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Iowa State University’s Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering. Dr. Douglas Gemmill Lynn Cole. Background of ISU Off-Campus Programs. Undergraduate BS in Electrical Engineering (Rockwell Collins & Kirkwood Community College) Graduate ME in Systems Engineering
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Iowa State University’sMaster of Engineering in Systems Engineering Dr. Douglas Gemmill Lynn Cole
Background of ISU Off-Campus Programs • Undergraduate • BS in Electrical Engineering (Rockwell Collins & Kirkwood Community College) • Graduate • ME in Systems Engineering • MS in Electrical Engineering • MS in Computer Engineering • MS in Mechanical Engineering 2
Continuing Education At Rockwell Collins • Job Advancement (Kirkwood CC) • Electronics Technician • Job Enrichment Courses • Undergraduate (Coe, Mt Mercy, ISU/Kirkwood CC) • Business, CS, EE • Masters (Iowa, ISU, NTU) • SysE, MBA/SysE, EE, CprE, CS, Engineering Mgmt • MBA (Iowa, NOVA, St. Ambrose) Company Funded Life Long Learning 3
In-Plant Live With Instructor Two Way RF Link Non Interactive Taped Class Monitored Sat TV Class On-Campus Graduate Undergraduate Remote Campus Graduate Undergraduate Continuing Education Delivery Mechanisms 4
The Need • Rockwell Collins: Strategic Planning Process Identified Systems Engineering as Key Need • Needed More Systems Engineers Than School-Of-Hard Knocks Graduates • Formal Systems Engineering Training Identified As A Way to Broaden Rockwell’s Systems Engineering Capabilities • ISU: Mid Career Career Enhancement Identified. • Must Be Flexible • Must Accommodate Untraditional Students 5
Program Architecture • SE CORE Courses • Systems Engineering & Analysis • Avionics Systems Engineering • Safety Systems Engineering • Advanced Systems Engineering Courses (Under Development) • Engineering Electives (EE, I.E., CprE, AerE, Stat, Mgmt) • Independent Research 6
Development Approach • Jointly Outlined Curriculum • Rockwell Developed and Piloted SE Courses • Subcontracted With Ex-Rockwell Employee Who Had Returned to Academia • Piloted in Rockwell With Rockwell Employees As Adjunct Professors • ~$100K Investment By Rockwell • ISU Did Market Analysis & Petitioned For Degree 7
Short Course Developed 1994 Development Schedule Need Identified Plan Outlined 1st Course Piloted Curriculum Approved 1st Graduate 1990 1990 1991 1995 1997 8
In-House Short Course • Systems Engineering Fundamentals • Based Upon “Systems Engineering & Analysis” • 3 Days • Includes In-Class Systems Engineering Project 10
Systems Engineering Statistics Through May 2000 11
Graduates 12
Lessons Learned • Having Collins Prototype the SE Course, Allowed Easy Development of Short Course • It Takes a Long Time to Get a New Graduate Program Implemented • Flexibility and Variety for Off-campus Students Is Important • Some Existing “Rules” of ISU Graduate College Do Not Work Well for Off-campus Students • Lack of Departmental “Ownership” of Interdisciplinary Off-campus Program 13
Future Plans • Continued Growth of Present Program • Students • Course Availability • Faculty Involvement • Development of Dual Executive Masters Program • Initiated by Rockwell Collins • Iowa and Iowa State • Combined Systems Engineering/MBA • 60 Hour Program, Dual Degree 14
Rockwell Collins Jim Curran Carla Knutson Jack Rector Don Meyer Iowa State University Associate Dean, Dr. Ted Okiishi Dr. Ed Jones Dr. Mike McCann Acknowledgements • Dr. James Rankin 15
Flexible Program Of Study Course School Delivery • Systems Engineering & Analysis ISU Live at Collins • Avionics Systems Engineering ISU Live at Collins • Safety ISU Live at Collins • Adv. Computer Arch ISU Tape at Collins • Computer Security I/II ISU Tape at Collins • “Technical Marketing In China” ISU On-Campus • Financial Management NOVA Live at Local CC • Probability/Statistics Iowa Live via Microwave • Computer Networks Iowa Live via Microwave 17