NPSSystems Engineering

An OverviewFor CESUN – April 2008

Prof. Charles N. (Chuck) Calvano

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Department Overview

• 18 faculty, 3 research staff, 2 admin staff– 8 TT, 10 NTT– Mix of academic, industry, military backgrounds– SE Faculty include many familiar with Navy and industry:

• Chuck Calvano, Paul Shebalin, Cliff Whitcomb, David Hart, Mike Green, Greg Miller, Matt Boensel, Mark Rhoades, Rachel Goshorn

• Bob Harney, Tom Huynh, Ed Kujawski, Bill Solitario, Gary Langford• No military faculty; seeking as a valuable addition

• 362 students, as of today, counting all five business lines– 23 in resident MSSE

• 18 US Navy, 3 international students, 2 US Army– 240 in DL MSSE (almost entirely civilians)

• Navy lab engineers, Other DOD technical organizations, Limited Defense Contractor numbers

– 48 in non-resident certificate program– 51 in non-resident MS SE Management/Acquisition program

• Department is five years old• Growing pains include facilities, labs, roles with respect to other

departments and Meyer Institute of SE

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NPS Systems Engineering Programs

SE Certificate282DL and resident

4 quarters

4 courses

Integrated Project(in courses)

2 cohorts/year

30 per cohort

48 students

MSSE311DL

8 quarters

16 courses

Project

4 cohorts/year

30 per cohort

202 students ramping to 240

MSSE580Resident

9 quarters(with refresher)

36 courses

Project and Thesis

1 cohort/year

12 per cohort

23 onboard

MSSEM (PD21)721DL

8 quarters

16 courses

Thesis

1 cohort/year

20-25 per cohort

51 students

MSSEA308Resident

6 quarters(with embedded refresher)

SE/OR Joint

24 courses

Project

2 cohorts/year

20 per cohort

34 students

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Role of 580

• Resident MSSE is the flagship curriculum for SE department– Greatest depth– Greatest breadth– Serves as residential center of excellence for common core

courses delivered to non-resident audiences– Educates the technical leadership of tomorrow’s Navy

• Non-resident DL MSSE reaches larger numbers– Great potential impact on Navy/DoD workforce– Somewhat less breadth and depth– Builds on students’ stronger eng’g work experience– Educates the technical workforce

• Resident MS in SE Analysis (with OR) has high visibility– Major capstone projects

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Some of the initiatives underway in SE

• Establishing satellite programs to deliver SE education at locations with concentration– Patuxent River in March 08 (actually this week)– Others for FY09, including MARCORSYSCOM,

NAVSEA, and SPAWAR

• Programs in management of Modeling and Simulation– Degree and certificate

• Developing tracks around domains of application

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NPS Unique

• Navy graduate education is to provide skills needed for Navy billets– A sponsor determines which billets under his control

require certain skills; Billets get coded (“P” code)– Sponsor provides Educational Skill Requirements

(ESRs)

• NPS develops/offers programs to meet ESRs– Degree included in program -- attractive to student– In most cases, ESR course requirements exceed

degree requirements– Graduate gets a subspecialty (“P”) code– Personnel system tries to match grads to billets

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Systems / Systems / ComponentsComponents

Enterprise Enterprise TranslatesTranslatesOperational Concepts Operational Concepts CapabilitiesCapabilities

Enterprise FocusEnterprise Focus

Capability FocusCapability Focus

Design, Build, Test FocusDesign, Build, Test Focus

MissionMission

SoS / FoSSoS / FoSPlatform / Net CentricPlatform / Net Centric

Systems Engineering Hierarchy*

TranslatesTranslatesCapabilities Capabilities System Requirements System Requirements

TranslatesTranslatesSystem Requirements System Requirements End Items End Items

Establishing Hierarchal Framework is Important DoD Acquisition NeedsEstablishing Hierarchal Framework is Important DoD Acquisition Needs

MissionPlatform + Net Centric

SoSIntegration

PlatformAir Land Sea

Net CentricIC4I, IWS, …

Systems, Components, Equipment, Materials,

Software, etc.

