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Student Development and Assessment in IE Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

industry experience in the design and development of electro- mechanical systems. As a tenure-track faculty member of the UDM Mechanical Engineering Department, he has adopted a program of instruction that UDM has branded ”Faces on Design,” in which student project work is made more meaningful as students have the opportunity to see and experience the faces of real live clients. In the series of design courses he teaches, students design mechanical devices for use by disabled clients. In addition to academic work, Kleinke is a registered Professional Engineer and conducts seminars on innovation that are tailored to the needs of automotive engineers. Kleinke’s recent publication, ”Capstones Lessons to Prepare Students

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricardo Pineda, University of Texas, El Paso; John E. Weaver, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company; Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose Luis Falliner, The University of Texas, El Paso; Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso

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Systems Engineering

executives in the sponsoring company in addition to the creation of written internalmemorandum or technical reports within the company. We are trying to mirror the MedicalSchool model by requiring about 500 hours of on-site industry practice; we consider the practiceto be similar to a capstone project but the major difference being the actual experience in realisticenvironments where the students are exposed to the dynamics of leading, advocating,communicating, technical and non-technical issues, etc. in a multidisciplinary team.This combination of industry practice and PBL approaches presented the most difficultchallenges for the program implementation due to the very different financial models betweenacademia and industry; details of the hybrid

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy K. Zander, Clarkson University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

ComputingPhysics I Operations/Production ManagementPhysics II Project Management Page 25.1384.6Chemistry I Quality ManagementAccounting Capstone DesignFigure 4. Percent Requiring Engineering Management Courses 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Figure 5. Percent Requiring Business Topics100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Economics Accounting Marketing Law Finance

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Systems Thinking

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M. Degen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering

subsystems.It is relatively easy for academic institutions that are starting a new mechanical engineeringundergraduate program to create a curriculum that includes a sequence of courses and learningexperiences to teach product design and development as well as fundamental concepts related toST and SE. Unfortunately, in the case of existing programs it can be difficult to make substantialmodifications to the curriculum. Under those circumstances, the only option is to work within theframework of the curriculum that is already in place. In this regard, most mechanical engineeringundergraduate programs have a capstone senior design experience, and many programs include acourse in which students learn about product design and development. Unfortunately

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard E Fairley, Software and Systems Engineering Associates

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Systems Engineering

techniques used by software engineers • Software engineering techniques used by systems engineers • The intangible and malleable nature of software • The four essential properties of software • The three additional factors • Risk management of software projects • Software development processesFor purposes of exposition, we distinguish software engineering from softwareconstruction. Software engineers are concerned with analysis and design, allocationof requirements, component integration, verification and validation, re-engineeringof existing systems, and life cycle sustainment of software. Programmers, whomay also be capable software engineers, construct software (i.e. engage in detaileddesign

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #19345Development of Enhanced Value, Feature, and Stakeholder Views for a Model-Based Design ApproachDr. William A Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Bill Kline is Professor of Engineering Management and Associate Dean of Innovation at Rose-Hulman. His teaching and professional interests include systems engineering, quality, manufacturing systems, in- novation, and entrepreneurship. As Associate Dean, he directs the Branam Innovation Center which houses campus competition teams, maker club, and projects. He is currently an associate with IOI Partners, a consulting venture focused on innovation tools and

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cassandra M. Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University; Laura Ochs Pottmeyer, Carnegie Mellon University

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Systems Engineering

articles in this area, co-authored the book How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching, and developed several innovative, educational technologies, including StatTutor and the Learning Dashboard.Dr. Laura Ochs Pottmeyer, Carnegie Mellon University Laura Pottmeyer is a Data Science Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon University’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation. She consults with faculty members and graduate students on implementing educational research projects. She assists with study design, data collection, and data analysis. Laura’s training includes a Ph.D. in Science Education and M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia, where she

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky; Dusan Sekulic, University of Kentucky; Bob Gregory, University of Kentucky College of Engineering; Adam Brown, University of Kentucky; Hai Fu, University of Kentucky

