Systems Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering _at_ Stevens Institute of
Technology
John V. Farr, PhD, PEProfessor and Founding
DirectorCharles V. Schaefer Jr. School of
EngineeringStevens Institute of
TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey 07030
201-216-8103/8025jfarr_at_stevens.edu
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Department/Programs Vision

• Open Academic Model in the spirit of the
  Technogenesis Initiative at Stevens Institute of
  Technology
• To blur the boundary between Academia, Industry,
  and Government To conduct academically rigorous
  yet industrially relevant research

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Stevens Institute of TechnologyHistorical
Perspective

• Col. John Stevens III (1749-1838)
• Treasurer of NJ in Revolutionary War
• Bought land that became Hoboken after the War
• With second son Robert Livingston Stevens,
  pioneered steam transportation
• Many innovations for steam boats
• First U.S. steam locomotive
• Robert invented the T-rail and the cow-catcher
• Helped pass first U.S. patent laws
• Stevens Family - Transportation Pioneers
• First steam railroad, Perth Amboy to Camden, NJ
• Phoenix, the first steamship to make an ocean
  voyage

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Stevens Institute of TechnologyHistorical
Perspective

• Founder of the Institute Edwin A. Stevens
• 1795 - 1868
• Third son of Colonel John
• Founded Institute in 1871
• Stevens family made fortune in transportation
  toll roads, ferries and railroads

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Stevens School of Engineering Research Thrusts
RESEARCH AREAS
THRUST AREAS
CLUSTERS
Micro-Chemical Systems
Multi-Scale Engineering
NEMS/MEMS Devices and Systems
Nano-Environmental Systems
Maritime Security
Security
Network and Information Assurance
Enterprise Optimization (EO)
Complex Systems
Systems and Enterprise Architecting and
Management
Intelligent Networked Systems
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Systems Engineering at Stevens

• The first Systems Engineering course was taught
  in April of 2001, with 10 participants sponsored
  by OSD. These participants were from across the
  various DoD components. The other 10 were
  sponsored by Lockheed Martin.
• The first research contract was with Lockheed
  Martin (COTS Intensive System Architecture
  Evaluation) and OSD (Resulting in the
  Supportability Guidebook in 2002).
• The first course was hosted by DAU at Fort
  Belvoir, Virginia.
• Since this first course
• The SDOE Program and the SEEM Department at
  Stevens has evolved into the largest Systems
  Engineering Program in the United States with
  over 300 graduate students (of these,
  approximately 50 are doctoral students)
• Within the US government, the Stevens program has
  been chosen as the exclusive provider of SE
  education within the National Security Agency,
  FAA, and NASA. Many such agreements also exist
  with our industrial partners.

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Aerospace/Defense Community
National Security Agency
US Navy Patuxent River
US Navy NAVAIR - Lakehurst
US Army - CECOM
AF Center for Systems Engineering
NASA
FAA
OSD Logistics PP
US Army - Picatinny
DAU
Lockheed Martin (NESS)
Northrop Grumman
Sandia National Laboratories
General Dynamics
IBM Public Sector
ITT Industries
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
L3 Communications
SAIC
Regular/Scheduled Classes
On-Demand Special Classes
Strategic Alliance
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Commercial/Consumer Community
NOKIA Corporation
IBM Global Services
IBM Global Services
IBM Global Services
VOLVO Car Corporation
Sun Microsystems
ITT Industries - Commercial
Regular/Scheduled Classes
On-Demand Special Classes
Strategic Alliance
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Our Emphasis is on Complex Systems

• Complex systems characterized by the following
  properties and attributes
• Technology
• Constantly evolving technology and related
  standards
• Multitude of interfaces (hard and soft),
  distributed processing notes and platforms,
  security implications
• Information and knowledge intensive

• Complex systems characterized by the following
  properties and attributes
• Technology
• Multitude of interfaces (hard and soft),
  distributed processing notes and platforms,
  security implications
• Threats/Business
• Constantly changing scope, threats and associated
  capabilities, business processes, requirements,
  and expectations
• Global relevance, scope, and application
• Evolving marketplace and related vendors and
  suppliers

• Complex systems characterized by the following
  properties and attributes
• Technology
• Constantly evolving technology and related
  standards
• Multitude of interfaces (hard and soft),
  distributed processing notes and platforms,
  security implications
• Information and knowledge intensive
• Business
• Constantly changing scope, business processes,
  requirements, and expectations
• Global relevance, scope, and application
• Evolving marketplace and related vendors and
  suppliers
• Organizational
• Numerous stakeholders, with conflicting
  preferences
• Legacy organizational structures impose
  constraints

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Systems Engineering Specific Curriculum Focus
Systems Engineering Integration
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Systems Engineering Business Process and
Capability Assessment
SYS-625 Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
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Systems Engineering Specific Curriculum Focus
SDOE-650 System Design and Architecture SDOE-605
System Integration
SDOE-620 Simulation Based Life Cycle Costing
Systems Engineering Integration
SDOE-640 Systems Supportability and
Logistics SDOE-645 Design for System
Reliability, Maintainability, Supportability SDOE-
665 Integrated Supply Chains
SDOE-625 Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
SDOE-611 Simulation and Modeling SDOE-660
Decision and Risk Analysis SDOE-670 Forecasting
and Demand Modeling Systems SDOE-675 Dynamic
Pricing
SDOE-612 Project Management of Complex Systems
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Systems Engineering Specific Curriculum Focus
Doctoral Degree in Systems Engineering
Masters Degree in Systems Engineering
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Systems Engineering Evolution to System of
Systems / Enterprise Systems
Systems Engineering and Architecting
Systems and Supportability Engineering
Systems Engineering Management
Graduate Certificate Programs
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Computer Based Courses (WebCampus)

