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Preparing Our Graduates to be More Effective Leaders In a World of Systems-Oriented Risk

Conference Session: Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Craig G Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Systems Engineering

initiallyunanticipated stakeholder needs and general market changes. What was Douglas Aircraft able todo that Pfizer was not? Among other things, Douglas Aircraft’s leadership recognized the needto base all organizational decision-making, trade-offs and planning on the complete andcommonly understood set of system stakeholders and their values, while Pfizer was unable to doso.We suggest that the success of the DC-3, the failure of Pfizer’s Exubera, and numerous othersimilar stories can be used to illuminate the critically needed System Competencies for Leaders(SCL). In the following paragraphs we outline the need for skills which enable leaders to

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Development of a Systems Engineering Course for Multiple Delivery Methods

Conference Session: Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Richard Sugarman, United States Air Force; Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton; Edward F Mykytka, University of Dayton
Tagged Divisions: Systems Engineering

the way a course is structured or delivered.”5 This year, the two texts thatguided the program discussions were Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory forCollege and University Teachers2 and Facilitating Seven Ways of Learning3. Concepts fromthese texts have guided the redesign of the Management of Engineering Systems course.Another guiding concept that has influenced the redesign of this course is that most courses inthe Engineering Management curriculum will eventually be delivered in the 8-week acceleratedonline program. Once each course is developed, it will be offered on a rotating schedule based onthe needs of the cohort in the accelerated program. The overarching plan for these courses is thatthey typically will be designed

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Practicing and Assessing Formal Systems Competencies in ECE Senior Design

Conference Session: Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Xiaoyan Mu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Systems Engineering

Page 24.990.2 then formulate a plan for solving those pieces,  is equally applicable and useful to a wide variety of projects,  provides assessment tools that are an integral part of the process,  provides opportunities for students to reflect on the usefulness of the process,  is easily learned by faculty who haven’t previously taught the course and don’t have a lot of design experience,  minimizes the overhead to faculty in terms of working with the teams and assessing their progress,  and minimizes the additional workload on the students.In the past, the course structure depended on the experiences of the faculty supervisors andvaried from project to project. This variability and lack of

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lectureLess: A Mobile Cloud Computing Approach to Near Real-time Teaching Assessment

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

Management at the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Associate Director of the Center for Nation Reconstruction and Capacity Development. He has authored and co-authored over 20 technical publications to include book chapters and refereed publications on infrastructure, capacity development geotechnical engineering, engineering management, and value modeling. Dr. McDonald earned his BS degree from the United States Military Academy in Civil Engineering (ABET), a MBA-Information Systems (Oklahoma City University); MS degrees in City and Regional Planning, Geography (Western Kentucky University) and Environmental Engineering (Missouri Univer- sity of Science and Technology); and a PhD in Geological

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Inclusion of Renewable Energy Topics in the Design of Experiments Course for Industrial and Systems Engineering Students

Conference Session: Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Yong Wang, University of Illinois, Chicago; Lin Li, University of Illinois, Chicago
Tagged Divisions: Systems Engineering

1. Cellulosic Biofuel Manufacturing ProcessesEach process may influence the overall biofuel manufacturing performance. Since thismanufacturing technology is still not so mature, there are still a lot of parameters (or factors) tobe determined for each process in order to obtain the best manufacturing performance. Twoleading performance measures of the cellulosic biofuel manufacturing system are production rate(or throughput) and energy consumption. This course project is only concerned with energyconsumption. More specifically, we plan to analyze the provided experimental data of the firsttwo steps, size reduction and pelleting, to see what factors have the main effects on these twoprocedures regarding energy consumption, and then recommend

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Introducing the Fundamentals of Systems Engineering to Freshman through Various Interactive Group Activities

Conference Session: Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Madeleine C Brannon, George Washington University ; Zoe Szajnfarber; Thomas Andrew Mazzuchi, George Washington University
Tagged Divisions: Systems Engineering

Engineering course forfirst semester freshman at George Washington University. Herein is described the planning andimplementation of the course, the student feedback, and the lessons learned.II. Curriculum DesignIn planning for the course, a review of what peer universities were attempting was conducted. Alist published by INCOSE in July 2013 of the Systems Engineering programs was used to deriveprograms for undergraduate students. Several universities were contacted from the INCOSE list,Table 1 represents the information obtained from these universities on methodologies. Inaddition to the responses below, 6 universities reported that they did not have an introduction toSystems Engineering course. The list is by no means comprehensive but gives a

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Implementing Problem-Based Learning in a Senior/Graduate Mechatronics Course

Conference Session: Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Jeffrey N. Shelton, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions: Systems Engineering

observation. Current progress included accomplishments, distributionof work among team members, and current status of the project. Deltas included changes toprocess, implementation plan, and missing information. Project teams were free to ask questionsof other teams following presentations. Page 24.708.8Excerpts from a sample progress report are shown in Figure 4. Student names have beenobscured. In this example, students took some liberties with the provided template but alsocustomized the visual appearance to suit their team identity and design. Figure 4. Excerpted slides from a sample progress report.Individual accountability

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Using a Marketplace to Form Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering Capstone Project Teams

Conference Session: Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mark Ardis, Stevens Institute of Technology; Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Michael Delorme, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE)
Tagged Divisions: Systems Engineering

Engineers (SAE) Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recipient.Mr. Michael DeLorme, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Michael DeLorme is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Associate at the Davidson Laboratory at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He has conducted over 50 significant marine hydrodynamic exper- iments on both surface and subsurface vehicles. Other areas of recent research include; the application of hydro-acoustic techniques for the detection, classification and tracking of non-emitting small vessels, the implementation of UUVs for port/maritime security and environmental assessment, and path planning of a UUV through a complex estuary.Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE) Eirik Hole has

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Developing and Teaching a Multidisciplinary Course in Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Lessons Learned through Two Iterations

Conference Session: Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky; Dusan Sekulic, University of Kentucky; Bob Gregory, University of Kentucky College of Engineering; Adam Brown, University of Kentucky; Hai Fu, University of Kentucky
Tagged Divisions: Systems Engineering

-5 with special emphasis onengineering. The improvements planned for the third iteration in Spring 2014 and further insightsgained through the experience are shared in the final section of the paper.2. STFS Course Structure and ContentsUsing systems thinking to approach sustainability was chosen for several reasons: (1) because asystems thinking approach was a practical rationale for multidisciplinary team sustainabilityprojects14, (2) because systems thinking is an appropriate education approach to complexproblems15 and (3) because a basic broadly applicable form of systems thinking (SystemDynamics16) could be quickly provided it was assumed as a kind of common language forstudents from different disciplines. As such, the STFS was designed

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Agile Development Process of a Web-Based Application to Improve Retention of Hispanic STEM Students

Conference Session: Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University
Tagged Divisions: Systems Engineering

administrators.Initial planning for improvementsIn the initial plan of the ViTAS 3.0 development, few important aspects is considered such ashiring the appropriate personnel (graduate assistants), improving the functionalities of ViTAS, Page 24.147.9providing access outside of the campus, password recovery, adding a sub-system forinterdepartmental conferences, and making more user-friendly. Based on the feedback from theusers of ViTAS 1.0 and 2.0, the user stories/functional requirements are considered to developthe user stories and their required task to complete the development.User stories and required tasks development and prioritizationIn agile development