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Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Drzymalski, Temple University

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internal biases. It is equally well-suited to apply more equitableassessment and instruction methodologies. This work in process is a pilot study embedding somenon-traditional assessment methods as well as DEI topics within the coursework to assess thelong-term goal of integrating it throughout the curriculum. They were performed through a juniorlevel course in Systems Thinking and Modeling and a Senior Design Project, both required in theIndustrial and Systems Engineering curriculum.BackgroundDEI in the ClassroomThe traditional engineering curriculum relies solely on teaching the nuts and bolts of what isthought to be needed as an engineer. Many experts agree that these courses do not adequatelyprepare students to enter today’s engineering

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Systems Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sara Kraemer, Blueprint for Education; Emi Aoki, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Flore Stecie Norceide, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ola Batarseh, Dassault Systemes

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[7]. The idea of fostering systems thinkingskills in engineering curriculums has been increasing, as these skills are anticipated to facilitateunderstanding of emerging complex systems that often consist of interoperated and multi-perspective subsystems [4, 8]. In [9] the integration of systems thinking components in theexisting educational system is proposed through lectures, labs, case studies, or capstone. In [8]the application of systems thinking is demonstrated across diverse engineering disciplines,including fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mechanical, electrical, nuclear, and environmentalengineering. The authors advocate integrating these systems thinking skills as an adjunctapproach to gain more insights, as the complexity of

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Systems Engineering Topics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology; Sarah Oerther

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practice the sustainable development, local to global. Dan is a Past President of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. He is a Diplomate Laureate of the American Academy of Sanitarians. Dan is a lifetime honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Professor Oerther’s awards as an educator include lifetime honorary Fellowship in the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Educators and the Robert G. Quinn Award from the American Society for Engineering Education.Sarah Oerther ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Essentials of the Nurse+Engineer: Integrating Systems Engineering Modeling Daniel B. Oerther

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Systems Engineering Topics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tingjun Lei, Mississippi State University; Timothy Sellers, Mississippi State University; Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University; Zhuming Bi, Purdue University; Gene Eu Jan, Tainan National University of the Arts

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Intelligence curriculum, weintroduce students to various nature-inspired intelligence methods such as particle swarmoptimization (PSO), genetic algorithms (GA), and bat algorithms (BA) [17, 18]. These methodsare provided along with their source codes, serving as a ’sparrow’ for students to dissect andexplore how nature-inspired intelligence can be applied to optimize robot path planning. Workingcollaboratively with students, we guide them through the process of revising and customizing theprovided source codes for the purpose of robot path planning.The integration of a pedagogy of SDS with a flipped learning and milestone-driven project-basedmethod in our Computational Intelligence curriculum is specifically tailored to the unique natureof the content

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mengyu Li, University of Florida; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida; Andrea Goncher, University of Florida

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Figure 3 - Distribution of Participant answers for prompt 4: Stakeholder Involvement4. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONSOur study’s findings show that over 90% (35% scored 3 points while 56% scored 2.2 points) of studentparticipants can identify multiple stakeholders when prompted with a specific question to identifystakeholders (prompt 3). Fewer of them can consider stakeholders as an integral part of the solutiondevelopment process when this aspect is not emphasized in the question (prompt 4). Fifty percent of theparticipants discussed getting input from more than one stakeholder, and only 27% went beyond and madethem part of the team seeking to find a solution to the problem.Stakeholder awareness has been a relevant topic in engineering education

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Systems Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Gregory, The University of Arizona; Alejandro Salado, The University of Arizona

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engineeringworkforce. According to SERC, Phase 2 of this research “focused on mapping existing DoD DEtraining resources against the DECF to identify gaps and provide recommendations on how tobuild the digital engineering competency of the DoD workforce” 14 . This research effort helped toidentify further competencies that have been included in the latest version of the DECF. In thispaper, we apply this same approach to evaluate the degree to which the DEF (or any other DEenvironment integrated within an engineering curriculum) has the potential to address thecompetencies outlined by SERC.MethodologyThe DECF defines 1228 KSABs across five competency groups and one foundation of generaldigital competencies. Across these six groups, a total of 31 competencies

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Thompson, University of Connecticut; Matthew D. Stuber, University of Connecticut; Song Han, University of Connecticut; Abhishek Dutta, University of Connecticut; Hongyi Xu, University of Connecticut; Shengli Zhou, University of Connecticut; Qian Yang, University of Connecticut; Fei Miao, University of Connecticut; George M. Bollas, University of Connecticut

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technologies in academia and theiradoption in industry, which in turn drives the need for these new skills on a larger-scale basis.Really, this means a need for broader scale education of engineers in masse vs. specializedtraining of a few graduate students. A CBE approach can be applied where competencies aredefined (1) to create a new program, (2) for an existing curriculum without significant changes,or (3) to drive curricular redesign where gaps are identified and learning outcomes are re-writtento align with published competency frameworks. A CBE initiative can be defined for atraditional course-based graduation model where students need to complete a certain number andtype of courses and credit hours, or CBE can transform the curriculum and

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Systems Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shamsnaz Virani Bhada, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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to consider and design with ethical, equity, andsocial justice implications in mind. Further, there is still a general lack of diversity ofstakeholder parameters in early engineering design classes. Introduction to systems engineeringcourses lack integration of current thinking on community engagement ethics and that absencecan be seen across the systems engineering curriculum, as well. We ask: How do we createlearning opportunities/engineering interventions that are technically sound, and also prioritizecommunity voice, cultural appropriateness, and contextual efficacy? In this paper, we reviewthree methods of stakeholder analysis taught in system engineering courses and identify whereand how one can integrate community voices through a

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Systems Engineering Topics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Gregory, The University of Arizona; Rick Steiner, The University of Arizona

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) Taxonomy Working Group.Rick Steiner, The University of Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Leveraging Active Learning Techniques to Teach Model-Based Systems EngineeringAbstractTo be successful, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) requires the coordinatedapplication of an appropriate modeling language and methodology within a suitable tool. Thelanguage, methodology and tool chosen to support MBSE depends on the specific aims of theengineers. Teaching MBSE, therefore, presents the challenge of simultaneously instructingstudents in three distinct but interdependent concepts: the application of the systems engineeringprocess, the expression of systems