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Professional Master Degree and Certificate in Systems Engineering

Professional Master Degree and Certificate in Systems Engineering. May 2005 Nelson Baker, Ph.D. Associate Vice Provost, DLPE. Objective. Georgia Tech is creating a professional master’s degree and certificate program in systems engineering.

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Professional Master Degree and Certificate in Systems Engineering

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  1. Professional Master Degree and Certificate in Systems Engineering May 2005 Nelson Baker, Ph.D. Associate Vice Provost, DLPE

  2. Objective • Georgia Tech is creating a professional master’s degree and certificate program in systems engineering. • Collaborative effort between the College of Engineering, the Georgia Tech Research Institute and Georgia Tech’s Distance Learning & Professional Education unit

  3. Outline • Georgia Tech • Process for creating the program • Degree and Certificate unique features • Proposed roll out schedule

  4. Georgia Institute of Technology • Opened in 1888 as Georgia School of Technology • Renamed Georgia Institute of Technology in 1948, also known as Georgia Tech • One of four research universities in the University System of Georgia • Institutional accreditation by SACS • National & International Recognition

  5. Georgia Tech College of Management College of Sciences Ivan Allen College College of Computing College of Architecture College of Engineering Georgia Tech Research Institute Distance Learning & Professional Education

  6. President’sOffice Degree - GrantingColleges Inter-disciplinaryCenters Georgia TechResearchInstitute Distance Learning & ProfessionalEducation EconomicDevelopment • Engineering • Computing • Architecture • Sciences • Management • Humanities • Manufacturing • Micro-electronics • ElectronicsPackaging • Telecommuni-cations • Applied Research • Customer Funded • (7) Laboratories • Defense Electronics • Short Courses • Taught by Faculty • On Campus • At Customer • Distance Learning • Venture Lab • Incubators • Industry Assistance Georgia Tech Organization

  7. Atlanta, Georgia 2004 Freshman Class AVERAGE SAT SCORE: 1338 AVERAGE GPA: 3.7+ Georgia Tech FY 04 Research Awards ($M) • GTRI ……................................... 137.1 • Resident Instruction ................. 204.8 • TOTAL $341.9 Academic Colleges Enrollment • Engineering ……..................................10,016 • Architecture ……….............................. 1,089 • Ivan Allen ………….............................. 898 • Computing ........................................... 1,541 • Sciences ..............................................1,724 • Management ........................................ 1,380 • TOTAL ENROLLMENT 16,841

  8. Georgia Tech – a balanced technological university Students • Number 1 industrial and systems engineering program by U.S. News and World Report • College of Engineering ranked in top five by U.S. News & World Report • Largest voluntary Co-Op program in the U.S. • First among U.S. universities in women engineering graduates • Number 1 producer of African-American engineering graduates Research • FY04 research expenditures totaled more than $340 million • Campus Nano Thrust • Opening of Environment ,Science,& Technology and BioMedical Engineering Buildings • US DOD, DOE classified research State Service • One of Top public “best value” schools in US • Hope Scholarship Faculty • Prestigious faculty holding 100 endowed chairs and professorships

  9. Strong Rankings • Top 10 public universities, 6th year in a row • Engineering in top 5, both graduate and undergraduate; most disciplines in top 10 • Industrial Systems Engineering ranked #1 • Management 36th undergrad, 42nd grad; strong sub-programs point to future progress • Top 10 programs in Liberal Arts & Management • Strengths: academic reputation, student quality, faculty quality, alumni support

  10. Signatures Technology Aerospace, Transportation, & Advanced Systems • Electromagnetic Apertures & Scattering • Electromagnetic Materials & Structures • Optical/Infrared Physics & Phenomenology • Security Information Systems • Advanced Transportation Systems • Aerodynamics & Acoustics • Powered Lift Aircraft Technologies • Threat Systems &Intelligence Analysis • UAV and Missile Technologies Electronic Systems • Modeling, Simulation, & Analysis • Technology Insertion • Systems Integration • Test and Evaluation • Human Factors Huntsville Research • Missile System Analysis • Software Development • HWIL/MIL Simulations • Air Defense Systems Modeling & Simulations • Wargame Simulations • FMS Air Defense Modernization • Force-on-Force Simulations Georgia Tech Research Institute Sensors &Electromagnetic Applications • Radar System Engineering, Phenomenology, & Signal Processing • Airborne & Missile Defense Technology • Electronic Protection • Antenna Design, Evaluation, & Measurements • Electromagnetic Environmental Effects • Public Safety Applications Information Technology & Telecommunications • Communications &Network Applications • Information Assurance/Warfare • Knowledge Management • Product Design for Manufacturing • Command & Control System Software • Map-based Decision Support Systems • Database Applications Electro-Optics, Environment, & Materials • Chemistry & Materials • EO/IR Systems & Simulation • Safety, Health, & Environment • Integrated Optics • Underwater Acoustic Applications

