Notes From Class

Week 1: January 27, 2014.

Lecture Slides
- Review of ENSE 621. Part 01: Introduction to Systems Engineering
- Review of ENSE 621. Part 02: Systems Engineering Drivers
Project Ideas
- Robots in Warehouses. Take a look at the video Warehouse Robots at Work on YouTube.
  Kiva Systems was purchased by Amazon in 2012.
- Modeling of Supply Chains. Create and exercise a general-purpose model of a (manufacturing) supply chain.
- More Electric Systems. Investigate the development of a more electric system -- that is a system where electrical systems are now responsible for functions one handled by pneumatics. Possibilities include: Boeing 787, UAVs, Building Automation Systems.
- Natural Language Processing of Textual Requirements. Investigate the use of RDF, OWL, and Natural Language Processing to represent, parse, and organize requirements. Develop software tools (e.g., in Ruby and Python) to compute inferences and validate consistency of requirements.
Reading Material
Mary Meeker, Internet Trends , D10 Conference, 2012.

Week 2: February 3, 2014

Lecture Slides
- Review of ENSE 621. Part 03: Methods of Systems Engineering Development
Reading Material
- Paper 1. Norris G., Boeing's Seventh Wonder , IEEE Spectrum, 1995.
- Paper 2. Hale J. (Deputy Chief Mechanic), Boeing 787 From the Ground Up ( pdf ),
  AeroMagazine, Boeing.com, 2006.
- Paper 3. Karimi K., Future Aircraft Power Systems -- Integration Challenges ( pdf ),
  The Boeing Company, 2007.

Week 3: February 10, 2014

Lecture Slides
- Model-Based Systems Engineering

Week 4: February 17, 2014

Lecture Slides
- System of Systems
Reading Material: Systems of Systems
- Valerdi R., et al., A Research Agenda for Systems of Systems Architecting
  International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, Vol. 1, No's 1/2, 2008.
- Glass R., Wrangling with Uncertainty in Complex Systems of Systems ,
  Sandia National Laboratories. Presented at NSF Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges in
  Uncertainty Quantification for Complex Interacting Systems, April 2009.
Reading Material: Smart Cities
- Open-Air Computers: Cities are turning into Vast Data Factories
  Economist, October 27, 2012.
- Smarter Neighborhoods, Smarter Cities ,
  Solutions for a more sustainable New York -- Today, Siemens.
- Living PLanIT Technologies for Sustainable Cities
- Glassbox Simulation Engine .
Reading Material: Port Ontologies and Lego
- Liang V. and Paredis C., A Port Ontology for Conceptual Design of Systems ( pdf ),
  Transactions of the ASME, September 2004, pp. 206-217.
- Peysakhov M., Galinskaya V., and Regli W.C., Using Graph Grammars and Genetic Algorithms to Represent and Evolve Lego Assemblies ( pdf ).
- Kim S.H. and Jeon J.W., Using Visual Programming Kit and Lego Mindstorms: An Introduction to Embedded System ( pdf ), IEEE, 2008.
- Knudsen J.B., The Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms Robots ( pdf ), O'Reilly and Associates, 1999.
Mini-Project 1 (Homework Assignment 1)
Due date: March 10.
Problem Statement: The purpose of this mini-project (homework assignment) is to gain experience in using ideas from ontologies to model relationships among entities in component-based modeling of systems.
Step 1. Download and read the paper by Vei-Chung Liang and Chris Paredis. While you are reading the paper, focus on the modeling of systems as an assembly of components, and the use of ports as a means of communication of stuff -- information, data, energy -- between components.
Step 2. Using the work of Liang and Paredis as a starting point, develop an ontology model for one of the following application domains:
- Lego Assemblies .
  Read the paper by Peysakhov M. et al. Propose an ontology model for lego assemblies.
- Lego Mindstorms .
  Read the papers by Kim S.H. and Jeon J.W., and Knudsen J.B. Propose an ontology model for Lego Mindstorms.
- Smart Cities .
  Read the references on smart cities. Develop an ontology for the component-based modeling of a smart city systems and their interaction.
- More Electric Aircraft .
  Read the papers by Hale J. (Deputy Chief Mechanic for the Boeing 787) and Karimi K. Propose an ontology model for the power system in the Boeing 787.
Try to think of the ontology as a specification from which actual models would be built. If you are familiar with object-oriented software development, this line of thinking is similar to the notion of a class as a software specification, and objects as instances of the classes.
Note: My goal in setting the assignment up in this way is to provide freedom to work on an open-ended problem that is interesting and/or fun. If you are uncomfortable with the RDF graph notation covered in class, please use UML/SysML class/block diagrams as a substitute.
This mini-project (homework assignment) could be worth 20 percent of your final grade.
If your project works out really well, then by all means extend it into a semester project.
You may work in teams of two.
Hand in a report of the order 10-20 pages.
Electronic submission of your homework will be best.