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Systems Engineering

graduate students as well.Although the course was originally planned for upper level cohorts of undergraduate students—ideally juniors, as preparation for senior design and senior capstone project work—it attractedseveral graduate students and it was early realized that graduate students in the class mightcontribute to better diversity of skill levels and performance of the teams. On the other hand,their presence made for more difficulties in gauging the appropriate depth and breadth of thecourse content. Page 24.392.11Difficulties with team work: One of the major goals of the STFS project was to increasestudents’ abilities to be successful in

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan Technological University; Natalie Green, Michigan Technological University

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Systems Engineering

sophomore course that examined global engineering interests and exposed students to constant training-by-doing in oral communication and a cooperative teaming approach for problem solving which led to greater student aptitude in teaming environments in general. In addition, a new junior-level course was designed that was grounded in systems approaches to problem-solving that featured modeling with STELLA™(ISEE SYSTEMS.com) in a context of a progression of mini-projects to tackle ever-moredifficult systems. The third direct class was a senior capstone project class that is typical for mostengineering disciplines. The twist in this program was that the sponsors for the capstone projectswere drawn from

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C Smith, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Systems Engineering

cohort to determinewhich topics are of greatest interest to the current cohort. While these topics are often similarfrom year to year, they vary with changes in technology, the global context, and currenteconomic conditions.The  Program  includes  33  credit  hours:  ten  three-­‐credit  courses  and  a  three-­‐credit  seminar  series.      The  four  core  courses  that  are  required  to  earn  the  Master  of  Engineering  degree  are:   • SYS6001:  Introduction  to  Systems  Engineering  (the  first  course  in  the  curriculum)   • SYS6043:  Applied  Optimization     • SYS6045:  Applied  Probabilistic  Modeling   • SYS6002:  Systems  Integration  (the  Capstone  Project)    The  common  elective

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Joseph J. Ekstrom, Brigham Young University; Mary D. VanLeer, Perceptive-Systems; Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

engineering, the workdoes provide insight into what is important in the discipline and can serve as a guide toundergraduate curriculum developersBackgroundGRCSE is built on an holistic interpretation of curriculum as concerning the total context inwhich education is provided, and as such the recommendations address five primary areas of asystems engineering program:5 1) student entrance expectations; 2) a curriculum architecture comprised of: a. preparatory material, b. a core body of systems engineering knowledge (the CorBoK), c. domain or program-specific knowledge, and d. a capstone experience; 3) outcomes every graduate should achieve; 4) objectives every graduate should achieve three to five years

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C Smith, University of Virginia; Barry Horowitz, University of Virginia; Thomas S. Brett, Dept of Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Systems Engineering

#offered#since#1999.#The#cohort#model#is#centerpiece#of#the#approach,#enabling#students#to#learn#from#each#other#as#well#as#from#highly#qualified#instructors#as#they#progress#through#a#rigorous#academic#curriculum,#culminating#in#a#group#capstone#project#that#offers#substantial#exposure#to#and#interaction#with#government#and#industry#organizations.##The#33Fhour#Master's#in#Engineering#in#Systems#Engineering#degree#program#is#delivered#over#three#terms:#Summer,#Fall,#Spring.#Summer#term#consists#of#one#week#in#residence#plus#one#10Fweek#session;#Fall#semester#consists#of#two#10Fweek#sessions#and#Spring#semester#consists#of#one#10Fweek#session#plus#a#second#weekFinFresidence#for#a#total#of#two#weeksFinFresidence#and#four#10Fweek#sessions.#One#course

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Learning Outcomes and Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peizhu Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Douglas A. Bodner, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Glenn Turner, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ross David Arnold, Stevens Institute of Technology; Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises)

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Systems Engineering

for team-based learning, aswell as for a mentor to provide advice and feedback.Applied in an academic setting, the SEEA concept provides the possibility for a much broaderscope of learning environments than a capstone project or industry internship. These moretraditional approaches provide a beneficial learning experience and support integrating thevarious components of the SE body of knowledge, but are limited by time and domain. Thecapstone is usually a single project and at most a year in length. If it covers the full lifecycle,then it must be a fairly simple project and most likely represents only one domain. An internshipis even more limited, given that few companies would assign a student to a significant role orprovide much variation

