Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2: SE Applications

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole A.C. Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sergio Luna, Stevens Institute of Technology; William D. Miller, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hoong Yan See Tao, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dinesh Verma, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gregg T. Vesonder, Stevens Institute of Technology; Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

model that supports the engineering community but also provides input to each acquisition career field such as program management, and test & evaluation, unique to their responsibilities to support and manage mission engineering • Conduct a gap analysis comparing current curricula against the competency requirements • Provide recommendations on creating a mission-engineering curriculum, as well as modifying the applicable career fields’ curricula to build interdisciplinary mission engineering knowledge and abilities.The research is based on a mixed-methods approach, utilizing grounded theory to extractmeaning from data collected in interviews as well as a traditional literature review. Weinterviewed

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4 – Systems Thinking Integration and Systems Engineering Skills Evaluation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Federica Robinson-Bryant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University- Worldwide

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proficiency in these skills upon graduation fromundergraduate programs [4]. This result is supported by commonly cited findings that engineerturnover is partly due to a lack of understanding of the big picture and “boring work” (or a lack ofappreciation for engineering functions beyond hands-on, engineering design). A national,Canadian survey showed similar results [5]. The most common reason for engineer turnover(voluntary and involuntary) were related to conflict with the role itself, including the engineer’sdesire for a career change, job satisfaction and feelings of the role being a poor fit. Accordingly,researchers, educators, industry, government and accreditation bodies all posit the need forsystemic and transformative change in engineering

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4 – Systems Thinking Integration and Systems Engineering Skills Evaluation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adedeji B. Badiru P.E., Air Force Institute of Technology; LeeAnn Racz, US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

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as the homefor the Residency in Aerospace Medicine program. Also included are the initial and advancedtraining courses as well as consultation and research services for Occupational andEnvironmental Health and Public Health. Having these functions co-located facilitatesintegration of operational and research developments into the classroom. A Concept ofOperations for USAFSAM education and training courses begins with various stakeholdersperiodically meeting for a Utilization and Training Workshop (U&TW). In addition toUSAFSAM representatives, stakeholders include senior and junior leaders from differentelements of the operational Air Force community for the specific career field. During thismeeting, the participants discuss and agree to

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4 – Systems Thinking Integration and Systems Engineering Skills Evaluation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Constance Aloisio, Purdue University; Karen Marais, Purdue University; Hanxi Sun, Purdue University

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Systems Engineering

the author of several technical publications, including 17 journal papers and two book chapters. She received an NSF CAREER award in 2014. Dr. Marais has worked in engineering for two decades, first in industry and then in academia. She holds a B. Eng. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Stellenbosch, a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of South Africa, and an S.M and Ph.D. from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT.Hanxi Sun, Purdue University Hanxi Sun is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Statistics of Purdue University. Her research focuses on nonparametric Bayesian statistics and applied statistics. Hanxi received a master degree in Statistics at