Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger V. Gonzalez P.E., The University of Texas at El Paso; Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Joseph A Ramos, The University of Texas at El Paso

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #6981Presenting a New Opportunity for Engineering Students: Introduction of anUndergraduate Degree Plan in Leadership EngineeringDr. Roger V. Gonzalez P.E., The University of Texas at El Paso Roger is the President and Founder of LIMBS International and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. With over 16 years of undergraduate curricular development experience, Dr. Gonzalez joined UTEP as Director of the Leadership Engineering Program. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and his M.S. in biomedical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and his B.S. in mechanical engi- neering from UTEP

Conference Session

A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University; Scott C. Banks, Georgia Tech Research Institute

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Systems Engineering

locate and apply resources when responding to a major incident ornatural disaster. This can seriously hinder the ability to plan for and respond to majorevents. A successful system will aid in coordinating, tracking and managing resources.Specifically, an appropriate system can aid first responders in exchanging valuableinformation seamlessly and provide a factor of safety for the individual responder.Introduction and Literature ReviewFrom the first World Trade Center bombing in New York, to everyday interactionsbetween local police, fire and emergency medical personnel, it has become increasinglyclear that simple communications and coordination between responding agencies isdifficult if not impossible given the severity of an event. Managing

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan K Donohue, University of Virginia; Ali Bouabid, Khalifa University of Science and Technology

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Systems Engineering

education.Mr. Ali Bouabid, Piedmont Virginia Community College Page 23.545.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Establishing A Community College Pathway to Baccalaureate Systems Engineering ProgramsAbstractA fundamental principle guiding engineering course schedules and student advisement atPiedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) is to offer courses a student would take inhis/her second year at target universities to minimize the chance that s/he would be on the “five(plus) year plan” after transfer. We describe how the model is implemented with respect

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; John K. Gershenson, Michigan Technological University; Amilcar Alejandro Rincon-Charris, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon; Carlos A. Alvarado, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Jose A. Rojas, Universidad del Turabo

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

Design Analysis Evaluation Concept Readiness QFD Assembly Design Organization Description Constraints Statement Plan Assessment Evaluation Concept Drawings Materials Specifications Plan Plan Keys

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Jayson F. Clifford; Michael P. Dop, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

disadvantages of modified process are discussed.We hope this paper serves as a guideline for course instructors who are considering going agilefor a capstone design course for computer engineers, software engineers, or multi-disciplinaryteams.Crystal Clear ProcessCrystal Clear is designed specifically to work with small to medium sized teams. Some of theproperties of this process include: frequent delivery via 2–4 week iterations; processimprovement via reflection workshops at the end of each iteration; osmotic communication byco-locating teams, and utilizing charts and boards to share information; personal safety; focusthrough a flexible plan that identifies fixed deliverables per iteration; and a technicalenvironment capable of supporting automated

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pawel Pawlewski, Poznan University of Technology; Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

todevelop their own product ideas from initial concepts to a business plan for a start-up. Thecourse is offered in English. The second course, offered to 3rd year students, introduces fundamental concepts relatedto industrial process analysis and improvement. Students learn necessary data collection andanalysis techniques (such as, for example, Value Stream Mapping) and also the basics ofprocess simulation using a commercial software package. Student teams work with industrialsponsors and develop competing innovative ideas for process transformation andimprovement. Emphasis is placed on the quality of the student work and final results. Topprojects are offered to present at technical conferences, publish their results in technicaljournals, and

Conference Session

Innovations in the IE Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Vila-Parrish, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, Meredith College

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

industrysponsored. Student teams face challenges when defining objectives for an ambiguous project,controlling scope creep, achieving buy-in, and selling their results to the sponsor. These areskills that are not taught in most engineering curriculums prior to the capstone course(s). Ourobservations are consistent with the observations by other researchers who have studied thedesign process. Wilson et. al 2 highlighted how students in the capstone course setting strugglewith setting milestones and soliciting feedback at the right times. Developing and effectivelycommunicating the project plan and status are critical to the success of the project. As noted byYildirim3, there is a need for understanding the relationships between design activities

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2: SE Applications

Collection

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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Diversity

