as it applies to spacemissions. Students learned key topics related to spacecraft and mission design, includingrequirements development, trade studies, the project life cycle, system hierarchy, risk analysis, andcost analysis. The concepts presented in this course were demonstrated with examples from recentspace missions. The students were exposed to concepts regarding team organization, designfundamentals, and work ethics. These topics are in preparation for the capstone design courseexperience. They learn that systems engineering is iterative and develop judgment that will allowthem to compare and evaluate engineering alternatives. They learn to discuss systems engineeringmethods and processes as well as engage in systems thinking
journals. Dr. Sekulic is the Principal Investigator of the NSF TUES multi-year STFS project.Bob Gregory, University of Kentucky College of Engineering Bob Gregory is a senior staff writer in the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky. His MA and PhD degrees in English are from University of California, Irvine. After twenty years spent teaching college students how to write at a variety of colleges and universities, including Carnegie Mellon and University of Miami, Dr. Gregory currently assists faculty with multidisciplinary grant proposals and projects. Despite his lack of previous academic training in engineering, his background has been instru- mental in assisting faculty in cross-disciplinary work between
workforce development in academia and beyond. He is actively engaged in different projects at the department focusing on teamwork and leadership competencies in engineering. Tahsin’s long term goal is to bridge the engineering competency gap between industry demand and academic fulfillment.Dr. Sreyoshi Bhaduri, McGraw Hill Dr. Sreyoshi Bhaduri is an Engineering Educator and People Researcher. She currently heads Global People Research and Analytics at McGraw Hill, where she leads research leveraging employee data to generate data-driven insights for decisions impacting organizational Culture and Talent. Her research interests include assessing the impact and effectiveness of inclusion initiatives as well as employing in
Paper ID #14204Baccalaureate Program of Sustainable System Engineering – Objectives andCurriculum DevelopmentDr. Runing Zhang, Metropolitan State University of DenverMr. Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State University of Denver Aaron Brown is an associate professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology. His work is primarily focused in the realm of appropriate design and humanitarian engineering. He has worked on development projects all over the globe but his most recent humanitarian engineering project is focused locally in Denver where he is implementing the installation
Paper ID #7004A four-year experience with the graduate curriculum for Systems Engineer-ing at UTEP and its convergence/divergence with GRCSEMr. Aditya Akundi, RIMES, University of Texas at El Paso Aditya Akundi earned a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and is currently a doctoral student within the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) track. He has worked on a number of projects, including a Student Government Association (SGA) funded Green Fund project to engineer and approve a new Wide-Area Student Busing System.Eric D Smith, University of Texas, El
phones,GPS devices, and the wireless devices regularly used today. The non-existent or casualtreatment of these topics positioned students only to be avid consumers or perhaps savvyend-users, but, fell short by failing to impart at least some understanding of what is takesto design, manufacture and bring such items to market. These topics have begun toappear in curricula driven by the demand for a technically competent work force at a timewhen a large population of the current work force prepares to retire. 1A simulation developed by Raytheon in partnership with the Business Higher EducationForum (BHEF) permits trade-off studies and analyses of hypotheses and parameterswhich are supposed to impact the strength of the projected STEM
thismaterial can be covered in a large-class setting, including how it can be examined. Our datasuggests that spreadsheets must be incorporated into quizzes and or examinations in order toassess student abilities in these areas. Thus, while our teaching has evolved to includespreadsheets, so must our examination procedures.IntroductionCapital investments require analyses by engineers with tools and insight into whether theinvestment is sound. The field of engineering economy provides these tools. In order to make asound decision, a three-phase approach to evaluate the risk of a project is necessary: 1. Identify the risk, or risks, of an investment project. 2. Analyze the identified risk(s) of the project. 3. Assess how the identified risks
