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Missouri University of Science and Technology(Formerly University of Missouri-Rolla)

Cihan H. DagliFounder and Directorof Systems Engineering Graduate ProgramMissouri University of Science and Technologyhttp://dce.mst.edu/credit/degrees/systems/index.html

Systems Engineering Graduate Degrees and Certificate Programs

Systems Engineering Definitions (International Council on Systems Engineers)

Systems Engineering: An interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realization of successful systems. Systems Engineering considers both the business and the technical needs of all stakeholders with the goal of providing a quality product that meets the user needs.

System Architecture: The aggregation of decomposed system functions into interacting system elements whose requirements include those associated with the aggregated system functions and their interfaces requirements/definition.

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Value of Systems Engineering*

*Source: INCOSE Systems Engineering Center of Excellence SECOE 01-03 INCOSE 2003; & Honour, E. “Understanding Value of Systems Engineering”, INCOSE Conference, June 20-24, 2004

Cost and Schedule Performance as a Function of Systems Engineering Effort

Missouri S&T Systems Engineering Program

Housed in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering department.

The diversity (of research and teaching specialization areas) are maintained through five affiliated faculty who have joint appointments with the department:

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering  

Only university that had three INCOSE Steven’s Doctoral Awardees as Dr. Dagli advisor(2008, 2010, 2013)

Two INCOSE Fellows (INCOSE Fellows Chair, Dagli)

One IIE Fellow (Dagli)

INCOSE Best Student Poster Awardee (2012, 2013)

Nine teaching and adjunct faculty from premier aerospace industry nationwide and internationally.

Founder and organizer “Complex Adaptive Systems Conference http://complexsystems.mst.edu/ ( Dagli )

S&T – Millennium Arch

Missouri S&T Research in Systems Architecting and Engineering Conducted through SESL , SERC for DARPA, and DoD

Illustrative SERC, DARPA and DoD Research:

Enterprise and System of Systems Modeling

An Advanced Computational Approach to System of Systems Analysis and Architecting using Agent-based Behavioral Modeling

Agile Systems Engineering: Investigation and exploration of ”immersive” training technologies

Agile Systems Engineering: Experiential and Active Learning Approach

System Engineering body of Knowledge SEBOK

Systems Engineering Capstone Registry

Evaluating Systems engineering Methods, Processes, and Tools (MPT)

Complex Adaptive System Analysis for Virtual Forward Operational Base Camps

Human Assisted Manufacturing Model LibraryS&T – Millennium Arch

The Basics (1 of 2)

Apply for admission and enroll

For a Masters of Science in Systems Engineering:

o Complete six core courses ando Complete four courses from one (or more) of the specialization tracks

domain specific graduate certificates.

For a Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate:

o You need complete the following four courses – SysEng 368, SysEng 413, SysEng 468, and SysEng 469

o You can transition from the Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate program to the Master’s Degree Program.

Obtain approval of your course of study from graduate program office.

Course Structure

Systems Engineering Master’s Courses

Systems Engineering

Graduate CertificateCourses

Core 6 4

Specialty Track or Graduate Certificate Courses

4 None

Max. Transferable Courses 3 1

The Basics (2 of 2)

Core Courses

Integrated Curriculum Courses

Systems

Systems ArchitectureSysEng 469 SystemsArchitecting

Systems Engineering and AnalysisSysEng 368 SystemsEngr. and Analysis I

Systems Engineering – Information Based DesignSysEng 468 SystemsEngr. and Analysis II

Complex Systems Management

Economic Decision AnalysisSysEng 413 Economic Analysis for Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering Mgt.SysEng 412 Complex Engineering Systems Program Mgt.

Organizational Behavior and Management SysEng 411 Systems Engineering Capstone

Course Mode of Delivery and Communication

Access courses “live” on the Internet from home, or from work locations (depending on Boeing policies and management approval).

All lectures are archived for the semester and are available on-demand 24/7 for asynchronous viewing and review purposes.

Both schools use Blackboard as course platform.

Course materials are posted on Blackboard before lectures for download.

Return homework through Blackboard, by e-mail or as a graded pdf file.

Your advisor, faculty members, and TAs are available via phone, WebEx discussion boards and e-mail.

Missouri S&T has very limited use of TAs, due to typically small (15-20 students) class sizes.

Teaching Philosophy and Courses

Systems Engineering Teaching Philosophy

The systems engineering pedagogy is to expose students to the wide range of influences that program managers and systems engineers face in real programs, along with the systems engineering tools that are needed to produce the best balanced development of today’s complex systems, while incorporating “real-world” problems that expand the students’ knowledge base in the area of “system life-cycle.”

