Paper ID #6524Engineering Management Creating Individuals with a Mind for Business anda Heart for EngineeringDr. Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Saeed Foroudastan is the Associate Dean for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS). The CBAS oversees 10 departments at Middle Tennessee State University. He is also the current Director for the Master’s of Science in Professional Science program and a professor of engineering technology at MTSU. Foroudastan received his B.S. in civil engineering, his M.S. in civil engineering, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological
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
widening gap in systems engineering expertise in the workforce. There is aparallel need to develop “entrepreneurally-minded” engineers (i.e., those who can identifyopportunities to create or improve products, and to implement plans to capture such opportunities).Engineering graduates need the capability and competency to efficiently and effectively engineerinnovative systems that satisfy customer and user operational needs, within budget, schedule,technology, and risk constraints. The solutions developed must incorporate societal impacts as wellas regulatory constraints. As evidenced by our definitions, there are strong overlap between Page
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
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is built thatsatisfies the stakeholder requirements.The system to be designed under consideration must be clearly and completely defined withstakeholder’s requirements in mind. The stakeholders, the management team, and the systemsengineering team together must consider the cost, schedule, and performance constraints. Thefeasibility studies will be conducted to make sure that the stakeholders, management, and thesystems engineering team agree on the feasibility of developing the system under consideration.Based on the discussion of all the parties involved a very important document must be written;the document is called the stakeholder’s requirements document (SRD).Based on the SRD the systems engineering team translates its contents in
Management and Systems Engineering EducationAbstractAs engineering system complexity has increased over the years, numerous complex systems pro-jects have failed due to the lack of an appropriate systemic perspective. Since the solution to thischallenge is itself a complex system, educating and training our current and future technicalleaders on these challenges, and providing suggested changes in their mind sets, is imperative.As an educational tool, case studies can be a platform through which the analysis, knowledgeapplication, and drawing of conclusions can occur to facilitate coping with the most complexsystems. Case study learning has proven successful in the training of business leaders with reallife examples of the
interdisciplinary process to ensure that the customer and stakeholder’s needs are satisfied in a high quality, trustworthy, cost efficient and schedule compliant manner throughout a systems entire life cycle”A more complete review of what people have in mind what they discuss the meaning of systemsengineering is provided by Fraser and Gosavi18 but for the purpose of this paper, we will focuson the key points that: Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary, well defined and described process incorporating as series of steps that enhance the likelihood of developing a successful system.SE in the Undergraduate CurriculumBased on the above very basic definition and understanding of SE methods and importance, thereare fundamentally
Paper ID #15773Identifying and Recommending Teachable Techniques from Academia andIndustry to Prepare Learners to Solve Complex ProblemsMiss Lina Trigg, William Mason High School I am due to graduate high school in 2017 and have experience in business and engineering environment in the private sector with a Fortune 500 company. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Identifying and recommending teachable techniques from academia and industry to prepare learners to solve complex problems Abstract This paper presents observations and
stated: I thought that the science of structures would bereally hard to understand for someone with an english[sic]/history mind like me but it turns outthat civil engineering is not too intimidating [survey response]. Furthermore, when responding toquestions specifically about STEM abilities (content knowledge, skills, and habits of mind),students acknowledged an increase in content knowledge. For example, a student stated: Myunderstanding of the subject has increased especially in terms of evaluated civil engineeringstructures and understanding the basic science behind how they work [survey; 4/29/2015].Another student noted: I definitely now understand how engineering is really a way of problem-solving in interesting, creative ways [survey
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
EngineeringSimilar to theatre practitioners that use different techniques and tools to approach different theatreproduction, engineers perform a similar analysis to figure out the best practice for each system.This is also closely tied to the importance of keeping the main stakeholder in mind whendeveloping a system. In theatre it is seen when the director and everyone else involved in theproduction work towards doing justice to the playwright’s vision. In engineering it is seen whenengineers work towards trying to please the stakeholder’s vision.This course aimed at teaching the students multidisciplinary teamwork and leadership skills.Theatre practitioners, as do engineers, work closely with individuals that come from differentbackgrounds, that speak