Strike

BallisticMissile Defense

Anti-Air Warfare

Electronic Warfare

Anti-Submarine

Warfare

Mine Warfare

*Source: ASN(RDA) Brief of 5 APR 2007

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Different Sets of Systems Engineering Practitioners

• “Sponsor-level” systems engineering is what allows the Joint Capability Integration and Development System to define effective operational concepts, mission architectures, and conceptual alternatives.– Pentagon (Unrestricted Line Officer and Senior Civilian) -focused– Identifying, analyzing, and documenting required “capabilities”

• “Acquirer-level” systems engineering is what allows Acquisition Programs to meet cost, schedule, performance, and suitability goals for systems of systems and families of systems.– Acquisition Workforce-focused – Military and Civilian– Emphasis on Risk Management and Alternatives Evaluation

• “Developer-level” systems engineering is what allows Development Projects to successfully meet contract/project requirements.– Laboratory-, Warfare Center-, and Contractor-focused (mostly civilian)– Synthesis of “system-level-optimal” and “engineering-feasible” designs

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Approach

• Develop ABET-Accredited, Resident MSSE Degree Program to Start July 2006 (Done – Curric 580, MSSE – ABET to come)

• Tailored programs to align with Navy needs and customers– One Common Set of MSSE Courses for various programs– Tailored Track Courses

• Start with three domain tracks– Ship Systems Engineering– Network-Centric Systems Engineering– Combat Systems Engineering

• Discipline tracks (EE, MAE, e.g.) also available• Minimize impact on existing curricula, draw on existing NPS courses

where possible• Develop and/or adjust courses where necessary • Establish appropriate SE core to support SE discipline, sponsor

needs, faculty P&T needs, SE research

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Current Update Motivations

• Students for the 580 resident MSSE curriculum arrived with better backgrounds than anticipated, changing assumptions used in curricular design.

• We desire to align on and off campus degree programs better.

• We seek to achieve ‘unity of command’ for key SE course offerings by placing them in the SE department

• Hidden motive here• Sponsor briefed and concurred in November 2007.

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Revised 580 Matrix

Math I for SE Math II for SE Fund of Mech Systems Fund of E-M Systems 4 4 4 40 0 2 2SE3100 NW3230 Domain Core Domain Core SI3810Fundamentals of SE Strategy & Policy Domain Track Domain Track SE Seminar3 4 3 3 02 2 2 2 2SE3302 SE3011 Domain Core Domain Core SI3810Systems Suitability Engineering Economics and Cost EstimationDomain Track Domain Track SE Seminar3 3 3 3 02 0 2 2 2SE3303 OS3401 Domain Core OS4580 SI3810Systems Assessment Human Factors in System DesignDomain Track Logistics Systems AnalysisSE Seminar3 3 3 4 02 1 2 0 2SI3400 OS4680 Domain Core SE4XXX SI3810Eng Project ManagementNaval Systems AnalysisDomain Track Capability EngineeringSE Seminar3 4 3 3 02 0 2 2 2SE0811 ME4702 Domain Core SE4003 SI3810Thesis Eng Risk Benefit AnalysisDomain Track Software Systems EngineeringSE Seminar0 3 3 3 08 2 2 2 2SE0811 OA4603 Domain Core SE4002 SI3810Thesis Test & Evaluation Domain Track System Architecting & DesignSE Seminar0 4 3 3 08 0 2 2 2SE0811 SE0811 Domain Core SE4004 SI3810Thesis Thesis Domain Track Systems Integration & DevelopmentSE Seminar0 0 3 4 08 8 2 2 2

Refresher ESR SE JPMESE Prerequisite Design/Project ThesisCore SE SE Seminar Domain

Summer Refresher

Fall

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Spring

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NPS MSSE Resident and DL Common courses

Fundamentals of Systems Engineering

Fundamentals of Engineering Project Management

Capability Engineering

System Suitability

System Architecture and Design

Systems Integration and Development

Systems Assessment

Engineering Economics and Cost Estimation

Software Systems Engineering

Logistics Engineering (SE)

Human Systems Engineering (SE)

Systems Analysis (SE)

Engineering Risk (SE)

Test and Evaluation (SE)

Domain/Track - Cohesive combination of engineering, ops research, acquisition, or management topics

Individual Thesis

Domain/Track - Cohesive combination of engineering, ops research, acquisition, or management topics

Individual Thesis or Team Based Project

ESR

Resident (580) DL (311)

5800 P-Code Not Required

Common SE Core Topics for

All MSSE, accords with

INCOSE

Requires Minimum of 6 Quarters(Full Time)

Requires Minimum of 8 Quarters(Part Time)

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Tracks

• SE department will continue to offer domain tracks in combat systems engineering, ship systems engineering, and network-centric systems engineering.– Will use existing SE and other GSEAS courses to assemble, particularly

TSSE– Conforms to sponsor’s guidance from last fall

• Other departments have been encouraged to offer disciplinary tracks and to support existing or new domain tracks for other customers

• DL program has expressed interest in four of the course tracks listed on next slide– Interest is predominantly for domain tracks– Some would need major development to be offered

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SESG Proposed Tracks for DL programs

• Human Systems Integration• Test and Evaluation• Mission Systems Engineering• Shipyard/Waterfront

Engineering• Total Ship Systems

Engineering• Land and Amphibious Systems

Engineering

• C4ISR SE• Weapons SE• Reliability Eng.• Logistics Eng.• Safety Eng.• Network Centric Systems• System of Systems

Engineering• Aviation Systems• Software Engineering

Currently being considered – not all will be implemented

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What is changing?