The students are exposed to a variety of opinions, tools and methodologies. The end point of the inclusion of design prototyping, electronics, software development, and validation from a real world customer is a more personal understanding of the process and results of systems engineering realities.

Systems Engineering Core Course Integration

Systems Engineering Analysis ISystems Engineering Analysis IISystems ArchitectingEconomic Analysis for Systems Engineering

Complex Engineering Systems Project Management

Systems Engineering Capstone

Additional Two Core Classes

Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate

Systems EngineeringBased Certificates

Customized Specialization Track

Computational IntelligenceNetwork Centric SystemsModel Based Systems EngineeringSystems and Software ArchitectureSoftware Design and Development

Four Courses in Customized Specialization Track or Graduate Certificate

Engineering Discipline Based CertificateCivil and EnvironmentalComputer ScienceElectrical EngineeringEngineering ManagementManufacturing EngineeringMechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Systems Engineering Project Teams

Program Manager – Systems Engineering PhD Student

Boeing Mentor – Systems Engineering from various Boeing Sites

Faculty Mentor – Missouri S&T Systems Engineering Faculty

Course Project – Four or Five SysEng 368 Students

Systems Engineering Integrated Project Status Board

Systems Engineering Fall 2012 Project: Squad Training in Near Real Combat and Cultural Conditions Monitoring

NEED STATEMENT: This project is to design a means to record/relay to a trainer the movements and reactions of soldiers in a given training environment, allowing for the evaluation or their ability to interact culturally with non-combatant foreign nationals. The scenario this will be used in will be an Afghanistan village, although the system must be flexible enough to be applied to other training scenarios. The information provided to the system will be through a set of legacy equipment as specified by the Integrated Training Vest (ITV) system. This information is relayed to a trainer in a control room monitoring a group of up to eight soldiers using the ITV system so that the trainer can evaluate whether a social faux pas has been committed. The system must be capable of monitoring, recording, and conveying sufficient information to evaluate the soldiers’ performance within the simulation as well as the health of the soldiers during training. The overall budget for the development of the system is not to exceed $5000. The system design must be available by December 11 of 2012, and a prototype must be available for integration into the Missouri Mote system by May 5 of 2013.

Systems Engineering

Physical Artifact for Spring 2013

Systems Engineering Domain Specific Graduate Certificates

Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate

Network Centric Graduate Certificate

Computational Intelligence Graduate Certificate

Model Based Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate

Software Design and Development*

Systems and Software Architecture Graduate Certificate*

* Acceptance to this certificate program is through Computer Science. It may be used as part of your specialization

track for Systems Engineering and courses may count toward the degree program.

SysEng 368 Systems Engineering and Analysis ISysEng 468 Systems Engineering and Analysis IISysEng 413 Economic Analysis for Systems EngineeringSysEng 469 Systems Architecting

Students applying to the SE MS program who have completed these four courses with a minimum grade of B in each course are admitted to the M.S. degree program in Systems Engineering without taking the GRE.

Systems Engineering Graduate Certificates

http://dce.mst.edu/credit/certificates/syseng.html

Network Centric Systems Graduate Certificate

Core Courses: SysEng/CpE 419 Network-Centric Systems Architecting and Engineering

Communications Engineering Elective Courses (select two):

CpE 317 Fault Tolerant Digital Systems

CpE 319 Digital Network Design

CpE 349 Trustworthy, Survivable Computer Networks

CpE/SysEng 348 Wireless Networks

CpE /SysEng 443 Wireless Adhoc and Sensor Networks 

CpE 448 High Speed Networks

CpE/SysEng 449 Network-Centric Systems Reliability and Security

CS 463 Computer Security

CS 467 Mobile and Sensor Data Management

http://dce.mst.edu/credit/certificates/network_centric.html

Core Courses:CpE 358/EE 367/SysEng 367 Computational Intelligence

and select one of the following: CS 347 Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceCS 348 Evolutionary ComputingSysEng 378/EE 368 Introduction to Neural Networks and Applications

Elective Courses (Select two courses not taken as a core course):CS 347 Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceCS 348 Evolutionary ComputingCpE 439/EE 439/Sys Eng 439/Stat 439 Clustering Algorithms CS 447 Advanced Topics in Artificial IntelligenceCS 448 Advanced Evolutionary ComputingSysEng/CpE/EE 458 Adaptive Critic DesignsCS/SysEng/CpE 404 Data Mining and Knowledge DiscoveryEE 337 Neural Networks for ControlSysEng 378/EE 368 Introduction to Neural Networks and ApplicationsCpE/ME/AE/EMgt/CS 457 Markov Decision ProcessesSysEng 478 Advanced Neural Networks

