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

AC 2011-2503: TEACHING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TO UNDERGRAD-UATE SYSTEM ENGINEERING SUDENTSRichard Fairley & Mary Jane Willshire, Software and Systems Engineering Associates Richard E. (Dick) Fairley is founder and principal associate of Software and System Engineering Asso- ciates (S2EA; a consulting and training company) and an adjunct professor at Colorado Technical Univer- sity in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Dr. Fairley has bachelors and masters degree in electrical engineering. His PhD in computer science is from UCLA. He can be contacted as d.fairley@computer.org. Mary Jane Willshire is a principal associate of S2EA. Dr. Willshire has bachelors and masters degrees in mathematics. Her PhD in computer science

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

newopportunities for expansion.Recent research findings on the best practices for industry-university collaboration8 seem tovalidate our relational model and points out the need to enhance our model by examining the setof best practices against our model basic premises.There are some questions in our minds about the sustainability of the model if we keep growingat the rate we have been growing over the last 3 years; can we keep sending our students to asemester long (summer) practice when the numbers are 40 or more per semester? Should we capour enrollment if our working principles are threatened? How many companies and industries arereally willing to commit to a sizeable investment to get engineering students into a practice basedcurriculum? Should there

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Jon Wade, Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology; Douglas A. Bodner, Georgia Institute of Technology; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Dan Ingold, University of Southern California; Peter G. Dominick Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology, W.J. Howe School of Technology Management; Richard R. Reilly, Stevens Institute of Technology; William R. Watson, Purdue University; Don Gelosh, ODDRE/Systems Engineering

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Systems Engineering

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

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

challenge, the faculty of theDepartment of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia launched aninnovative approach to systems engineering education for working professionals. The program,first labeled “Executive Master’s Program” and, in 2003, renamed “Accelerated Master’sProgram” or AMP, was designed with following concepts in mind:1) A solid, well-conceived, well-integrated, and rigorous academic curriculum centered on systems analysis, problem solving, information technology, and decision analytics.2) Well-qualified full-time systems engineering faculty who know how to teach working professionals and can bring the same intellectual capacity to the program as is found in the research-oriented graduate program.3) A

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

writing it looks like the plan is to parallel an electricmotor/generator to the rear drive train, a combination battery/super capacitor will be used tostore energy during braking and release energy during acceleration. The aim is to increase fuelefficiency of the mail truck during its start-stop mail delivery cycle by 20% or more.The greatest challenges of the current project are administrative rather than technical – and thehackney phrase “herding cats” comes to mind. Four mechanical engineers have the project astheir fall-spring capstone project, two civil engineers are assigned only for their one semesterspring capstone, and two electrical engineers have joined in as a directed study for the springsemester. All three majors have different

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Jacques, Air Force Institute of Technology; John M. Colombi, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard G. Cobb, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2011-2669: FOSTERING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING EDUCATION THROUGHINTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS AND GRADUATE CAPSTONE PROJECTSDavid R Jacques, Air Force Institute of Technology Associate Professor and Chair, Systems Engineering Programs at the Air Force Institute of Technology.John M Colombi, Air Force Institute of Technology John Colombi, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering, Faculty Scholar-in-Residence for the Air Force Center for Systems Engineering and Chair of the Operational Technology Program at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He teaches and leads sponsored research in systems engineering, human systems integration, architectural analysis and enterprise/ software services. Retiring after 21