Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Course Design & SE Competencies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University; Greg A. Dunko, NantHealth

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

unambiguous list of product requirements, while keeping the user in mind,sets the correct tone for the preliminary design exercises, improves the system design, informskey design decisions, reduces the design and development time, effort, budget, and reduces theprobability of requiring rework in a project.As described in [2],[3],[8] as well as in the authors’ industrial experience, the process of elicitingand developing good Product Requirements is iterative, which involves discussions withstakeholders, potential customers (i.e., Serviceable Market) and with the product sponsoringagency. However, most of the engineering subjects and courses are designed to train students tothink about “how” to solve a given problem instead of the “what and where

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Course Design & SE Competencies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr., Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

sufficient engineering details to produce system by anotherstudent. The student also successfully tested for the electronic functionally of the system.Design Tradeoffs [5]The student was asked to seek alternatives when designing their engineering solution at thesystem, subsystem and component level. Here are sample views from the student into thistasking.Launch Method. There are numerous methods for launching objects of various types. One ofthe first that comes to mind is that of rapid gas expansion, like that employed by firearms. Whilethis method can certainly be effective, it does not fit well with the requirements for this system.A rapid gas expansion launch typically requires some type of tube which a tightly fitting object isfired through

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

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Paper ID #21024Development of a Survey Instrument to Evaluate Student Systems Engineer-ing AbilityDiane Constance Aloisio, Purdue University Diane Aloisio is a PhD candidate in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. Her research concentrates on taking a systems approach to finding the common causes of systems engineering accidents and project failures. Diane received a dual BS degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from University at Buffalo in New York.Dr. Karen Marais, Purdue University Dr. Karen Marais’ educational research focuses on improving systems engineering education. She is