-making process that aids the engineer in generating andevaluating characteristics of an entity (physical or process) whose structure, function, andoperation achieve specified objectives and constraints. The program describes the process as theapplication of the solid foundation of the basic sciences, mathematics, and engineering sciencesto the abstractness, complexity, and solving of real world problems.The elements of the design process are emphasized throughout the program’s curriculum,beginning with the freshmen year. At the freshman year the Introduction to Engineering Design(IED) course uses project-based learning to address (1) problem definition, (2) attributegeneration, (3) function, constraint and objective identification, (4) idea
sophisticated softwareto perform the autonomous navigation using the sensor inputs. The complexity of the projectnecessitates the involvement of a relatively large group of students working together on differentparts of the system.The Robotics Laboratory at the University of Central Florida has been participating in the annualIGVC competition since 2002. In this project the students learn about most of the engineeringdisciplines that are typically included in a complex robotic project such as software design,computer vision, sensor data interpretation and fusion, robotic motion planning, vehiclenavigation, vehicle design and construction, electric motor control, computer interfaces tovarious components and many others. Naturally this education
member of the BKCASE project and the lead author of the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Systems Journal.Dr. Alice F Squires, Washington State University Dr. Alice F. Squires is an Associate Professor at Washington State University (WSU) with over 30 years of technical leadership experience. Prior to joining WSU, Dr. Squires served as Manager of Systems En- gineering at Aurora Flight Sciences, Senior Researcher for the nationwide University Affiliated Research Center in Systems Engineering and Online Technical Director for SSE at Stevens Institute of Technol- ogy, Senior Systems Engineer consultant to LM, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, Senior Engineering Manager
-1Abstract:Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is transforming how systems engineering ispracticed. System modeling with SysML (the Systems Modeling Language) drives rigor andcrispness into the formulation of system behavior, structure, and parametrics. The author hasintroduced MBSE into the Systems Architecture and Systems Engineering courses that are partof the MS Product Development (MPD) program at the University of Detroit Mercy. Thispresentation will discuss lessons learned over the course of several years, culminating in thecapstone project from the Spring 2016 Systems Engineering course.In that course, students were required to model a polar exploration submarine, starting from ahandful of system elements provided by the instructor. Over the
Kathy Kasley, Ph.D, Emeritus Professor, Pamela Phillips, Professor, Joseph LaSalle, BSEE, Joe Bracha, BSEE, and Ashok Kavadapu. BSEE College of Engineering, Colorado Technical UniversityIntroductionThe key contribution is that two frameworks are described in this paper for an undergraduatecapstone course. The capstone project is the Compressed Air Controller Tire Inflation System(C.A.C.T.I.S.). The project’s intent is to design a system reducing the amount of time and effortinvolved in achieving proper vehicle tire inflation. The CACTIS uses a convenient touch screendisplay and a rugged air distribution box such that multiple tires can be inflated simultaneously.This project serves as another example in
AC 2011-1295: INVESTIGATING AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR DE-VELOPING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: THE SYSTEMSENGINEERING EXPERIENCE ACCELERATORAlice F Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires has nearly 30 years of professional experience and is an industry and research professor in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in the School of Systems and Enterprises. She is a Primary Researcher for the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) and Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator projects. She has served as a Senior Sys- tems Engineer consultant to Lockheed Martin, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, for Advanced Systems Support- ability Engineering Technology
in 1995 as an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. Prior to joining the faculty at Rose-Hulman he was an assistant professor at Virginia Tech and an instructor at N. C. State University. After completing his M.S. in electrical engineering in 1976, he joined the DuPont Corporation where he worked in various technical, design, and supervisory positions before returning to obtain his PhD. Dr. Moore directed the electrical and computer department’s senior design program for several years and is currently involved in externally sponsored multidisciplinary graduate and undergraduate projects as well as international project teams and collaborations. He recently spent a sabbatical year at the