• Courses for both the Engineering Management and
  Systems Engineering masters degree can obtained
  online including many of 4 course graduate
  certificates to include
• Project Management
• Engineering Management
• Systems and Supportability Engineering
• Systems Engineering and Architecting
• Systems Engineering Management
• Many others

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Research Thrusts

• Enterprise Optimization
• Risk Based Multi-resource Allocation
• Life Cycle Cost and Economic Analysis
• Stochastic System Modeling and Optimization
• Knowledge and Information Management
• System Quality

• Systems and Enterprise Architecting and
  Management
• SE Competency Development
• Game Based Learning
• System and Enterprise Architecting
• System Integration
• Intelligent Systems and Enterprises
• Agile Enterprises
• SE Planning and Management
• Adaptive System Theory

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Systems Engineering Specific Research Focus

• Systems and Enterprise Architecting and
  Management
• Adaptive Systems Theory
• Intelligent Systems and Enterprises
• Agile Enterprises
• SE Planning and Management
• Enterprise Optimization
• Risk Based Multi-Resource Allocation and
  Optimization
• Stochastic System Modeling and Optimization
• Mobile Ad-Hoc Wireless Network Reliability
  Analyses
• System of Systems Availability Models
• Information Mining and Data Fusion
• Engineering and Technical Leadership and
  Governance Center
• Game Theory and Agent Based Modeling Environment

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Systems Engineering Specific Research Focus

• Research Sponsors
• Lockheed Martin MS2 and STS (Dr. Verma,
  Nowicki, Jain)
• System Architectures Modeling and Optimization
  of the Sustainment Value Chain
• National Security Agency, via the SETP Program
  (Dr. Verma, Sauser, Boardman, Pennotti)
• System of Systems and Enterprise Systems
  Architecting, Requirements, Governance
• Northrop Grumman, via the SED Program (Dr.
  Pennotti, Jain)
• Systems Architecting, System of Systems
  Differentiation
• NOKIA Networks (Dr. Verma)
• Network Centric System Architecture Assessment
  and Evaluation
• ARDEC Picatinny Arsenal (Dr. Sauser, Jain,
  Verma)
• Development of Systems Engineering Practices and
  Methods
• National Science Foundation (Dr. Jiang)
• Information and Data Mining

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Systems Engineering Specific Research Focus with
OSD Sponsorship

• Specific Tasks with OSD
• System of Systems (2005-06)
• Definition of SoS
• Workshops to Develop Differentiating
  Characteristics
• Optimization of Complex System of Systems
• System of Systems Engineering Guide (2006)
• SoS Test Evaluation Guide (2006-07)
• Systems Engineering Workshops
• 1 and 2 Day Workshop on Systems Engineering in
  the DoD
• 2 Day Workshop on Technical Planning
• Sustainment/Supportability Engineering
  Development of the Supportability Guidebook
• Currently working on the development of System
  Sustainment KPPs and PBL Metrics

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Systems Engineering Research and Academic
Resources

• Traditional and Non-Traditional Research
  Resources
• 8 Tenure and Tenure Track Faculty Members
• 12 Industry Professors and Distinguished Service
  Professors (Senior Researchers and Executives
  from Industry and Academia)
• 20 Academic and Industry Fellows
• 50 Doctoral Students
• 300 Masters Students
• SEAL Sponsored in part by ARDEC Picatinny
  Arsenal
• Citizenship within the Community
• Launched the CSER Conference Series Conference
  on Systems Engineering Research. 5th Edition of
  CSER on Stevens Campus in March 2007
• Launched a new SE Journal Systems Engineering
  Forum

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Conference on Systems Engineering Research

• Rotates annually between Stevens and USC
• First conference held March 12 14, 2003
• First conference attracted over 200 participants
  350 attended the 2005 conference
• Key leaders from DoD, DARPA, Lucent, IBM, etc,
• Academic forum with representatives from most
  major systems programs
• Co sponsored by NDIA and INCOSE

http//www.stevens.edu/cser
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SEEM - Summary

• True Systems Engineering programs
• Engineering Management program that focuses on
  systems and services
• Flexible curriculums that allow for some
  technical depth or management breath
• Extensive DoD consulting and research experience
  
• Our SYS program is at a high level in NG, LMCO,
  Boeing, OSD, DoD, Swedish Aero, IBM we must pay
  more attention to quality than the typical on
  campus program
• Embrace part time PhDs
• Tremendous growth because programs are relevant,
  flexible, and designed by industry
• Multiple delivery formats
• Industry is where the leading edge of systems
  engineering is occurring

Numerous national awards in SE and EM
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SEEM/DoD/SOLE Challenges

• Tough times ahead for all the services
  requirements will grow, commitments increase, and
  dollars decrease.
• The services will not sacrifice war fighting
  capability for service support (KC 135 versus
  F-22)
• Systems engineering is being sold as the silver
  bullet it is not!

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SEEM - Summary
http//www.stevens.edu/engineering/seem/
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Questions?