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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University; Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University

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Systems Engineering

curriculum experience applying systemsengineering concepts in a two sequence senior capstone design course. Even though some programshave introduced systems engineering concepts in freshman or sophomore courses, there is noevidence of continuity in multiple courses in every year across the curriculum, with students gettingseldom systems engineering exposure in course during the first three years of their curriculum.The paper discusses the developed modules that will give students an initial exposure to the field ofsystems engineering as it applies to aerospace vehicles, while students in freshman year experiencenon-aerospace engineering projects as well. Students will learn key topics related to aircraft design,spacecraft and mission design

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy L.J. Ferris, School of Engineering, University of South Australia; Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Fanny Camelia, University of South Australia

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member of the BKCASE project and the lead author of the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Systems Journal.Dr. Alice F Squires, Washington State University Dr. Alice F. Squires is an Associate Professor at Washington State University (WSU) with over 30 years of technical leadership experience. Prior to joining WSU, Dr. Squires served as Manager of Systems En- gineering at Aurora Flight Sciences, Senior Researcher for the nationwide University Affiliated Research Center in Systems Engineering and Online Technical Director for SSE at Stevens Institute of Technol- ogy, Senior Systems Engineer consultant to LM, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, Senior Engineering Manager

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radu F. Babiceanu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #13857Engineering Project Management Graduate Education in Integrated Soft-ware and Systems Engineering EnvironmentsDr. Radu F. Babiceanu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dr. Radu Babiceanu is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineer- ing from the University of Toledo, and a B.S. degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. His research

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Runing Zhang P.E., Metropolitan State University of Denver; Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Systems Engineering

1education has been widely recognized globally. The advances in science and technology and thecreative works by US engineering schools make the nation a leader in innovative technologydevelopment in the world. In contrast, the lack of an integrative systemic engineering knowledgelimits the vision of US engineers in the leadership of sustainable development.Sustainable development requires engineering engagement in policy making, risk analysis, anddisaster management. Engineers have developed technical specifications, standards, guidelines,regulations and building codes in many areas. However, it is realized that engineers should alsoplay an important role in policymaking, legislative and other administrative activities. In recentyears, the US

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rama N Reddy; Kamran Iqbal, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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Systems Engineering

/. Page 26.988.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Integrating Systems Engineering Concepts in all Design Oriented Courses in the Engineering Curriculum University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock, AR 72204Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how to designand manage complex engineering systems over their life cycles. This study makes a case forintroducing core systems engineering concepts in undergraduate courses across engineeringdisciplines. We argue that rapid advances in technology, increasing complexity of engineeringprojects, lack of protection in a globalized world, and the pressures of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Ian Smith, Penn State Harrisburg; Fares S. Alromithy, Wayne State University; Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Nate Archibald

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Systems Engineering

University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indian (2009). His current research interest includes smart sensors and integrated microsystems, microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems, Nanoelectronics, and Smart Devices.Dr. Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Dr. Aldo Morales was born in Tacna, Peru. Dr. Morales earned his B.S. in Electronic Engineering, with distinction, from Northern University (now University of Tarapaca), Arica, Chile. He has an M.Sc. Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from University of Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Currently, he is a professor of electrical Engineering at Penn State Harrisburg. Dr. Morales was the PI

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Sadraey, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

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Systems Engineering

design phase (commencing with the need analysis), oneof the major objectives is to develop and define the specific design-to requirements for the systemas an entry. The results from these activities are combined, integrated, and included in a systemspecification. This specification constitutes the top “technical-requirements” document thatprovides overall guidance for system design from the beginning. Conceptual design is the first andmost important phase of the aircraft system design and development process. It is an early andhigh level life cycle activity with potential to establish, commit, and otherwise predetermine thefunction, form, cost, and development schedule of the desired aircraft system. The identificationof a problem and associated

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Valasek, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Systems Engineering

needs, Concept of Operations (ConOps), requirements, and RFPgeneration, all aspects of the integrated SE curriculum. To avoid increasing the coursedeliverables to seven reports, the original six reports were re-structured into five reports. Thiswas done by re-distributing and in many cases combining the deliverables more evenly across allreports. Only one deliverable content was eliminated, although this content was still included inthe lectures. In addition to changes to the Oral Reports, instructors addressed the addition of SEtopics in the course using a couple of methods. Telecons with representatives fromindustry/government organizations were added to the course to provide actual SE experience indefining requirements. In addition, overlap

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bungo Shiotani, University of Florida; Dante Augustus Buckley, University of Florida; Amy Elizabeth Bumbaco, University of Florida; Norman G. Fitz-Coy, University of Florida

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Systems Engineering

Aerospace Engineering from UF where his thesis, Reliability Analysis of SwampSat, focused on performing reliability analyses on SwampSat, UF’s first CubeSat. His experiences and as the project manager with SwampSat lead to an internship at NESTRA (Japan) where he worked on developing system diagrams and test procedures as well as assembly integration and testing of their three microsatellites that were in development. In addition to his Ph.D. work, Bungo is the project coordinator for Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program on multiphase fluid science and technologies at the UF’s Chemical Engineering Department funded by the National Science Foundation. As the PIRE project coordinator, he

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Bartus, Stevens Institute of Technology; Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #12477Outcomes of a Systems Engineering Project for K-12 TeachersProf. Greg Bartus, Stevens Institute of Technology Greg is an Adjunct Teaching Professor and Senior Curriculum and Professional Development Specialist in STEM Education for the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Insti- tute of Technology. Greg has an MAT and BS in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Cornell University.Dr. Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Frank T. Fisher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and co-Director of the Nanotechnology Graduate

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Lei Huang, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University

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(ABET accredited), an M.S. in Computer Science, and an M.S. in Computer InformationSystems. The department offers many areas of concentration, including: Artificial Intelligence,Cloud Computing, Computer Graphics and Animation & Computer Visualization. It also offerscomputing courses to the entire university to satisfy a three-hour core curriculum requirement.The Department of Engineering Technology (ET) at Prairie View A&M University offers theB.S. degree in the Computer Engineering Technology (CPET) program and in the ElectricalEngineering Technology (ELET) program, respectively. Both programs are ABET accredited.The department focuses on offering practical, hands-on experiences in computer science andengineering. This project ties

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Luis Fernando Cortes, Florida Atlantic University

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Systems Engineering

, human made systems reflect the functioning of multiplecomponents that are enhanced together to accomplish the same goal. A great example of anatural SoS is the human ‘machine’. The human machine is composed of multiple single systemsthat operate together to give multiple capabilities to the human body, such as cognition,communication, movement, and evolution. In engineering, single or traditional systems that formpart of an SoS are made to be a piece of a solution to solve a multilevel necessity. These singlesystems are designed and developed based on a well-structured problem with fixed boundaries[3] ; therefore, they emerge with a clear, capable, implicit, and limited set of goals. In addition,their design is based on the integration of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose M. Garcia, Purdue University; Rick Homkes, Purdue University; Mark T. Carnes, Purdue University; Kevin D. Taylor, Purdue University

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Systems Engineering

the motor under various operatingconditions. Surprisingly, upon finalizing the laboratory exercise, a portion of the studentsreturned their reports with estimations of the power that were several orders of magnitude off thenominal motor values.An article written by Kay10 suggested that the robotics curriculum content of the course shouldbe focused on the topics that are interesting to the student, as an example she presented a list oftopics that would be suited to fit better the skills of a specific major, but not those of the othertwo majors. Kay’s argument for tailored curriculum content stemmed from her frustration intrying to find a robotics textbook that would cover specific topics relative to robotics forundergraduates in her major area