: Springerlink.com. 25August 2011.]8. Hancock PA (2009) Mind, machine and morality. Toward a Philosophy of Human-Technology Symbiosis.Ashgate Publishing, Surrey.9. Master of Engineering Management Programs Consortium9 See http://www.mempc.org10. ABET. See http://www.abet.org11. ATMAE. See http://atmae.org/12. National Academy of Engineering. (2004). The engineer of 2020: Visions of engineering in the new century.Washington, DC: National Academies Press. p.36.13. Paulson, L. D. (2006). Service science: A new field for today’s economy. Computer, 39(8), 18-21.14. Spohrer, J., & Maglio, P. P. (2008). The emergence of service science: Toward systemic service innovations toaccelerate co-creation of value. Production and Operations Management, 17(3), 1-9.15
Paper ID #18819Incorporating Basic Systems Thinking and Systems Engineering Concepts ina Mechanical Engineering Sophomore Design CourseDr. Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Karim Muci-K¨uchler is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Co-Director of the Experimental and Computational Mechanics Laboratory at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). Before joining SDSM&T, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. His main interest areas
and in a way that would attract their attention. The PDP consideredin the presentation is shown in Figure 1 and corresponds to the generic PDP proposed by Ulrichand Eppinger [32] for “market-pull” products of low to moderate complexity that are engineered,discrete, and physical.The presentation to teach the ST/SE topics selected for the intervention was designed for twofifty-minute class sessions keeping in mind the level of the course and the desired cognitive levelfrom the revised Bloom’s taxonomy [24, 25] that the students were expected to attain for eachtopic. An effort was made to present concepts in a simple way and to illustrate each topic usingan example that included a figure, picture, or video to maintain student interest. For
Paper ID #13554Integrating Affective Engagement into Systems Engineering EducationDr. Timothy L.J. Ferris, School of Engineering, University of South Australia Timothy Ferris holds the degrees B.E.Hons, B.Th., B.Litt.Hons. Grad.Cert.Ed., and PhD from University of Adelaide, Flinders University, Deakin University, Queensland University of Technology and University of South Australia, all in Australia, respectively. He is a member of the School of Engineering at the University of South Australia. He teaches courses in systems engineering and research methods and supervises several PhD students in systems engineering. He was a
guidance anddirection for students to generate innovative ideas for their projects.Given CoE’s limited experience in entrepreneurial-minded learning (EML), CoE believes thisteaching approach proved useful tool to engage students in coming up with relevant ideas forprojects and classroom activities that create market value. CoE also believes that thecombination of embedded EML ( [1], [2], [3], [4]) activities and the system engineering processprovide a rewarding learning experience for students. CoE also believes that the system thinkingfound in the entrepreneurial concept aligns well with the system engineering approach for thelast several years in making project ideas become reality ( [5], [6] [7], [8], [9]).Accreditation Board for Engineering
AC 2012-5561: ASSESSMENT OF DISCOVERY APPROACHDr. Mysore Narayanan, Miami University Mysore Narayanan obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of electrical and electronic engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several ency- clopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional, national, and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized, and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and is a member
solutions throughout the project (e.g., design and integration through computergraphics/additive manufacturing, use of digital photography in multi-media and public relations,and planning and schedule/task management through the use of dynamic visual aids). With agoal in mind, the students were able to work towards the end goal through systems engineeringprocess while gaining valuable hands-on experience with real world engineering application (i.e.,how to orient a spacecraft). During the experience, SSG conducted formative assessments bymentoring the design and development of the experiment as well as individual team members’progress. In addition, a performance-based summative assessment of the students showed thatthe in-flight demonstration was a
Paper ID #20248Lean Six Sigma Case Study within a Public School DistrictMs. Emily M Salmon, Mississippi State University Emily Salmon is a recent graduate of Mississippi State University (MSU) with a bachelor’s in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is a Research Engineer for MSU’s Institute for Systems Engineering Research (ISER) located in Vicksburg, MS. Her current research involves lean six sigma practices and applications, manufacturability, and modeling and simulations. She received her Six Sigma Black Belt from MSU’s CAVS Extension Center in June 2016 and is currently pursuing her Masters of Engineering at MSU
unambiguous list of product requirements, while keeping the user in mind,sets the correct tone for the preliminary design exercises, improves the system design, informskey design decisions, reduces the design and development time, effort, budget, and reduces theprobability of requiring rework in a project.As described in [2],[3],[8] as well as in the authors’ industrial experience, the process of elicitingand developing good Product Requirements is iterative, which involves discussions withstakeholders, potential customers (i.e., Serviceable Market) and with the product sponsoringagency. However, most of the engineering subjects and courses are designed to train students tothink about “how” to solve a given problem instead of the “what and where
