Iowa State University’s Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering

1. Iowa State University’sMaster of Engineering in Systems Engineering Dr. Douglas Gemmill Lynn Cole

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Short Course Developed 1994 Development Schedule Need Identified Plan Outlined 1st Course Piloted Curriculum Approved 1st Graduate 1990 1990 1991 1995 1997 8

9. Delivery Sites & Methods 9

10. In-House Short Course • Systems Engineering Fundamentals • Based Upon “Systems Engineering & Analysis” • 3 Days • Includes In-Class Systems Engineering Project 10

11. Systems Engineering Statistics Through May 2000 11

12. Graduates 12

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Personal Case Study 16

17. 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