Computational Intelligence Graduate Certificate

http://dce.mst.edu/credit/certificates/computational_intelligence.html

Model Based Systems Engineering

Systems and Software Architecture

Systems Engineering Domain Specific Graduate Certificates

http://dce.mst.edu/credit/certificates/systemssoftwarearchitecture/index.html

http://dce.mst.edu/credit/certificates/modelbasedsystemsengineering/

Software Design and Development

http://dce.mst.edu/credit/certificates/softwaredesigndev/

Missouri S&T Certification in Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Standards

Missouri S&T is now certified in CNSS 4011 and 4014E standards in Information Security; to meet S&T’s IACE Courseware certification a student needs to take the following courses:

CSc 317: Intellectual Property of Computer Scientists

CSc 362: Security Operations & Program Management

Cp Eng 349: Trustworthy, Survivable Computer Networks

Cp Eng 449/Sys Eng 449: Network-Centric Systems Reliability & Security

More information on NSA’s IA Courseware Evaluation Program can be obtained at the following site.

http://www.nsa.gov/ia/academic_outreach/iace_program/

Engineering Discipline Specific Graduate Certificates

How Long Will it Take Me to Graduate?

It depends on how many classes a student takes per year.

2 per year (1 in Fall, 1 in Spring) = 5 years

3 per year (1 in Fall, 1 in Spring, 1 in Summer) = 3½ years

Average degree completion time = 2½ to 3½ years

Students have 6 years (Which can be extended for a year) from first course to complete degree.

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Plan of Study for off-campus Systems Engineering M.S. Student (Three and half year track)

Admission and Enrollment

Admit Certificate

Complete SysEng 368, 468, 469, 413

MS Awarded

If B or better in each of four core courses then may

apply to MS

S&T Systems Engineering Enrollment

Graduate Certificate Awarded if GPA above 3.0

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Yes

Engineering or similar BS degree,

with UG GPA >2.75

Take GRE and get score of V+Q>1100

A ≥ 4.0 * New Scoring V ≥ 155, Q ≥ 148

Complete 30 credit hours for non thesis or 36 credit hours for thesis

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Enrollment Procedure

Complete Distance Graduate Application and First Time Registration Form (found at http://dce.mst.edu/admissions/index.html) and request official transcripts documenting undergraduate program be sent to Vicki Gibbons, Manager of Graduate Student Services, at Missouri S&T.

Please contact Vicki Gibbons and she will assist you with the First Time Registration process.

Vicki GibbonsManager of Graduate Student ServicesPhone: 573-341-4892 or Toll Free: 1-877-678-1870Email: vgibbons@mst.eduFax: 573-202-2396

Returning students must register directly through Joe’SS.

Missouri S&T Admission Exceptions

Students who already hold a M.S. degree* are only required to take eight courses (generally six core courses and two specialization track courses) to complete the Systems Engineering M.S. degree.

With advisor’s approval, up to 9 graduate credits from another institution may be transferred into the M.S. degree.

*Must be in an MBA or in Engineering/Hard Sciences

Academic Calendar and Exams

Examinations at Missouri S&T

Exams can be sent to individual students electronically. Professor may also request that exams be proctored.

Proctoring details can be obtained from the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Graduate Office.

In some courses a final paper or project substitutes for examinations.

Academic Calendar

DCE Academic Calendar S&T Academic Calendar

Spring Semester 2014

Classes Begin Tues Jan 21

Last Day to Drop with no Financial Obligation Mon Feb 10

Grade of “WD” is Given if Class is Dropped Mon March 3

Last Day to Drop Course/Withdraw from School Fri April 25

Spring Break Mon-Fri March 24-30

Final Examinations Mon-Fri May 12-16

How to Contact?

Systems EngineeringContact Information

Dr. Cihan Dagli, Founder and Director Systems Engineering Graduate Program Phone: (573) 647-9125 E-Mail: dagli@mst.edu

http://dce.mst.edu/credit/degrees/systems.html

For Registration and Admissions:Vicki Gibbons, Manager of Graduate Student ServicesPhone: (573) 341-4892 / Toll Free: 1-877-678-1870Fax: (573) 202-2396E-Mail: vgibbons@mst.edu / URL: http://dce.mst.edu

For Department Contact:Theresa Busch or Karen G. Swope, Graduate Student ServicesFax: (573) 341-6990E-Mail: syseng@mst.edu; URL: http://emse.mst.edu

For Course Delivery: Video Communications CenterPhone: (573) 341-6490 / Fax: (573) 341-6993 E-Mail: vcchelp@mst.edu / URL: http://vcc.mst.edu/