Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences

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Systems Engineering

Removes Exchanges heat Track sun Exchanges heat Self-made Copper tubing Aluminum Safety Parabolic interface Still in Progress Reflector 1. Reflective External Water sheet metal Heat Exchanger

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

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Systems Engineering

science, these foundations must be complemented by skills inprogramming, systems thinking and the ability to use relevant tools. Further, these new engineersmust possess a variety of ‘soft’ skills (i.e. interpersonal and communications skills) as well as agrasp of economics and business acumen.The need for changes in the approaches used to teach future engineers and instill the necessaryKnowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) is also emphasized. These KSAs are reflected in thedesired outcomes of STEM education outlined in recent versions of professional accreditationcriteria. For example, seven of the eleven current ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology) criteria for accrediting university engineering programs10 either state or

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

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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

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radu F. Babiceanu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Systems Engineering

participation inconstructive discussions.3.4 Software and Systems Requirements Engineering Course Assignments. As with all otherengineering course offerings, if the instructor wants to successfully achieve the course learningoutcomes, the course must include more than traditional lectures. The students must be able toinvolve themselves in new experiences, in this case by working on complete requirementsengineering projects. This approach, depicted in Fig. 1, is called in the literature experientiallearning, and includes the students’ experience, their skills to observe and reflect on theexperiences, their abilities to learn from the experience, and their proficiency to try out thelearned facts[12]. A similar pedagogical approach was identified by the

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Systems Engineering

. China EMS manufacturing facility case 7. US-China joint manufacturing facility case 8. Axle assembly line improvement case Page 24.472.3Using these cases to discuss systems engineering process and systems thinking as well as theirimplementations, the instructor provides some discussion points that reflect the issues of systemsthinking and the achievement of systems objectives. For example, one discussion is on the initialimplementation of lean approach to outsource various processes to multiple suppliers located atdifferent countries for Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s design and production activities. Some of theissues discussed include how

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yue Bi, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Michael C. Smith, University of Virginia

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Systems Engineering

―enhancement of student learning by means of reflection, analysis, anddiplomatic criticism‖. Other benefits include the increased amount of more immediatefeedback12 and the potential of extending learning to a public domain13. More recently, online peer review has become popular. DiGiovanni and Nagaswami14conducted a study on online peer review in two English-as-Second-Language classes andobserved that ―when our students were online, they remained on task and focused‖.According to DiGiovanni and Nagaswami, other advantages, compared to face-to-face peerreview, include closer monitoring of student interaction and independence on students’memory to revise draft based on peer feedback. Effects are not only seen in writing classes;Tseng and Tsai15, in

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

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Systems Engineering

organization and individuals, approving organizational superior system skills display superior systems skills. as well as development of plans, job descriptions, and can out-perform same, their recognition and professional development others. reward, all reflect the plans that include systems- importance of systems skills related considerations. to the success of the organization

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

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Systems Engineering

, using a textthat is internationally recognized and implemented is invaluable to our students.Finally, the SEBoK is available to all of our students online, free of charge. With the rising costof tuition and fees associated with post-secondary education, it is nice to offer students a reprievein the cost of their textbooks. A quick on-line search of some of the top systems engineeringtexts reveal that the cost of a new systems engineering text is in excess of $100, with severalbooks in excess of $150. Also, the fact that the SEBoK is available online offers numerousbenefits. It is accessible anywhere, anytime a student has internet access. It is regularly updatedto reflect the latest processes and techniques important to the implementation of

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

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Systems Engineering

process, calculate takt time, and identify how to Balance and 6Sthe process.Week 5 concluded with a lecture on designing a test plan which would help the students with thetest day for the navigation challenge. The lecture emphasized the importance of testing andcreating a design which is flexible enough to account for reasonable variability. The studentswere assumed to have no statistical training and therefore, the lecture reflected their level ofcomprehension. Students were encouraged to think of the program they had created so far fortheir maze competition and what problems they could face if the maze was designed in a certainway which they had not yet anticipated. F. Week 6On week 6, students were given a brief overview of Systems

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

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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