Week 5: February 24, 2014

NO CLASS

Weeks 5-6: March 3 and 10, 2014

March 3. No class due to snow.
We will have to catch up on March 10.
Please send me your project abstracts when they are ready.
Please e-mail me your mini-project/homework -- this way there's a lower probability of me losing it in my office!
Lecture Slides
- Requirements Engineering
- System Engineering Tools

Week 7: March 17, 2014

SPRING BREAK

Week 8: March 24, 2014

Lecture Slides
- System-Level Design
Recent Presentations
- SCOUPE: Systems Engineering Tool designed to guide engineers through the
  process of front-end development ( pdf ),
  Presentation to Lockheed Martin, 2003.
- Parastoo Delgoshaei, Software Patterns for Traceability of Requirements to Finite-State Machine Behavior
  Presented at INCOSE, Rome, Italy, July 11, 2012.
- Nefretiti Nassar, Model-Based Systems Engineering and Trade-Off Analysis with RDF Graphs ,
  Presented at CSER 2013, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, March 21, 2013.

Week 9: March 31, 2014

Lecture Slides
- Platform-Based Design
Presentation Material
- Yelick K., Digital Human: Simulation of the Heart and Other Organs ,
  EECS Department, U.C. Berkeley.

Week 10: April 7, 2014

Midterm Exam

Weeks 11 and 12: April 14 and 21, 2014

Lecture Slides
- Multi-Objective Design and Trade-Off Analysis
- Systems Process and Workflow Modeling
Availability of CPLEX
CPLEX is available (and seems to be working properly) in the SEIL Lab. The program is listed under the IBM ILOG group of programs (right now there are two links to CPLEX, only one of which works - that should be fixed in a day or two).
The CPLEX software has pretty extensive help documentation with samples and tutorials. Here are some links to IBM Rational Rhapsody Family training videos. I didn't see any for ILOG or CPLEX but there are some great SysML ones at the last link.
These links allow registration for future webinars as well as recordings of past sessions:
Rational Team Concert Enlightenment http://ibmfederal.us/RTC-Enlightenment/
Rational Quality Management Enlightenment http://ibmfederal.us/RQM-Enlightenment/
RELM Enlightenment http://ibmfederal.us/demos/RELM-Enlightenment/essentials/
DOORS Enlightenment http://ibmfederal.us/DOORS-Enlightenment/
Rhapsody Enlightenment http://ibmfederal.us/Rhapsody-Enlightenment/

Please contact Jacob Moschler if you have issues and he will sort you out right away.

Week 13: April 28, 2014

Class Presentations. The class presentations will provide a vehicle for describing your project ideas to the class and receiving constructive feedback on ways to improve your final project.
Six or seven groups will be randomly selected to present from:
[ Project 01 ]: Automated Evaluation of Tracking Data
[ Project 02 ]: Quantitative Drug-Drug Interaction Model
[ Project 03 ]: Reclaimed Water Systems Engineering
[ Project 04 ]: Analyzing the Impact of Social Media on Modern Business Methodologies
[ Project 05 ]: Prediction and Simulation for High Risk Diabetic Population
[ Project 06 ]: UAV Delivery System
[ Project 07 ]: Speed Efficiencies for Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) Response
[ Project 08 ]: MBSE for Production with Lean Manufacturing Concepts
[ Project 09 ]: The Pointing Control System for PIPER
[ Project 10 ]: Smart Highway System
Duration: Aim for 15 minutes; No more than 20 minutes.
Slides: No more than ten slides.
Content: Project Title.
Here's what we are doing.
Here's why the problem is important?
Here's how the project relates to system requirements, design and tradeoff?
Here's what is new.
Please e-mail a copy of your presentation to Mark Austin, even if your group is not selected to present.

Week 14: May 5, 2014

Class Presentations. The class presentations will provide a vehicle for describing your project ideas to the class and receiving constructive feedback on ways to improve your final project.
Six or seven groups will be randomly selected to present from:
[ Project 11 ]: Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Cities
[ Project 12 ]: MBSE Design for Infrared Telescope Electrical Harnessing
[ Project 13 ]: Adaptive Process and Planning Supervisory (APPS) System for e-Manufacturing
[ Project 14 ]: Life Cycle of a Chronic Disease Patient
[ Project 15 ]: Oceanic Backbone Infrastructure: Distributed Power, Communications and IRM for Offshore Installations
[ Project 16 ]: Warehouse Robotics
[ Project 17 ]: Models for Physical Security using Building Information Modeling (BIM)
[ Project 18 ]: MBSE Design for Jupiter IP-Satnet Satellite System
[ Project 19 ]: Micro-Grid Implementation in Smart Cities
Duration: Aim for 15 minutes; No more than 20 minutes.
Slides: No more than ten slides.
Content: Project Title.
Here's what we are doing.
Here's why the problem is important?
Here's how the project relates to system requirements, design and tradeoff?
Here's what is new.
Please e-mail a copy of your presentation to Mark Austin, even if your group is not selected to present.

Week 15: May 12, 2014

Final Exam
Check back here for information on format, coverage, etc....
Term Projects
Term projects will be due May 16.
Please e-mail me a pdf of your project report.
No extensions!