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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peizhu Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises)

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Feedback provided to learners (dialog, email, etc.) o Recommendations accepted/rejected o Instructor’s observations  Simulation Output: o Last phase/cycle completed o Results of schedule, cost, range and quality o Final status charts o Final score  Self-Reflection: o Reflection feedback provided to the learner o Learner’s reflection inputALATs provide the capability to visualize the experience performance data, userrecommendations, and user actions. Figure 2 shows a screenshot of the Learning Analysis Tool.For example, instructor could use this tool to visualize the weight recommendation for APSdepartment by a specific student, and analyze the actions made before each

Conference Session

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuan-Yu Chou, National Chiao Tung University; Yon-Ping Chen, National Chiao Tung University; Sunny S. J. Lin, National Chiao Tung University; Chao-Yang Cheng, National Chiao Tung University

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Diversity

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transformation emphases are illustrated in the coloredboxes. The colored circles signified the methods and decisions of self improvements (SI0-1, SI1-2, andSI2-3). Various self-improvement methods (teacher reflection, product creativity check, and PBLexperience student report) were adopted in each round (text underlined). The major decisions of self-improvement are provided in the colored circle.This paper is structured as a case study to explain the transformation process listed inFigure 1, including working emphases, self-improvement methods and sequentialtransformation decisions for the DCS capstone course. Figure 1 shows the timeline ofcapstone transformation (rounds 0 to 3) and self-improvement cycles from 0-1, 1-2,and 2-3.In the following, Session

Conference Session

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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convergent validity testing between the results and the systems thinking construct.Reflective NarrativeDescription: Students will provide open-ended reflections after each Think Aloud activity and onereport on systems thinking and its implications on project management and engineered systems atthe end of the course. A. The open-ended reflections focus on how the student engaged and learned in the course. It encourages students to recognize positive, negative and neutral aspects of the task(s). B. The report challenges students to determine whether they perceive a benefit of systems thinking in engineering and must support their position. Any individual adjustments made between the pre- and post- knowledge survey is

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2: SE Applications

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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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methodology.The interviewees were asked questions in three broad areas: their personal definition of missionand their organizations’ definition of mission engineering; desired and actual competencies; andtheir vision for the future. Initial findings reflect the commonality across all organizations so thatpredominant organizations in the dataset do not dominant the results at the expense of insightsprovided by the set of organizations.There is also a rich body of work in the open source literature over the last ten years describingmission engineering applications, methods, and tooling. This literature search includes both peerreviewed journals and conferences as well as education courses and in-house publications andtraining. Finally, we have provided

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2: SE Applications

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Claxton Bommer, KBRwyle; Alice E. Grimes, Air Force Institute of Technology; Adedeji B. Badiru, Air Force Institute of Technology

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. This change has resulted in a 200%increase in feedback responses received. This is a critical factor in the program’s success ascontinuous improvement of the system would not be possible with insufficient data.DisclaimerThe views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy orposition of the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.References[1] N. J. Gladwell and G. E. White, “Mentoring 101,” [Online] Available: National Recreation and Park Association, https://www.nrpa.org/parks-recreation-magazine/2016/may/mentoring-101/. [Accessed July 2017].[2] C. Klinge, “A Conceptual Framework for Mentoring in a Learning Organization,” Adult Learning, vo1

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3 – Course and Program Outcomes

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devanandham Henry, Regent University; Charles Daniel Turnitsa, Regent University; Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University

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. • Resource Material: Most established and long-running courses in engineering or otherwise, tend to take the approach of selecting a course textbook and to utilize all the instructor resources, presentation slides and test banks provided by the publisher. While instructors do customize course content to reflect their personal teaching styles or to incorporate contemporary trends and developments in the field, this is still optional. But with the engineering core courses, particularly with the objective of introducing appropriate systems engineering knowledge, generating instructional material not found in the course textbook is imperative and no longer an option. This also means generating assignments

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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Systems Engineering

do not reflect the official policy orposition of the Air Force Institute of Technology, United States Air Force, Department of Defense,or United States government.

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3 – Course and Program Outcomes

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zachary David Asher, Colorado State University; Nicole L Ramo, Colorado State University; Thomas H. Bradley, Colorado State University

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, design and policy for sustainable energy systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Use of Systems Engineering Principles to Improve Learning Outcomes in a Multidisciplinary CourseAbstractAs individual engineering disciplines and applications mature, there is an increased need formultidisciplinary education and application competencies. As an example, a course on modernautomotive vehicles must now incorporate electrical propulsion in addition to mechanicalpropulsion to reflect the current state of the art. Systems engineering provides a framework forteaching a multidisciplinary approach in the design and analysis of these complex systems. In thisstudy, the hypothesis that

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

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Systems Engineering

, which in turnprovides control signals to the motors controlling the launching mechanism. For objectdetection, the two obvious choices are ultrasonic sensors, and infrared sensors. Ultrasonicsensors can provide very accurate ranging information, and since they use sound instead of light,they are not adversely affected by direct sunlight [10]. Accurate ultrasonic sensors do tend to bemore expensive than infrared sensors, however.Infrared sensors do have the capability of providing accurate ranging information, but they runinto problems when used in direct sunlight [10]. Additionally, since light reflects differently offdifferent surfaces and different colors, the range reading can differ between two objects whichare the same distance away from

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3 – Course and Program Outcomes

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stu Turner, US Air Force Academy Systems Engineering; Kalyn Tung, United States Air Force Academy; Cory Cooper, United States Air Force Academy

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@usafa.edu Lt Col Cory Cooper, Ph.D. cory.cooper@usafa.edu Capt Kalyn Tung, M.S. kalyn.tung@usafa.eduDisclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect theofficial policy or position of the United States Air Force Academy, the Air Force, the Department ofDefense, or the U.S. Government. Distribution A. Approved for public release, USAFA-DF-2018-96:distribution unlimited.References[1] ABET, “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2018-2019,” 2017. [Online]. Available:http://www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/E001-18-19-EAC-Criteria-11-29-17-FINAL_updated1218.pdf. [Accessed: Jan 18, 2018].[2] Scott, B., and J. Bartolomei. "US Air Force Academy Launches