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

; Engineering Economics (EE), OperationsResearch (OR), and Management Science (MS) are addressed and synthesized. Educational Page 26.1452.2benefit from integrating known academic areas, overlaid with a Design Dependent Parameter(DDP) paradigm, should be of value to graduates destined for professional engineering practice.Although sometimes incorrectly called systems engineering, SA is demonstrated to be necessarybut not sufficient for teaching and practicing SE. The system design (or synthesis) process leadsand sets the pace. Stumbling through the system design space with an evaluation ‘compass’ helpsconverge system design in the face of multiple

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Lei Huang, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

electives and the credits can be counted for both the undergraduate and graduatedegree plans. The goal is to accelerate the students’ progress toward achieving advanced degrees.Our project is in synergy with this effort and will positively impact the engineeringundergraduate program. Each proposed new course will be an elective offered for bothundergraduate and graduate students; once enrolled, undergraduate students can learn from andwork with graduate students in the same course, allowing them to experience graduate study.These courses will also provide undergraduate students with opportunities to participate inadvanced research and create a pathway to graduate study. All of the courses developed will beopen to the entire college. The new

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Sadraey, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

college cost increased about 15%. The US global rank [11] in the highereducation attainment is 10, in the since and technology researchers is 6; corporate investment inR&D is 5, and in government investment in R&D is 8. Half of the employers surveyed [11] saidthey had trouble finding qualified college graduates to hire.Adopting the systems engineering approach will open a new horizon to aerospace engineeringstudents and excites them to embrace the new challenges. Throughout this approach, varioustechniques for generating creative design alternatives are introduced. An effective approach increative design as a source of new ideas is brainstorming which is mainly applicable in theconceptual design phase. In general, aircraft design requires

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University; Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

are space systems, robust fault tolerant control, nonlinear control, adaptive control, small spacecraft design, high performance spacecraft components, mechatronics, real-time health monitoring, and diagnostic methodology.Dr. Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng. Dr. Swartwout is co-director of the Space Systems Research Laboratory. His research and teaching interests focus on systems engineering and design. Page 26.1454.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship Modules across Aerospace

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy L.J. Ferris, School of Engineering, University of South Australia; Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Fanny Camelia, University of South Australia

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

best possible system solution. Inpractice, the top-down approach is counter-poised with situational exigencies concerning what isavailable, physically possible, permitted for use, or for which parties external to the developmentproject have imposed constraints. As a result, the practical method of systems engineering is toseek a comprehensive design solution that satisfies a range of constraints and provides a goodsolution which satisfices the major stakeholders.Systems engineering education stresses taking a holistic view of the situation to ensure that thesystem designed is the most appropriate throughout the system life cycle. Systems engineerstypically have a background in a particular technology domain, providing the systems engineer

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Luis Fernando Cortes, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

deficiency in generative thinking at the systemlevel in students. The lack of courses where students are challenged to integrate all the knowledge they Page 26.1271.6have acquired during their undergraduate engineering career, and the high volume of demand ofengineers with system integration knowledge has led some engineering schools to developgraduate programs that educate engineers on how to incorporate all their engineering backgroundknowledge, and experience in the practical development of engineering systems. For example,the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a graduate system engineering program thatemphasizes the importance of