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Systems Engineering

Institute of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. from the Ohio State University and a MBA from Urbana University.Prof. Adedeji B. Badiru, Air Force Institute of Technology Prof. Badiru is Dean and senior academic officer for the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). He has oversight for planning, directing, and controlling operations related to granting doctoral and master’s degrees, professional continuing cyber education, and research and development programs. He was previously Professor and Head of Systems Engineering and Management at the AFIT, Professor and Department Head of Industrial & Information Engineering at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne A Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pratik Mital, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

path from the initial state to an end state in the acceptablezone?The first question depends on the intervention planned. For example, it is clear that if theeducational intervention is intended to ensure that every first grader is reading on grade level,then it is possible to have a non-empty acceptable zone. However, if the intention is for everythird grader to understand calculus, then it is highly unlikely that there will be any acceptableend states. For most cases, the answer to this question will be determined by how well theintervention matches the given context of the school being studied.The second question is also dependent upon the context but it is also highly dependent on theavailable resources. Going back to the first example, if

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

Paper ID #14224Lessons Learned from Team-Teaching a PBL Robotics Course with Multi-Disciplinary Instructors and StudentsDr. Jose M Garcia, Purdue University Biography Dr. Jose Garcia has been involved in several local and statewide recruitment events, where he was able to develop short workshops in fluid power and STEM. He is also working on the development of a new generation of hydraulic components and systems that can operate using environmentally friendlier fluids. Dr. Garcia has plans to actively continue the development of practical teaching tools that bring industry applications to the classroom.Prof. Rick Homkes

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benito Flores, Universidad de Monterrey

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

used acquired systemsengineering methods in fundamental ways instead of making nick of time adjustments of littleconsequence.The Systems Engineering Capstone Course has been part of the degree plan since the mid1980s, and at the beginning of 2000, it was redesigned as part of a curricular change to beeven more profitable for students. The following paragraphs describe the redesign criteria,the course is it is presently, and some of its impact on student learning.Capstone Courses AdvantagesHigher education has used Capstone Courses for a long time, but they have come to the forein recent years. The reasons are many: many institutions have found that students today aremore focused on practical activities, doing things (Keller, 20046); recent

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Craig G Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

initiallyunanticipated stakeholder needs and general market changes. What was Douglas Aircraft able todo that Pfizer was not? Among other things, Douglas Aircraft’s leadership recognized the needto base all organizational decision-making, trade-offs and planning on the complete andcommonly understood set of system stakeholders and their values, while Pfizer was unable to doso.We suggest that the success of the DC-3, the failure of Pfizer’s Exubera, and numerous othersimilar stories can be used to illuminate the critically needed System Competencies for Leaders(SCL). In the following paragraphs we outline the need for skills which enable leaders to

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Systems Thinking

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Stirgus; Morteza Nagahi, Mississippi State University; Junfeng Ma, Mississippi State University; Raed Jaradat, Mississippi State University; Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Deborah K. Eakin, Mississippi State University

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Systems Engineering

: Balance between Integration (G): Preserve global integration,more toward independent decision and local local level autonomy versus system trend more toward dependent decisions andperformance level. integration. global performance. Interconnectivity (I):Isolation (N): Inclined to local interaction, follow Level of Interaction: Inclined to global interactions, followdetailed plan, prefer to work individually, enjoy Interconnectedness in coordination and

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Sugarman, United States Air Force; Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton; Edward F Mykytka, University of Dayton

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Systems Engineering

the way a course is structured or delivered.”5 This year, the two texts thatguided the program discussions were Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory forCollege and University Teachers2 and Facilitating Seven Ways of Learning3. Concepts fromthese texts have guided the redesign of the Management of Engineering Systems course.Another guiding concept that has influenced the redesign of this course is that most courses inthe Engineering Management curriculum will eventually be delivered in the 8-week acceleratedonline program. Once each course is developed, it will be offered on a rotating schedule based onthe needs of the cohort in the accelerated program. The overarching plan for these courses is thatthey typically will be designed

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas H. Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Connie M. Borror, Arizona State University, West; Douglas C. Montgomery, Arizona State University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

Bloom’s Taxonomy. The current pedagogy removes students from applying higherorder cognitive skills. By using the Mouse Factory, students must select the most appropriateimprovement project to undertake, design a sampling plan, implement a control chart andevaluate the effectiveness of the implement control chart. Assessment of student behavior andattitudes will be discussed and evaluated.IntroductionThe American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)1 defines engineering managementas “the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing andcontrolling activities which have a technical component.” Quality-related activities are widelyaccepted as an important field of engineering management and industrial engineering

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School ; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Nicole A.C. Hutchison; Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School