ubiquitous throughout the engineering world. Indeed, the study of feedback controlsystems (sometimes also referred to as "automatic control systems, "control engineering", orsimply "control systems") is often referred to as a "stealth science," due to its widespreadprevalence in a behind-the-scenes role of how engineering systems and devices may work.Although many readers are probably familiar with many of the concepts that will be discussed inthis section, we nevertheless wish to provide a simple conceptual base so as to 1. remind thereader of basic terms and definitions that we will continue to use throughout the paper and 2.serve as a conceptual foundation for the more complex models discussed in subsequent sections.With this in mind, let us
presented here reports on a recentcurriculum change with the potential to affect students’ career awareness in the MechanicalEngineering department at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Beginning in theFall of 2016, a new track was added to an existing sophomore design course, with the mainobjective to increasing students’ systems thinking skills. Within this new course, systemsthinking concepts were presented to the students keeping a second objective in mind: providing awide variety of examples and case studies representative of different career options thatmechanical engineers have. In addition, the topics in the course were presented using anapproach designed to not only capture the attention of the students, but to ensure a
Science is a university based Science centre with about 40 000 visitors were the goal is to stimulate high school students’ interest for the natural sciences, math and technology. During these years Lena developed her pedagogical skills and competence in the pedagogic field and besides leading the activities she organised pedagogical training for teachers, pupils and university students. Since 2011 Lena is head of the new Department of Learning at the School of Education and Communi- cation in Engineering Sciences (ECE), KTH. Lena is responsible for building up a new strong research environment in engineering and technology education, K-12 to university level.Dr. Per G. Norstr¨om, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Per
and taught biology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.Mr. Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology Douglas Edwards is a Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) educational researcher with the Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational experience in the Atlanta area for the past twenty years includes high school mathematics teaching, Math/Science Magnet Program Director, Title I edu- cational data specialist, and Associate Professor of Information Technology. As a former US Air Force electronics engineer, Doug was also an engineering project manager.Roxanne A Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology Roxanne is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Mechanical Engineering working at
Paper ID #9235Development of a Systems Engineering Course for Multiple Delivery Meth-odsRichard Sugarman, United States Air Force Richard is an instructor of systems engineering and program risk management with the Air Force Insti- tute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. Prior to becoming an instructor at AFIT, he was a systems engineer and program manager at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma. He is currently a visiting faculty member at the University of Dayton through the Air Force Education with Industry Program, where he is developing and teaching a graduate course in systems engineering. Richard holds a B.S
AC 2012-3013: ASSESSMENT OF TQM IN THE 21ST CENTURYDr. Mysore Narayanan, Miami University Mysore Narayanan obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of electrical and electronic engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several ency- clopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional, national, and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized, and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a
electronic features on production passenger vehicles such as enhancements to vehicle stability control (VSC), adaptive cruise control (ACC), and other active safety features. He holds four patents and launched Provectus Technical Solutions, LLC, an engineering services company. Dr. Riley has implemented a Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Laboratory (VMSL) and current research interests include autonomous vehicles, sensor fusion, and smart manufacturing American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Design and Manufacturability of Medical Ventilators from the Perspective of a Global Automotive Footprint: A First Course Development H
, a Designer, and a tenure track Assistant Professor at Mississippi State Uni- versity. She believes that well-designed digital experiences and technology can improve the quality of human living, and her goal is to design, make, and create things that have an impact on society. Having this personal mission statement in mind, her design and research have been focusing on human-centered design for the greater good. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Measuring Individuals’ Systems Thinking Skills through the Development of an Immersive Virtual Reality Complex System ScenariosAbstractThe proposed virtual reality (VR) gaming scenario provides a virtual profile that assesses
decisions they aremaking, but in the end it is the team’s decision. People often learn the most from their mistakes.For example, I am guessing that the year four team members are more mindful of the customer’sneeds after their experience on this project.References1. NASA Systems Engineering Handbook. SP-2007-6105 Rev 1, December 2007.2. L. Guerra, G. Murphy, and L. May. “Applying Engineering to the Lunabotics Mining Competition Capstone Design Challenge.” Proc. of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2013.3. Robotics Mining Competition: Rules and Rubrics, http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/ atoms/files/rmc_rules_and_rubrics_for_2016_rev_2.0_-_01.08.2016_.pdf, 20154. M. Ardis, C. Carmen, M. DeLorme, and E