Systems Engineering at ISR: And why it's important!

Systems Engineering Research and Education at ISR. Our focus for Systems Engineering Research and Education is "systems analysis and trade-off." Student Population We provide graduate-level systems engineering education for both students and practicing engineers. MSSE (27): Full-time study leading to a first career position. Established in the Fall, 1987. ENPM (23): Mid-career professionals looking to balance professional experience with academic training. Established in mid 1990s. Age Profile. MSSE: 23-25; ENPM 27-32. Why Systems Engineering is Important? Over the past fifteen years there have been several important reasons and developments that have rendered systems engineering educational programs and methods critical. They are: Rapid changes in technology; Fast time-to-market most critical; Increasing pressure to lower costs; Increasing higher performance requirements; Increasing complexity of systems/products; Increased presence of embedded information and automation systems; and Failures due to lack of systems engineering. 70% of product and system failures are due to bad or no Systems Engineering effort, as our industry advisors (General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman) and collaborators have frequently stated. NSF CRCD Project Challenges Identify and address key research challenges facing "synthesis of engineering systems." How to codify this knowledge into courses and provide systematic methodologies and tools for the "synthesis of engineering systems?" How to find a practical way of using web technology to enhance: (a) classroom instruction, and (b) self-guided "post-training" instruction.

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