  11. Distance Learning & Professional Education (DLPE) • Georgia Tech’s unit for educational outreach • Via technologies, reach to all parts of the globe • Operate Global Learning & Conference Center • Distance Delivery of 9 Master’s degrees with over 500 students and 200+ courses per year • Professional Education • 700 short courses/year • On-site and off-site programs (public & custom)

  12. Approach to Systems Engineering • Customer Desire • Market Analysis • Educational Development • Pilot Program • Non-credit Certificate Program • Degree Program

  13. Market analysis • Market: past, present, & future • Review changes in market, major players, market shifts, costs, pricing, competition • Talk with Stakeholders • Determine needs/desires, delivery formats, expectations

  14. The Need • DOD emphasis on Systems Engineering • Retiring Systems Engineers with inexperienced replacements • Current state depicts lack of systems thinking and systems engineering • Systems are getting more complex, mistakes more costly • Technology is moving faster so upgrades must be planned into the overall life cycle • Industry wants systems approach – defense, sensors, textiles, biomedical • Current systems integrators lack enterprise thinking

  15. Requirements • Stakeholder • Emphasis on workplace applications • Not “ivory tower” oriented • Onsite course availability • Blended delivery format • Degree and career compatible • Desired • Interdisciplinary approach • Instructors with experience • University • Academic oversight • Degree and certificate programs

  16. Skills Strategic thinking Leadership Organization Building Technical Management Team Building People Management Scope Management Financial Management Knowledge Enterprise and System Architectures Decision Analysis Engineering Risk Analysis Requirements Definition and Management Life Cycle Management Project Management Finance, Business Skills & Knowledge Requirements

  17. Market analysis summary • Significant employer and prospective student interest in degree and short courses • Emphasis on workplace applications vital • Interdisciplinary approach desired • Instructors with practice experience desired • Proposed core content attractive with electives into focus areas • Strong interest - blended distance learning/ face-to-face format - 83% • Professional rather than Executive is a more inclusive title for program • $30,000 for degree generally considered reasonable

  18. Enterprise SE Systems of Systems Systems Engineering Management Complexity Product Systems Engineering Systems Theory 1950-1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010+ Systems Engineering • Systems Engineering:the process by which a customer’s needs are satisfied through the conceptualization, design, modeling, testing, implementation, and operation of a working system. • Challenges • Increasing complexity of systems • Moving to integrated enterprise systems • Software intensive nature • Human system integration, rapid adaptation/user-centered evolvability • Earlier consideration of T&E and training concurrent with design

  19. The degree and certificate at a glance Core Courses (6) • Systems Engineering • Systems engineering fundamentals • Systems design and analysis • Systems modeling and optimization • Advanced topics in systems engineering • (e.g., enterprise systems, software intensive • systems, human-system integration) • Engineering Management • Systems engineering management • Management of engineering teams Certificate 4 courses including lab intensive workshop Experiential Component of Core Courses Engineering project simulation (“live” case studies) Engineering laboratory (based on School of Aerospace Engineering’s Collaboration Visualization Environment) Practice Focus (4) three courses plus job related individual or group project in focus area Vehicles Information Systems Sensors

  20. Details on the certificate • Non-credit certificate offered by and scheduled through Georgia Tech’s Distance Learning and Professional Education • CoE and GTRI Research Faculty teach the courses • Provide immediate solutions for needs • Case studies tailored to address needs of specific groups • Certificate requires intro courses in systems engineering and engineering management, an additional short course plus participation in a one week systems engineering workshop • Rigorous, practice focused curriculum reflective of industry/government engineering needs • Competitive pricing • A classified version of the certificate is supported

  21. Professional Master’s Degree • Degree provides credibility in organization • Course projects and case studies tailored to address needs of specific groups • Rigorous, practice focused curriculum with admission criteria reflective of industry/government engineering needs • College of Engineering and GTRI Research Faculty teach the courses and supervise projects • Job related project in lieu of thesis • Competitive pricing • A classified version of the degree is being considered • Only program in the country with an experiential component (engineering laboratory, project simulation, work related modules)

  22. Proposed schedule and delivery method Fall 2008 Certificate and degree available via distance learning Center for Advanced Systems Engineering (an affiliated CoE/GTRI research center) Fall 2007 Degree offered at GTRI Field Offices* Fall 2006/ Spring 2007 Degree offered in Atlanta Spring 2006 Certificate offered in GTRI Field Offices* *initially Colorado Springs, DC, Dayton, Huntsville, Orlando based on demand (each course via one week workshop or every other weekend for 8 weeks) Fall 2005 Certificate offered in Atlanta (4 intensive one week sessions)

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