Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily M Salmon, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

for brainstorming include: there are no dumb ideas; Successful: do not criticize other people’s ideas; build on other people’s Visual, hands- ideas; and reverse the thought of “quality over quantity” on-activity, qualitative meaning the more ideas the better and the quality of an idea data, is not as important at this phase. encourages new ideasPareto Analysis A Pareto analysis reflects the frequency or impact of Initially problems. The

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

Tagged Divisions

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 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wolter J. Fabrycky PE, Virginia Tech and AAII

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

reflects all needs and concerns. Included among these must be ecological Page 26.1452.8and human impacts. Arrow A represents the elicitation of customer needs, desired functionality,and requirements.Need, Functions, and Requirements (Block 2). The purpose of this block is to gather andspecify the behavior of the product or system in functional terms. A market study identifies aneed, an opportunity, or a deficiency. From the need comes a definition of the basicrequirements, often in functional terms. Requirements are the input for design and operationalcriteria, and criteria are the basis for the evaluation of candidate system and

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

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

@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

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Gloria A. Murphy, NASA; Lisa D. May, NASA Headquarters

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

teams do not actively use systems engineering processes, butinstead write their paper to match the rubric after the design and build of their lunabot. Suchbehavior completely misses the point of the paper as a required element of the competition. Infact, one student mentioned that she was responsible for writing the paper, and upon completion Page 23.203.12she realized that the systems engineering processes could have helped the team design a betterlunabot. Even worse, some teams completely ignore the rubric and submit a paper reflecting partof their course requirements or a paper written at the last minute.Table 8 shows the distribution of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J Henderson, U.S. Military Academy; Kenneth McDonald P.E., Dept of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

the level of interaction between the students and the teacherat any given point in time. This is measured as the fraction of time students are talking about theclass material versus the fraction of time the teacher is lecturing about the material. In ourenvironment, we believe the ideal distribution is one skewed toward the student doing most oftalking as they reflect, ask questions, collaborate and discuss the lesson’s topics. Althoughlimited periods of pure lecture are inevitable, this same ideal environment would have theteacher lecture less (thus the origin of our system’s name).Each of the assessment model dimensions are self-reported by the student using a coded Likert-scale. Comprehension ranges from “I’m Lost” (0) to “I Understand

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

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

InteroperabilityPlans, DHS evaluated all 50 states with regards to the completion and effectiveness of theirSCIP. It was found that most states had completed their SCIP but many were behind inperforming regular exercises to verify those plans, did not plan for use of plain languagecommunications in their plans and rarely updated those plans to reflect training, equipment orstructural changes. As stated previously, these exercises are invaluable in establishing preexisting relationships. The fact that DHS has made available standards and templates hasallowed the states to make progress in documenting their operating procedures but many statesare still behind in verifying and refining those plans.AlternativesGiven that SDR is new technology with limited

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David S. Cochran, Southern Methodist University and Meijo University; Makoto Kawada, Meijo University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

to note thatthe system is self-measuring. Performance information is not sent to an external group ofmanagers. Figure 7. Students in Japan Working Together on the Manufacturing System Design8. Run and Re-Run Simulation Until the Team Achieves the System FRs. If, the systemdoes not achieve the FRs, the students re-design and re-run their plant simulation, until thesystem achieves each of the 6 FRs. The approach is that the student teams invent the 6 PSs toachieve the 6 FRs. In addition students may add additional FRs to the initial set of 6 FRs.9. Team Reflection and Coaching. After each simulation run, the students discuss theirobservations about the simulation run. The teacher helps students put into words theirobservations about the

Conference Session

Research Projects, Course Development, and Industry Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wolter J. Fabrycky PE P.E., Virginia Tech and Academic Applications International

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Engineering Status and MaturityEngineering education has been subjected to in-depth study every decade or so, beginning withthe Mann Report in 1918.12 The most recent and authoritative study was conducted by the Page 25.95.12National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and published in 2005 under the title, Educating theEngineer of 2020.2 This section picks up on quality concerns for the 21st Century.Engineering in the 21st Century. Although acknowledging that certain basics of engineeringwill not change, this NAE report concluded that the explosion of knowledge, the globaleconomy, and the way engineers will work will reflect an ongoing evolution that

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Robert J. Cloutier, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

program reflecting collaboration between government, industry and academia (open academic model) . Presented at the 59Th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 29 September – 3 October, 2008, in Glasgow, Scotland.11. Australian Government, Department of Defence (2010). Building defence capability: A policy for a smarter and more agile defence industry base. Commonwealth of Australia 2010.12. Menrad, R. & Larson, W. (2008). Development of a NASA integrated technical workforce career development model entitled: Requisite occupation competencies and knowledge -- the ROCK. In Presented at the 59th international astronautical congress (IAC), 29 september – 3 october, 2008, in glasgow, scotland.13. APPEL (2009

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)

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

includingthe application of agile methods to safety critical system development, the relationship of agiledevelopment with user experience design and how to measure flow in lean system development.Similar research is done by Gary et al.[13] on the basis of agile development process. Procter etal.[29] used a case study of a project to create a Web 2.0-based, Virtual Research Environment(VRE) for researchers to share digital resources in order to reflect on the principles and practicesfor embedding eResearch applications within user communities using agile development. Ferreiraet al.[11] reported in detail on one observational study of a mature Agile/Scrum team in a largeorganization, and their interactions with the user-experience designers working on

Conference Session

A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University; Isaiah Waindi, SPSU Systems Engineering Graduate

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering