AC 2012-3389: SYSTEM ENGINEERING COMPETENCY: THE MISSINGCOURSE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONMr. Charles S. Wasson, Wasson Strategics, LLC Charles Wasson is an engineering textbook author, instructor, and consultant for Wasson Strategics, LLC, a professional training and consulting services firm specializing in systems engineering, technical project management, organizational development, and team development. In 2006, Wasson authored a new sys- tems engineering text entitled System Analysis, Design, and Development: Concepts, Principles, and Practices as part of the John Wiley & Sons’ System Engineering and Management series. The text re- ceived the Engineering Sciences Book of the Year Award from the International
AC 2012-4481: EDUCATION APPROACH IN JAPAN FOR MANAGEMENTAND ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMSProf. David S. Cochran, Southern Methodist University and Meijo University David Cochran is a professor of industrial and systems engineering management. He is Founder and Prin- cipal of System Design, LLC, Visiting Professor with the School of Business, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan and faculty of systems engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Cochran devel- oped the Manufacturing System Design Decomposition (MSDD) to determine the underlying design of the Toyota Production System (and ”lean”) from a systems engineering viewpoint and was Founder and Director of the Production System Design Laboratory in the
AC 2012-4002: APPLICATION OF CASE STUDIES TO ENGINEERINGMANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology S. Jimmy Gandhi is a faculty member in the School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) at Stevens In- stitute of Technology and also at Baruch College, which is a part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system. His research interests are in the field of risk management, engineering education, and globalization. He got a Ph.D. in engineering management from Stevens Institute of Technology, a mas- ter’s in engineering management from California State University, Northridge, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is
-world client into the course. A computer-basedsimulator has been used to provide a learning environment for critical competencies aimed ataccelerating the student‟s learning in systems engineering concepts.5 The introduction of systemsengineering into pre-college education6 was shown to give students a broad perspective withwhich to interact with the world. Systems engineering was used with students as young as fiveyears old to emphasize the kind of interactive and interdependent group learning that fostersgrowth in social skills, giving children the opportunity to think and act critically in society.A systems engineering approach applied in a laboratory setting using an active learning strategycalled Activities, Project, and Problem-Based
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’s) as described in its income statement is as follows3 –Year 3/2008 3/2009 3/2010 3/2011Total Revenue $20,528 $23,372 $28,147 $31,197Cost of Sales $6272 $6250 $7923 $9372Research & $1487 $1218 $1121 $1269DevelopmentSelling, General, & $2158 $2177 $2414 $2474AdministrativeExpensesIncome Taxes $3892 $4644 $5917 $6330 (a) Based on the above data, calculate the present worth of the company. Use an interest rate of 4% per annum. NOTE: We
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resources system problem. In the intervening years, he continued work on large scale system based problems. He has expertise in model- ing architectures for complex engineering systems such as transportation, infrastructure, water resources, and energy distribution using computational intelligence techniques He is the Founder of the Missouri S&T’s system engineering graduate program. Dagli is the Director of the Smart Engineering Systems Laboratory and a Senior Investigator in the DoD Systems Engineering Research Center-URAC. He is an INCOSE Fellow 2008 and IIE Fellow 2009. He has been the PI, Co-PI, or Director of 46 research projects and grants totaling more than $29 million from federal, state, and industrial
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thismaterial can be covered in a large-class setting, including how it can be examined. Our datasuggests that spreadsheets must be incorporated into quizzes and or examinations in order toassess student abilities in these areas. Thus, while our teaching has evolved to includespreadsheets, so must our examination procedures.IntroductionCapital investments require analyses by engineers with tools and insight into whether theinvestment is sound. The field of engineering economy provides these tools. In order to make asound decision, a three-phase approach to evaluate the risk of a project is necessary: 1. Identify the risk, or risks, of an investment project. 2. Analyze the identified risk(s) of the project. 3. Assess how the identified risks
placed ‘on the clock’. This initiated a timeframe, usually a week,within which students had two challenges to complete in order to be eligible to take that topictest.The first challenge, the student needed to acquire a completely worked-out problem thatillustrated the concept of the just completed topic. This problem could be one of the studentsown devising or from a textbook, class web page, or any other source. The student then wouldschedule an appointment with the instructor to do an oral presentation of the problem. Thestudent would explain step by step the procedure(s) used in the solution of the problem. Thisprovides the instructor an opportunity to examine the students’ critical thinking skills. If thestudent is unable to completely
the complete problem.‖ (http://www.incose.org/practice/whatissystemseng.aspx) 2. A sub-field of electrical engineering. ―[E]mphasis is attached to the use of systems theory in applications [and] … tends to emphasize control techniques which are often software- intensive.‖9 3. A sub-field of industrial and systems engineering. The word ―system‖ is often added to industrial engineering to emphasize the interactions of parts of a system to create the overall behavior of the system. 4. A sub-field of engineering management or technology management. ―[S]ystems engineering includes taking into consideration all aspects of the life cycle of the system. Thus the systems engineering approach is said to
