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

comprehensive understanding of the specific needs ofthe customer and sponsors/stakeholders. Solution to this struggle is not addressed in theseSystem Engineering resources. Several of these resources cannot be taught in a few lecturesessions or exercised as in-class activities. Based on our survey, 80 to 90 % of students face thisproblem irrespective of the available resources. The novelty of the 4-step method/approachintroduced in this paper is the logical breakdown of the required steps for defining productrequirements into simple questions and tasks, which can be quickly incorporated as in-classworkshops, peer review exercises, case studies of previous projects and/or sponsor meetings.Moreover, the method tasks and questions can be applied to a wide