. Christensen[16] investigated how deans and directors at selected 50 globalMBA

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ricardo Pineda, University of Texas, El Paso; John E. Weaver, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company; Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose Luis Falliner, The University of Texas, El Paso; Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso

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Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering(GCSE), the Master of Science in Systems Engineering (MSSE), Master of Science in Industrial Page 22.166.9Engineering (MSIE), and a Master of Science in Manufacturing (MSMFG). RIMES alsosupports academic endeavors such as curriculum and course development at the graduate level.In this regard RIMES serves as an overarching structure to support not only research in SystemsEngineering but also to foster interdisciplinary research and academic programs.RIMES is organized into three main areas: SE Research, Technical Assistance, and ExtensionPrograms.• Research: o Methods Processes and Technologies for Integrated Development

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Jon Wade, Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology; Douglas A. Bodner, Georgia Institute of Technology; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Dan Ingold, University of Southern California; Peter G. Dominick Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology, W.J. Howe School of Technology Management; Richard R. Reilly, Stevens Institute of Technology; William R. Watson, Purdue University; Don Gelosh, ODDRE/Systems Engineering

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Experience AcceleratorAbstractThe systems engineering Experience Accelerator (ExpAcc) is a research project in the earlystages of definition and development that is focused on validating the feasibility of leveragingsimulation technology to create a series of experiences that will accelerate the maturity ofsystems engineers. This paper leverages the approach being defined for the research project asthe basis for a set of recommendations for developing systems engineering curriculum for thelive classroom. The focus of the research project is to create a computer-based simulatorprototype that provides an integrated, experience based learning environment intended toaccelerate the learning of critical systems engineering competencies. However, the goal

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice F Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Robert J. Cloutier, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

AC 2011-1162: COMPARING PERCEPTIONS OF COMPETENCY KNOWL-EDGE DEVELOPMENT IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CURRICULUM:A CASE STUDYAlice F Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires has nearly 30 years of professional experience and is an industry and research professor in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in the School of Systems and Enterprises. She is a Primary Researcher for the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) and Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator projects. She has served as a Senior Sys- tems Engineer consultant to Lockheed Martin, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, for Advanced Systems Support- ability Engineering Technology and Tools (ASSETT), Inc

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Corns, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Cihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ivan G. Guardiola, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

The instruction of systems engineering is a difficult task, as this new yet prevalent area ofengineering requires knowledge within a practitioner that encompasses breadth and depth acrossvarious fields of engineering1. It is a requirement that any systems engineer have both breadthand depth in various niches of engineering poses an interesting problem in the development ofany pedagogy relative to the instruction of key systems engineering fundamentals. Thesefundamentals include design alternative identification, cost assessments, interface integration,risk identification, and many others2. It is through the instruction of systems engineering that keyskill sets necessary for completing the complex engineering tasks of today can be attained

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School ; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Nicole A.C. Hutchison; Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School

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Systems Engineering

AC 2011-958: DEVELOPING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING GRADUATE PRO-GRAMS ALIGNED TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICU-LUM TO ADVANCE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (BKCASE(TM)) GUIDE-LINESAlice F Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires has nearly 30 years of professional experience and is an industry and research professor in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in the School of Systems and Enterprises. She is a Primary Researcher for the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) and Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator projects. She has served as a Senior Sys- tems Engineer consultant to Lockheed Martin, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, for Advanced Systems Support- ability

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard E Fairley, Software and Systems Engineering Associates

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Systems Engineering

, role in differentiating competing systems in the marketplace. Software engineering (SwE) is not just an allied discipline to systems engineering (SE). SwE and SE are intimately entangled. Software is usually prominent in modern systems architectures and is often the glue for integrating complex system components.”Many systems engineering students are never exposed to software engineering otherthan, perhaps, through an introductory programming class. The role of a systemsengineer is to orchestrate and coordinate the diverse disciplines that may be requiredto develop a complex system. Thus, systems engineers do not need to know how towrite computer programs (i.e., the details of software construction) any more thanthey

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Wallace T. Fowler, University of Texas, Austin; Martin James Brennan, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

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Systems Engineering

AC 2011-1009: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND SPACECRAFT SUBSYS-TEMS MODELING AS PREREQUISITES FOR CAPSTONE DESIGNLisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters Ms. Lisa A. Guerra Research Fellow NASA / Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Lisa Guerra has 25 years experience in the NASA aerospace community. Ms. Guerra is currently working with the UTeach Engineering Program. She recently completed a 4-year assignment from NASA Head- quarters to establish a systems engineering curriculum at The University of Texas at Austin, as a pilot for national dissemination. Ms. Guerra’s most recent position at NASA Headquarters was Director of the Directorate Integration Office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. In that position, her

