Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Jayson F. Clifford; Michael P. Dop, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

planning.Stand-up MeetingsStandup meetings are common across the majority of agile processes encountered. Each workday, before work begins, a standup meetings occurs; first, between the members of eachindividual team leads followed by a standup meeting between the team leads and faculty mentors(if present).A standup meeting should involve the participants standing. They are more prone to focus andkeeps them away from computers and other distractions. A standup meeting should last between5 to 10 minutes. Its primary goal is to boost accountability and awareness between the teammembers. Students are asked to face their peers and honestly discuss the progress made. Thisshould be conducted under some level of personal safety such that participants should be

Conference Session

A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald C. Rosenberg, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

competitive peer comparisons.The self-assessment report data provided documented evidence of significant growth in oralcommunication skills for almost every student. Furthermore, the data provided insight into waysfor the instructors to improve the students’ experiences in subsequent course offerings.Introduction: course context and goals for student learningThe recent impetus to rethink our national policy for engineering education originated with theNational Academy for Engineering report Educating the Engineer of 2020.1 As Redish andSmith expressed it: “The increasing importance of technology in our modern economic systemand the increased globalization of scientific and technological ideas, development, andproduction have focused national

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; John A Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter L. Russell, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

for undergraduates)in the academic year before the capstone project. This is to obtain buy-in from the appropriatefaculty mentors and allow them to socialize it with their students. This way the team can largelybe in place and know what to expect before the end of the spring semester. This would reducethe 2-4 week “ramp-up” time resulting from different schedules and team assignment practices indifferent engineering programs.It took longer than expected for the students to leave the comfort of their own discipline andinteract in an interdisciplinary way with their peers to develop a thorough understanding of thechallenge at hand and develop conceptual solution alternatives at the system level. We have alsohad challenges in aligning the

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Wallace T. Fowler, University of Texas, Austin; Martin James Brennan, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

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Systems Engineering

twice per week basis. Thecourse modules developed for the SSED course are Introduction, Teamwork, Project Life Cycle,Scope and Concept of Operations, System Architecture, System Hierarchy and Work BreakdownStructure, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Requirements–Basics, Requirements–Writing,Requirements-Configuration and CM, Functional Analysis, System Synthesis, Design,Interfaces, Margins, Technical Performance Measures, Cost, Risk, Technology, Trade Studies,Reliability, Verification, Technical Reviews, Schedule, Management, and Ethics. All modulesare available to the students on the course website and remain available to them in the capstonedesign course.Space Systems Laboratory (SSL) The SSL is a one semester-credit-hour laboratory course

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radu F. Babiceanu, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Daniel Rucker, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Hussain M Al-Rizzo, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Seshadri Mohan, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

academic achievements he won the nomination by the University of New Brunswick as the best doctoral graduate in science and engineering. Since 2000, he joined the Systems Engineering Department, Uni- versity Arkansas at Little Rock where he is currently a tenured Professor. He has published over 35 peer- reviewed journal papers, 70 conference presentations, and two patents. He won the UALR’ excellence awards in teaching and research in 2007 and 2009, respectively. His research areas include implantable antennass and wireless systems, smart antennas, WLAN deployment and load balancing, electromagnetic wave scattering by complex objects, design, modeling and testing of high-power microwave applicators, design and analysis