involves the numer-ical simulation of ballistic impact events. Mr. Ziadat is expected to receive his Master’s degree in May2017, after which he will be working as a Structural Analyst within Blue Origin’s Propulsion Analysisgroup, located in Kent, WA. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Incorporating Basic Systems Thinking and Systems Engineering Concepts in a Mechanical Engineering Sophomore Design CourseAbstractMechanical engineering undergraduate programs in the US commonly have in their curricula oneor more courses and a capstone design project in which students can learn and put into practicesome of the methodologies and tools typically used during the design and development of newproducts
a structure for organizing the material,example approaches that illustrate possible design choices, and recommendations on educationalimplementation.Introduction Antenna theory is a core subject within electrical-engineering education. However, theabstract concepts may be difficult for students to comprehend. Specific application examplesand hands-on experimentation can aid student understanding. Antenna projects that are includedin electromagnetics courses can reinforce principles in design and measurement. These activitiesmay even incorporate competition, along with an element of fun, as in the case of a long-runningexercise used by the United States Air Force Academy. In their antenna theory course,engineering students design
AC 2011-958: DEVELOPING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING GRADUATE PRO-GRAMS ALIGNED TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICU-LUM TO ADVANCE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (BKCASE(TM)) GUIDE-LINESAlice F Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires has nearly 30 years of professional experience and is an industry and research professor in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in the School of Systems and Enterprises. She is a Primary Researcher for the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) and Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator projects. She has served as a Senior Sys- tems Engineer consultant to Lockheed Martin, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, for Advanced Systems Support- ability
-LEPpeers on real world projects. Finally, a performance activity will be used to directly observe ifand how LEP students approach systems integration problems differently from their peers.IntroductionEngineering majors at East Central State University are similar to those at other schoolsthroughout the nation – students choose to major in one area and they follow a curriculum that islargely specified but has a few electives of various types sprinkled throughout. The primarycommonalities to all majors are a set of math, physics, chemistry, writing, and technology andsociety courses. With this structure, it is not surprising to learn that students in different majorsdevelop different sets of rigorous technical skills and that these skills do not
Introduction to Systems Engineering course isstructured around three group projects, which collectively provide an overview of thefundamental lessons of the field. The projects are an egg drop challenge which teaches the valueof upfront Systems Engineering and rapid prototyping, a LEGO Mindstorms™ competitionwhich teaches the importance of problem decomposition, testing and validation, in addition todesign under operational uncertainty, and a Lean Simulation game which teaches user needs, theimportance of balanced work and enterprise value.While it has been well established in the general pedagogical literature that group projects andactive learning are effective teaching tools, they are not widely used in Systems Engineering fora variety of reasons
AC 2012-3389: SYSTEM ENGINEERING COMPETENCY: THE MISSINGCOURSE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONMr. Charles S. Wasson, Wasson Strategics, LLC Charles Wasson is an engineering textbook author, instructor, and consultant for Wasson Strategics, LLC, a professional training and consulting services firm specializing in systems engineering, technical project management, organizational development, and team development. In 2006, Wasson authored a new sys- tems engineering text entitled System Analysis, Design, and Development: Concepts, Principles, and Practices as part of the John Wiley & Sons’ System Engineering and Management series. The text re- ceived the Engineering Sciences Book of the Year Award from the International
Foroudastan’s teaching experi- ence, he also has performed extensive research and published numerous technical papers. He has secured more than $1 million in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Rayce, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and ded- ication to his students, Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as the 2002-03 Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005-06 Outstanding Public Service Award, and the 2007 Faculty Advisor of the
-authored more than 25 journal and conference papers, a workbook on the use of Excel in engineering economics, and two book chapters. He is one of the chapter authors for the Engineering Management Handbook. Page 25.1090.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 PROPOSING A FRAMEWORK FOR RESTRUCTURING AN INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATESEngineering Management (EM) is concerned with the application of engineering principles to thedomain of business, project and process management. With the varied and expandingemployment opportunities
