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Systems Engineering Program (SEP) HIGHLIGHTS Jerrell Stracener , Associate Professor SEP Founding Director EMIS Department. SMU_SEP_Highlights_10.23.09. SMU SEP Focus. The SMU Systems Engineering Program was conceived in 1991 and approved in 1994.
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Systems Engineering Program (SEP) HIGHLIGHTS Jerrell Stracener, Associate Professor SEP Founding Director EMIS Department SMU_SEP_Highlights_10.23.09
SMU SEP Focus • The SMU Systems Engineering Program was conceived in 1991 and approved in 1994. • And has been developed and administered in response to Dallas/Ft Worth region aerospace and defense systems developers needs, with focus on: • U.S. AT&L/defense contractor workforce improvement by offering SE courses developed, and delivered by defense industry subject matter experts • Need driven Research conducted by SMU faculty, PhD students and SEP DT volunteers in response to defense systems developers priority needs in selected areas ad hoc Systems Engineering Council • SMU faculty* (resident and adjunct), DT members* and PhD SE students* with extensive experience (multiple company) on diverse U.S. defense development programs • Advanced Classified Programs • Sensor Programs • Missile Programs • * Most hold active DoD security clearance Experienced Resources • Aircraft Programs
SMU SEP ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT SMU School of Engineering Direct and Administer SEP Admit Students & Approve Degree Plans Deliver SE Courses Deliver SE Courses Advise PhD students SEP Development Team Industry and Government Volunteers ad hoc Systems Engineering Council Idea Develop SE Courses SEP Concept Development Promote SEP SEP Proposal Identify & Capture Needs Promote SEP SMU TTU UTA UTD Develop SE Courses Identify & Select Adjunct Faculty Develop Proposals SMU Proposal Identify & Select Adjunct Faculty
SEP ACADEMIC PROGRAM Courses Faculty • Developed in Response to Industry & Government Needs • Developed by SEP DT Experienced in Defense Systems Development • Core-5 • Electives- • Current: 16 • In-Development: 9 • Resident • Adjunct • Lockheed Martin • Bell Helicopter • Raytheon • L3 Com • MITRE Corp • Siemens • Abbott Laboratories • FreescaleSemiconductor Delivery • On-Campus • Internet • Off-Campus Exec. Format SEP Programs Customer-Driven Students • Majority Employed full-time by DoD and A&D Companies • U.S. Citizen • DoD Security Clearance • Non-Degree Studies in SE • SE Certificate Series • MS SE • PhD SE • Admissions – 1000+ • Graduates MS SE – 555 Delivery • On-Campus • Internet • Off-Campus Exec. Format
SEP RESEARCH PROGRAM Research Areas Research Focus Defense Systems Defense Systems • Modeling and Analysis of Defense Systems Development • Technology Linkage, Selection and Transition to US Warfighter • Systems Requirements Engineering and Integrated Verification & Validation • Engineering of Defense Systems • Funded Research • U.S. Navy SPAWAR • DoD DAU • Lockheed Martin Focus SEP Students Research Projects PhD SE Students PhD SE and AS • Complex System Design “Management Flight Simulator” Development • Methodology for Optimizing Verification, Test and Evaluation Complex System Development • Methodology for Measuring SoS Development Performance • Methodology for Analysis of Technology Alternatives • 30 Students • 2 Full-Time • 28 Part-Time • Lockheed Martin • U.S. Navy SPAWAR • Boeing • Raytheon • Bell Helicopter • 20 Applicants in Queue • BAE Systems • Raytheon • Texas Instruments • Bell helicopter Representative
FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONSE TO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND DOD OPERATIONS PROBLEMS Concept A&D Systems Developers DoD Operations Systems Engineering Program Problems Problems Caruth Institute for Engineering Education K-12 Students Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Lab Systems Engineering ProgramIndustry & Government Team ® Projects Lyle School of Engineering Subject Matter Experts Faculty Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Solutions
SEP DEVELOPMENT SEP Development Team Membership SEP Development Process Development Model:Industry-Government-Student Partnership Current DT SEP Development Projects Customer-Driven • PhD SE Start Up • MS SE Rev4 • New SE Courses • Defense Systems Developer Needs-Driven Curriculum Review w/INCOSE North Texas Chapter • Systems Design and Integration Track • Advances in Systems Engineering Certificate Series