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael C Smith, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Systems Engineering

challenge, the faculty of theDepartment of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia launched aninnovative approach to systems engineering education for working professionals. The program,first labeled “Executive Master’s Program” and, in 2003, renamed “Accelerated Master’sProgram” or AMP, was designed with following concepts in mind:1) A solid, well-conceived, well-integrated, and rigorous academic curriculum centered on systems analysis, problem solving, information technology, and decision analytics.2) Well-qualified full-time systems engineering faculty who know how to teach working professionals and can bring the same intellectual capacity to the program as is found in the research-oriented graduate program.3) A

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2011-579: HYBRID LESSONS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY SENIOR DE-SIGN: A STUDYCatherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines Catherine Skokan is an Associate Professor of Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. She received her BSc, MSc, and PhD from the Colorado School of Mines in Geophysical Engineering and was the first woman to receive a graduate degree from that institution. Her educational research interests include multidisciplinary engineering, humanitarian engineering, and curriculum devel- opment and design. Page 22.790.1 c American Society for Engineering

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; John A Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter L. Russell, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

andvia an external assessor to the overall 14-school program, to determine the progress in meetingthe institutional and consortium educational goals.The Stevens project has involved working with various stakeholders, within and associated withthe Department of Defense, to address a need for an expeditionary housing system for themilitary, with a major focus on integrated alternate energy sources and associated micro-grid.This has application to both forward operational units and for disaster relief missions.This paper reports on the implementation of the project and preliminary findings.Project BackgroundThe project described in this paper provides an opportunity to leverage the significant graduate-level Systems Engineering (SE) education

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radu F. Babiceanu, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Daniel Rucker, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Hussain M Al-Rizzo, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Seshadri Mohan, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

. Prior to his current position, he served as the CTO and acting CEO of IP SerVoniX, where he consulted for telecommunication firms and venture firms. He has also served as the CTO of Telsima (formerly known as Kinera), where he carried out extensive business development with telecommunications and wireless carriers, both in the US and in India. Before joining Kinera, he was the CTO at Comverse in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Prior to joining Telcordia, he was an associate professor at Clarkson and Wayne State Universities, where he developed the communications curriculum and conducted research in computer networking and source coding algorithms. Dr. Mohan authored/co-authored over 95 publications in the form of books

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A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David K. Probst, Southeast Missouri State University

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Systems Engineering

the basic elements in a dynamic system. Stock can beconsidered as a container, and then flow is the flux of water coming into or leaving it. A pressingcurrent issue in US is the national debt (stock), which will keep increasing if the annual deficit(flow) is not properly addressed. The mathematical relationship between these two quantities isstraightforward: Stock is equal to the time integral of flow, and flow is equal to the derivative ofstock. On the other hand, this analysis can also help students to better understand these conceptsin calculus.Second, positive and negative feedback will happen in a system that is connected into a loop,which is ubiquitous in almost all the complicated systems. An example of negative feedback isthe

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Jacques, Air Force Institute of Technology; John M. Colombi, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard G. Cobb, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2011-2669: FOSTERING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING EDUCATION THROUGHINTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS AND GRADUATE CAPSTONE PROJECTSDavid R Jacques, Air Force Institute of Technology Associate Professor and Chair, Systems Engineering Programs at the Air Force Institute of Technology.John M Colombi, Air Force Institute of Technology John Colombi, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering, Faculty Scholar-in-Residence for the Air Force Center for Systems Engineering and Chair of the Operational Technology Program at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He teaches and leads sponsored research in systems engineering, human systems integration, architectural analysis and enterprise/ software services. Retiring after 21

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elisabeth W. McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College/Columbia University; Chris Jurado, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires has nearly 30 years of professional experience and is an industry and research professor in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in the School of Systems and Enterprises. She is a Primary Researcher for the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) and Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator projects. She has served as a Senior Sys- tems Engineer consultant to Lockheed Martin, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, for Advanced Systems Support- ability Engineering Technology and Tools (ASSETT), Inc. Alice previously served as a senior engineering manager for General Dynamics (GD), Lockheed Martin (LM) and as a technical lead for

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A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University; Scott C. Banks, Georgia Tech Research Institute

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Systems Engineering

Masters of Systems Engineering from Southern Polytechnic State University. Scott is Branch head of Software Tool Engineering in the Electronic Systems Division. He has over 20 years experience in system testing, integration, quality assurance and process improvement. Prior to joining GTRI, Scott was instrumental in system testing and development process improvements at TransCore and Northrop Grumman. Scott has presented at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Systems Engineering and CMMI conferences. He is an Atlanta Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) Board Member. Page 22.1366.1

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A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

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Systems Engineering

-making process that aids the engineer in generating andevaluating characteristics of an entity (physical or process) whose structure, function, andoperation achieve specified objectives and constraints. The program describes the process as theapplication of the solid foundation of the basic sciences, mathematics, and engineering sciencesto the abstractness, complexity, and solving of real world problems.The elements of the design process are emphasized throughout the program’s curriculum,beginning with the freshmen year. At the freshman year the Introduction to Engineering Design(IED) course uses project-based learning to address (1) problem definition, (2) attributegeneration, (3) function, constraint and objective identification, (4) idea