learningexperience [6]. Automated Learning Assessment Tools (ALATs) was designed to analyze andassess learning in the accelerated learning context. The vehicle that it uses is the SystemsEngineering Experience Accelerator (SEEA). SEEA is a new approach to developing thesystems engineering and technical leadership workforce, aimed at accelerating experienceassimilation through immersive, simulated learning situations where learners solve realisticproblems. ALATs utilize the usage and performance data gathered through SEEA experience toprovide automated data processing and learning analysis.2 background2.1 the Systems Engineering Experience AcceleratorThe Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator (SEEA) project created a new approach todeveloping the systems
thedegree develops the students’ ability to formulate models. Graduates of this programme areable to analyse, predict and monitor engineering systems. The degree also utilises practicalengineering examples and projects so that the students can place their knowledge in context,and includes the study of commercial, managerial and professional topics.The BE graduate must have an in-depth engineering knowledge that allows a fundamentals-based first principles analytical approach to solve complex problems of a wide-ranging orconflicting technical problems and infrequently encountered issues that require abstract Page 25.553.2thinking, originality in
ranks according to U.S. News7. The Collegeof Engineering of UA is ranked as a top-ten school in the U.S. while the rank of the College ofEngineering of UB is around 60.Students' learning performance may be influenced by many factors. These influences will bereflected in the course outcomes. The following factors have been controlled during both courseperiods: 1) The courses were taught by the same instructor; 2) The same course syllabus andprogress calendar (by weeks) were communicated to the classes at the beginning of the courseand followed throughout the course periods; 3) The same textbooks8,9, lecture notes, homeworkproblems, and exam problems were used; 4) The requirements for the course project (freedom oftopic selection, requirement for
Notre Dame robotic players with a kicker andlinemen. The design and manufacturing project was carried out by a group of 25 IUPUIundergraduate students (from freshmen to senior) from three different disciplines: mechanical(eleven students), electrical (eight students), and computer engineering (six students). In ourwork, this challenge is systematically addressed following a multidisciplinary designoptimization (MDO) strategy1.MDO can be described as collection of design theories, computational tools, and practicesdeveloped in the applied mathematical community to improve the design process of engineeringcomplex systems through the interaction of coupled discipline analyses2. Its theory wasformalized in the aerospace industry where designers
the the Systems Development and Maturity Laboratory (http://www.SysDML.com/), which seeks to advance the state of knowledge and practice in how we manage system lifecycles. He teaches courses in Project Manage- ment of Complex Systems, Designing and Managing the Development Enterprise, Advances in System of Systems Engineering, and Systems Thinking. In addition, he is a National Aeronautics and Space Ad- ministration Faculty Fellow, Editor-in-Chief of the Systems Research Forum, and Associate Editor of the IEEE Systems Journal.Dr. Brian Emery White, Complexity Are Us - Systems Engineering Strategies Brian E. White received Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in computer sciences from the University of Wisconsin, and S.M
Paper ID #13036Educate Utilizing CubeSat Experience: Unified K-20 Vision of Comprehen-sive STEAM-Powered Space Systems Education ProgramMr. Bungo Shiotani, Space Systems Group, University of Florida Bungo Shiotani is a Ph.D. student at the University of Florida (UF) working on systems engineering aspects for small satellites. Specifically to develop metrics to quantify mission assurance throughout the project life-cycle. Bungo received two Bachelor of Science degrees, one in Aerospace Engineering from UF and the other in Engineering Physics from Jacksonville University. He also received his Master of Science in
practice in an integrated, real worldenvironment that a systems engineer can develop the necessary insights and wisdom to becomeproficient. Systems engineering educators are struggling to meet the growing educationaldemands for a workforce able to solve problems driven by accelerating technology, rapidlyevolving needs, and increasing systems complexity [1-3]. At the same time, there is a wideninggap in industry between the need and the availability of systems engineering practitioners withthe necessary experience to address these challenges [4].The Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator (SEEA) project was designed as a response tothese critical needs and challenges [5]. The project goals are to: assess the feasibility of an immersive
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