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Systems Engineering

represent a variety of domains. The BKCASE project is supported by severalprofessional societies including the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) (3author representatives) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (3 authorrepresentatives) and by funding and sponsorship primarily from the U.S. Department of Defense.Two products, the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) and the GraduateReference Curriculum for Systems Engineers (GRCSE), are being developed to inform systemsengineering education and practice. Initial drafts of these products were released in fall 2010(versions 0.25) for limited review; a second draft is planned for release in fall 2011 (versions 0.5)for open review; and the final

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia; Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

systems.The purpose of this paper is to describe the research plan for determining how well the LEP isable to accomplish its objectives for graduates. The initial group of seventeen students is in theirsenior year during the 2011-12 academic year and all are completing capstone design projects.Five of the seventeen students decided to drop out of the LEP at various times during the last twoyears. Statistical baseline data to be gathered includes the types of jobs each student pursuesafter graduation, the type and number of internships each student completes during theirsummers, and their overall academic success. Interviews with faculty advisors of LEP capstoneprojects will provide information on the performance of LEP students relative to their non

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Rivera, Universidad Icesi; Andrés López, Universidad Icesi; Andrés Calderón, Universidad Icesi

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

activities, plans and projects to turn the Strategic Intent into reality.Operations professionals will need to provide company leaders with a clear picture of thecompany’s capabilities in terms of technologies and their innovations. They will need to findchallenges that serve the deployment of the corporate strategies in ways the operation’semployees find interesting and engaging. They will explore new areas of operation andknowledge that take advantage of teamwork and shared technical expertise. They have alsoknowledge of the rhythms and cycles of technological change, which they can apply to decisionsrelated to product innovation.One of the additional resources employed in the class is the analysis and discussion of a videorelated to the

Conference Session

Instructional Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naveen Seth, New Community College at CUNY; Donald P. O'Keefe, Farmingdale State College

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

are shown below b in Tabble 1, reprodduced from thhe Bureau oofLabor Staatistics.Table 1 Page 25.800.5 urse schedulling softwaree, MS Projecct is used to expose the cclass to project managemIn the cou mentmethods such as Gan ntt Charts an nd Critical Paath Method ((CPM). Thee “Commerccial ConstrucctionProject Plan” P is a tem mplate availaable on the website w that iincludes the sequenced aactivities

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Harmon, Colorado Technical University; John M Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering

, improvements to reflect updates to industry-academic curriculumrecommendations subsequently published by IEEE Computer Society, INCOSE (International Council onSystems Engineering), and others as well as improvements to better address faculty and student inputssuch as a richer treatment of Bayesian, and future plans to embrace industry advisory board inputs suchas treatment of Big Data Analytics.In the BeginningBoeing approached us in 2002 with the observation that the US defense and aerospace industry wouldbe experiencing a large number of retirements of systems engineers in the very near future and thatAcademia needed to step up to the challenge and provide the education needed by their replacements.Conversations were held then with representatives

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Roberta S Cohen, Stevens Institute of Technology; Nicholas S Bowen, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems and Enterprises)

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Systems Engineering

embedded system by systematically flowing requirements down from system specifications.  Create plans for addressing power, timing and live-ness (concurrency) of the system.  Create plans for addressing system-level constraints including performance, reliability, safety, security and evolve-ability.  Develop a trade-space analysis for one or more key system element (possibly CPU or other hardware selection, operating system selection, OTS software, etc.)The syllabus from the initial course offering is shown below in Table 2.Table 2: Design of CPS Course Syllabus Topic(s) Class exercises (Optional) Module 1 CPS Engineering Processes Module 2 Prioritizing and Allocating

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Xiaoyan Mu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

Page 24.990.2 then formulate a plan for solving those pieces,  is equally applicable and useful to a wide variety of projects,  provides assessment tools that are an integral part of the process,  provides opportunities for students to reflect on the usefulness of the process,  is easily learned by faculty who haven’t previously taught the course and don’t have a lot of design experience,  minimizes the overhead to faculty in terms of working with the teams and assessing their progress,  and minimizes the additional workload on the students.In the past, the course structure depended on the experiences of the faculty supervisors andvaried from project to project. This variability and lack of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

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

, schedule and risk. Elements andsubsystems were also linked horizontally and resulted in mutual interactions, some positive andsome not. It was only when all the parts and components were defined and linked (initially byrequirement, then by analysis or simulation, and finally physically) that the true performance(and risk) of a system was understood and managed1.SE was formalized into a series of documents created for the U.S. Government, starting with the Page 26.666.3seminal Mil-Std-499 Systems Engineering Management, which provided the program manager 2criteria for evaluating engineering planning