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

normally presented in the class and a written report is submitted.Students are required to summarize the procedure used to produce the product and represent theoutput. There are usually two projects given in the class. The first project is defined by theinstructor, which helps maintain a focus on course and curriculum objectives. In the secondproject, students are allowed to pick their own topic, which gives them the autonomy to choosetheir own project formulations and strategies, which in turn increases their motivation.Project based learning at the individual course level is familiar in engineering education. It isused almost universally in capstone design and laboratory courses. There has been growingfrequency of project based learning approach

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3 – Course and Program Outcomes

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering

the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE). Before joining Stevens, Henry spent nine years with the Aeronautical De- velopment Agency, Ministry of Defense, India, working on aircraft design, aerodynamics, performance, optimization, and project management of the Air Force and Navy versions of the Indian light combat air- craft. He was also actively involved in promoting systems engineering among the aerospace community in India.Dr. Charles Daniel Turnitsa, Regent UniversityProf. Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University Current Position: Chair, Engineering and Computer Science Department of the College of Arts & Science, Regent Univer- sity, Virginia Beach, Virginia Education: •Ph.D

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wolter J. Fabrycky PE, Virginia Tech and AAII

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Systems Engineering

undergraduate capstone projects) and the project or thesis research required for a graduate SE degree.6) Graduate study in SE should focus on preparing candidates for service as engineering interdisciplinarians, who think always about “the end before the beginning”.7)) The overarching goal should be to promulgate systems thinking focused on the human - made world; that is, the world emerging from system design by humans.10Entirely too much engineering time and talent is being expended addressing operationaldeficiencies plaguing the human-made world. Operational problem mitigation will always beneeded, but the dramatic payoff for humankind lies in operational problem avoidance throughsystem thinking, as recommended for addressing pervasive

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M. Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University; Laura Ochs Pottmeyer, Carnegie Mellon University

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Systems Engineering

need to infuse fundamental systems engineering topics / conceptsthroughout conventional engineering curricula.Teaching systems engineering to undergraduate students is difficult for several reasons, amongthem students’ lack of experience in interacting with diverse stakeholders and preference for thewell-defined problems common in engineering curricula 1,2 . In the mechanical engineeringdiscipline there have been efforts to incorporate systems thinking activities in courses rangingfrom the freshman level 3 to the senior capstone course 4 , including several by the authors 5,6,7,8 .The work in this paper targets freshman students, and hence is most closely related to 7,8,3 . Itdiffers from prior efforts by taking a flipped classroom approach

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

all facets of a system, such as stakeholder values, risk, quality, and policyimplications in addition to the process or physical system, and develop sets of recommendationsand action plans. The value of these KSAs to industry, government, and academia can be seen inthe growing demand for systems engineers, with one source anticipating a 45% increase indemand for practitioners from 2009 to 2019.1 However, systems engineering is not the onlydiscipline in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields calling forincreased numbers to meet projected demands, and therefore face competition for and potentialshortage of students.2 A root cause for this shortage is that the traditional K-16 pipeline has notprovided sufficient

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3 – Course and Program Outcomes

Collection

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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Systems Engineering

, including adoption of the new ABET SOs and anoverhaul of evaluation processes and mechanisms. This paper will describe this revision effortand preliminary results.Academic Program Description: The Academy’s SE program [2], [3] has produced an averageof 79 undergraduates per year over the previous six years. Administered across sevencooperating academic departments, the program provides core systems engineering educationcoupled with one of six available engineering concentration areas: aeronautical, astronautical,computer, electronics, human factors, or mechanical engineering [4]. Each SE student alsoparticipates in a year-long, senior engineering capstone experience [5] in which acquiredknowledge and skills are practically applied in an engineering

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

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

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University

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Systems Engineering

Page 24.147.7been followed by the development teams. These are waterfall model, rational unified process,“Vee” process model, spiral model, agile development, etc. Nowadays, the typical systemdevelopment industries have not been so great while they have to deliver the working systemapplication in time and within the budget. It is widely reported that among 80% of all systemdevelopment projects fail because of lack of end-user involvement, poor requirement analysis,unrealistic schedules, lack of change management, testing and inflexible and bloated processes[Cohn[7], Martin[24]]. In agile system development process addresses these issues that makesystem development processes more successful. Also, in the agile development process, aminimal