Instructor: Dr.
Andrew G. Loerch
Lecture: Senior
Design Lab, S&T II
Time: MW
Office Hours: by appointment
TA – Jason
Southerland office hours: by appointment
http://www.ncees.org/exams/study_materials/fe_handbook/ (17.5 Mbyte pdf file)
http://www.se.usma.edu/capstoneconference/
http://www.sys.virginia.edu/sieds06/
Objective: Systems 490/495, together, provide the Capstone experience to the Systems Engineering undergraduate program. In addition to providing students the opportunity to utilize the systems engineering processes (e.g. requirements determination, work-breakdown structures, Pert Charts, test and evaluation, life cycle costing, etc.) it requires them to use their analytical skills in system modeling, simulation and decision making. SYST 495 places the primary emphasis on conducting trade-off analysis. Emphasis in these courses is also placed on written and verbal communication skill development and the creative process of engineering design. The students are asked to determine whether a Business Case exits for their designs in the Final Report that they submit in early May. Students are required to manage a complex, unstructured project using the management and teamwork skills that they have developed. The class has been divided into seven project teams, each working on a real problem. Each student MUST maintain a personal log of all design activity, to be inspected upon demand. Each student MUST submit a weekly time sheet to their team timekeeper. This team timesheet is to be submitted to Dr. Loerch monthly (via e-mail) and is open for discussion at all major program reviews as part of the EVM review. All teams will be entered into inter-scholastic senior design competitions at the end of this semester.
Grading: Each student’s final grade will be determined as follows:
25% Team
Individualized Mid Term Exam
25% Final Project report (written)
20% Faculty / Sponsor Evaluation of Team Presentation
15% Attendance and participation
10% Team Project productivity self evaluation
5% Timesheets/Notebooks
SYST 495 Semester Schedule:
January 22. Review Spring Semester Schedule – the way ahead.
January 29. Presentation by Career Services.
January 31. Submit UVA
abstracts for review prior to Feb 2
submission deadline
http://www.sys.virginia.edu/sieds07/authorkitdocs/index.html
Feb. 5 - 7. Information flow Presentations (3 teams each)
Feb. 12 - 28. Detailed Presentation on Modeling and Analysis Status and Plan
Feb. 26. Response from UVA
due
March 5. Mid Term Exam Discussion and Preparation
March 7. Mid Term Exam
March 11-18 Spring Break
March 19 Midterm Exam Pass-back
March 21-28. Individual team work April 6 UVA registration deadline.
March 28. Turn in UVA paper to Dr. Loerch
April 2 – 4. MORS Education and Professional Development
Colloquium –
April 3. MTE Pass-Back. UVA paper to Donohue for final review prior to submission
April 4. UVA paper pass-back for final changes (April 6 registration deadline)
April 9. UVA Manuscript
sent to UVA for peer review
April 9 -11. Analysis results presentations.
April 17. USMA Abstract
due for review and submission (approx date)
April 18. DRY RUN for UVA presentation
April 23. DRY RUN for UVA presentation
April 25. DRAFT Final Report due for internal review
April. 27 UVA Conference
April
30. Reports submitted for Faculty and Sponsor evaluation, Final
Presentations to Faculty and Sponsors, senior graduation lunch
May
2. leave for USMA at
May
3. USMA Conference
May
4. Return from USMA (back by noon)
May 9. Course and Team Final Evaluation, Lessons Learned (13:30-14:30)