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polinpapilinho Katina, Old Dominion University; Joseph M Bradley, Leading Change, LLC

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Systems Engineering

Interactive Planning Continuous organizational planning to design desirable futures Ackoff 31 32 33 34 and develop strategies to achieve that future through participation, management structures, planning, and process Soft Systems A process of inquiry focused on formulation of ill-structured Checkland 35 36; Methodology problems appreciative of multiple perspectives Wilson 37 Systems of Systems An approach to design, analysis, operation, and transformation Adams and Engineering of metasystems, composed of multiple embedded

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University; Ronald Lessard, Norwich University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

common program, to be reintegrated by a series of lectures tointroduce concepts and explain how to produce SE-appropriate deliverables.The framework for presenting SE content in the capstone course for non-SE majors is to presentmodules as required1 beginning in a single weekly lecture that decreased in frequency as theprojects transitioned from intensive up-front planning to longer execution tasks. The SE processoutlined in the Systems Engineering Fundamentals (SEF) guide2 was initially adopted, and isoutlined in Table 1 with an approximate correspondence to the steps in the EDP. Supplementalmaterial was also drawn from Systems Engineering Handbook,3 as well as other sources

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maxwell Reid, Auckland University of Technology

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

. This includes a demonstration of the ability to comprehend and apply a codified body of knowledge at the forefront of the practicing community. 2. 25-30 credits of capstone projects in which they undertake research, rather than investigative projects. 3. 5-15 credits in which a range of contextual skills include for example, working with other disciplines, ethical reasoning, impact of engineering on the community and a possible component based in industry1.To rationalise and introduce new papers, the offering of management papers was reviewed.AUT has for some time included engineering planning, ethics and sustainability in itsprogrammes. However the decision was made in 2011 to review the management papers inthe

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Wallace T. Fowler, University of Texas, Austin; Martin James Brennan, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

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Systems Engineering

responsibilities involved strategic planning, international cooperation, cross-directorate coordination, ar- chitecture analysis, and exploration control boards. Prior to this assignment, Ms. Guerra worked in the Biological and Physical Research Enterprise and the Space Science Enterprise in the capacity as Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator. While in the Space Science Enterprise, she managed the Decadal Planning Team a precursor effort to enabling the Bush Administration’s Vision for Space Exploration. Ms Guerra also spent 3 years at the Goddard Space Flight Center as Program Integration Manager for future high-energy astrophysics missions, particularly the James Webb Space Telescope. Ms. Guerra started her

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard W. Freeman, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

include turning a 2-wheel drivevehicle into all wheel drive and silent (no engine) drivability. The current project plan is todesign and build a full-scale prototype system. Major system components include energycapture, energy storage and energy delivery as well as braking and acceleration control systemsand a rudimentary anti-lock brake system.Cadets from Civil and Mechanical Engineering are collaborating as a capstone team with twoElectrical Engineering cadets who are collaborating with them via a directed study. The amountof collaboration required for this grant is a major departure from past years. In this pilot, thereare three Faculty Advisors, representing the three majors and a senior faculty membersupervising the entire project. Issues

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie Maier-Speredelozzi, University of Rhode Island; Colleen Grinham; manbir sodhi, University of Rhode Island

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Systems Engineering

students to pursue engineering as a career.1 Many efforts havefocused on developing improved curricular materials for K-12 engineering education,2, 3 andsome of these studies have specifically looked at systems engineering and systems thinking inthe K-12 classroom.4, 5 Many K-12 educators encourage certain students to pursue engineeringdegrees, but do not necessarily incorporate engineering concepts into their normal classroomlessons and do not always include different types of engineering, such as industrial and systemsengineering.A two-day workshop was planned, including a plant trip and several activities that explained anddemonstrated systems engineering. The funding was provided through a grant from NASA, sothroughout the workshop the

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; John A Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter L. Russell, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

SECompetency Areas of DoD known as SPDRE-SE/PSE7, which means Systems Planning,Research, Development and Engineering (SPRDE) – Systems Engineering (SE) and ProgramSystems Engineer (PSE) and shown in Appendix A. This was developed for the defenseacquisition community and is one of a number of such competency models that have beendeveloped in the SE domain. They are used for workforce development and education. The SECapstone project goals listed below have the numbers of relevant competencies from AppendixA noted: Identify the needs and objectives of key stakeholders including the operational and life-cycle context, and how these shape and set the scope for the development program (2, 4, 5). Demonstrate recognition that the value of a system