forrstudents. What were available weere several resources r foccused on thee constructionn industry thhatcould be used to expo ose students to better unnderstand tim me value of m money. Simoonson7 (20055),“Diggingg into Constrruction Dataa” Business Economics-A E April 2005, ddescribes booth free and ppaiddata sourrces. Some free fr resourcees include thee Bureau of Census, the Bureau of E EconomicAnalysis (BEA) and the Bureau of o Labor Staatistics (BLS S). Aside from m a wealth oof informatioon 8about con nstruction laabor in a speccific
field over the next five years. Nearly allstudents (94%, 17 of 18 students) reported that participation in the IRAM course(s) had betterprepared them to work in the IE field. Of the 10 students who provided suggestions on how tofurther improve the IRAM laboratory or the courses, all reported that the both the courses andlaboratory could be improved by providing more access to and use of modern robotics andautomation equipment. One student suggested including guest speakers who are currently Page 25.715.11working in the field as a part of the courses.Early evidence also indicates that students are having some success
evidenceof certain FE and PE topics in the capstone course. We will also explore the connection betweencapstone course design and student career efficacy to help develop a common guideline for anyIndustrial Engineering capstone course.Bibliography1. Beyerlein, S., Davis, D., Trevisan, M., Thompson, P., & Harrison, K. (2006). Assessment framework for capstone design courses. Proceedings of the 2006 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.2. Dunlap, J.C. (2005). Problem-based learning and self-efficacy: How a capstone course prepares students for a profession. Educational Technology Research & Development, 53(1), 65-85.3. Farr, J.V., Lee, M.A., Metro, R.A., & Sutton, J.P. (2001). Using a
developed 29 A formal faculty assessor (advisor) is assigned 71 Project carried out in a robust organization 86 An appointed representative from the client organization participates 14 Frequent, regular meetings with the supervising instructor 57 Weekly progress reports and evaluations 71 Formal presentation(s) of progress 29 A final session with the client 57 A final closing presentation to faculty 57 Faculty in earlier courses evaluate 43 Student self-evaluation
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), and high strain deformation of materials. She is currently a Co-PI in NSF S-STEM and ADVANCE-PAID grants. She is actively involved in outreach activities that introduce middle school students to engineering. Page 25.696.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Highly Relevant and Productive Collaborations between Industries and UniversitiesIntroductionEngineering education is enhanced by collaborations between industries and universitiesthat provide a platform for students’ internships, research, and development ofprofessional and leadership skills
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industrysponsored. Student teams face challenges when defining objectives for an ambiguous project,controlling scope creep, achieving buy-in, and selling their results to the sponsor. These areskills that are not taught in most engineering curriculums prior to the capstone course(s). Ourobservations are consistent with the observations by other researchers who have studied thedesign process. Wilson et. al 2 highlighted how students in the capstone course setting strugglewith setting milestones and soliciting feedback at the right times. Developing and effectivelycommunicating the project plan and status are critical to the success of the project. As noted byYildirim3, there is a need for understanding the relationships between design activities
ded to put in n place docum mentation sttandards thatt all teammemberss must follow w. In a progrramming claass the studennts are requiired to includde Page 25.1231.14documen ntation in all programs ho owever the students s nevver really undderstand the importance ofthe documentation because their programs are generally too small and trivial, are created by asingle person and are not maintained after they are turned in.While the vehicles are complex enough to require systems engineering they are not so complexthat the team members will
Modernisation Project Vignette § Singapore Water Management Vignette § FAA Advanced Automation System (AAS) Vignette § Standard Korean Light Transit System Vignette References:1. Pyster, A., D. Olwell, J. Anthony, S. Enck, N. Hutchison, and A. Squires, eds.; Ferris, T. lead author (2011, December 15). Graduate reference curriculum for systems engineering (GRCSE) version
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while the right side represents the mobile components.Various types of data are generated and transmitted from the ambulance to the centralizedserver(s) for processing. Any type of IP data can be transmitted although the 3G cellular networkdoes have bandwidth limitations that must be considered.Figure 2 shows how EKG transmittal is achieved both physically and logically aboard theambulance. The patient is connected to the defibrillator and thrombolytic data is captured. Thisdata is archived in the memory of the defibrillator and is then transmitted to the 911 center RSServer as IP packets. These packets are then rendered into a proprietary format on that serverwhich can then be exported and transmitted via email to the emergency room. This
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this ‘cycle’ in other ASEE publications. Page 25.221.9APPENDIX B : Sample Spreadsheet for Collecting Data STUDENT # X T Q M RUBRIC: FLUID MECHANICS RUBRIC BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF CRITICAL THINKING RUBRIC COURTESY OF W. S. U. WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PULLMAN, WA. 99164. LIKERT SCALE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION : 5 4 3 2 1 1 Break down all barriers. √ 2 Create consistency of purpose with a plan. √ 3 Adopt the new philosophy of quality. √ 4 Establish high Standards. √ 5 Establish Targets / Goals