• We are updating the common core courses• We are embedding the project in the core sequence• We are lengthening the domain track

– Allows electives, prerequisites, or greater depth in track

• We have shortened overall time from 9 quarters to 8 quarters while increasing SE and technical depth.– Savings to relevant Navy accounts and mission funds– Less disruptive to officer student quality of life: summer rotations

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Some Current Resident MSSE Thesis Topics

• LCDR Keith Ruegger– A Unified Architecture Development Framework for Netcentric Operations Systems.– Huynh

• LCDR Mike Erickson– A Vulnerability Analysis of Helicopters in Iraq. A helicopter vulnerability analysis based on information

in the Combat Data Reporting System (CDIRS) data base and with interviews with the Joint Combat Assessment Teams (JCAT).

– Hart/Adams• LCDR Cinda Brown

– Effects of Budget Allocation on Cost Uncertainty Models for Naval vessels. This is in conjunction with Professor Kujawski's research:

– Kujawski/Angelis• LT Mark Aaragon

– Integration of Remote Automated Position Identification System (RAPIDS) into current and future naval systems using systems engineering, specifically the spiral process model.

– Whitcomb/Paulo• LT Chris Epp

– Port Defense from Hostile Cargo Ships. Develop a system of systems to counter attacks by rogue or pirated merchant vessels on coastal infrastructures

– Huynh/Khoo• LT Judd Southworth

– A Systems Architecting Approach to Designing Combat Salvage and Diving Mission Packages. Whitcomb/Papoulias

• LT Chris Addington– Ship Survivability. Investigate advanced methods to accomplish ship survivability analyses in early

stage design.– Adams/Whitcomb

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Current 580 Student Projects• Architecture Study for Future Amphibious Warfare

– Considering the future of shipbuilding, what is possible for a future architecture to accomplish amphibious warfare, given the need to reduce the dependency on the current use of multiple platforms to accomplish the missions. In conjunction with TSSE.

– LCDR Mike Erickson, LCDR Cinda Brown, LT Chris Epp, LT Judd Southworth• Application of Sound Systems Engineering Principles to the Insertion of

Future Force Technologies– Enhance operational capabilities and accelerate development of breakthrough

technologies, and evaluate these technologies for their possible contribution as way-stations to the future force. Essentially, evolutionary acquisition of large, complex weapons systems results in certain enabling technologies to spiral out periodically for insertion into the future force.

– LT Mark Aragon, LT Chris Addington• International Maritime Immersive Collaboration Center (IMIC2) & Virtual

Maritime Operations Center (VMOC)– Project born while LT Koszarek was an Associate Fellow with the CNO’s

Strategic Studies Group (SSG) last year. Project is about building partnerships and using those partnerships to affect change. The platform I will be developing is tied to a very specific technology, the immersive virtual environment (IVE), but the concept behind it is universal for anyone engaged in the success of the Global Maritime Partnership both today and tomorrow.

– LCDR Keith Ruegger, LT Kiah Rahming, LT Will Koszarek

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Quality assurance plan

• Student Observations Forms – every student, every course, every quarter

• Student feedback sessions – each student cohort, every quarter, discussing every course and quality of life issues

• Informal sensing• Action items managed in spreadsheet by AA; resolution

tracked• Complicated for courses not controlled in department• Making progress; continuously improving

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ABET status

• Other three programs had their review last fall (EE, ME, AE); next review in 2013

• ABET requires longitudinal data on graduates as part of review

• We plan to request off-cycle review in 2010• Known issues at this time

– Must clearly delineate between ABET and non-ABET programs internally and externally; plan to address with separate degree names

– Must continue to document undergraduate ABET equivalency– Outcome assessment is key, and will involve sponsor feedback– No ‘show stoppers’

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NAVAIR and other SYSCOM Expansion

• DL programs are beginning rapid growth at request of ASN RDA and SYSCOMS– 90 students started in FY06– 120 in FY07– 150 in FY08– 240 in FY09– 360 in FY10 and out

• Mix includes ‘embedded faculty’ in SYSCOMs for local face-to-face instruction– Faculty research closely aligned/supported by SYSCOM

• Different set of entrance requirements• Predominantly civilians, but significant officer component

– Naval Test Pilot Graduates, in particular– Variants of 580 p-code being developed by NAVAIR– Billets have already been coded– RDML Eastburg is the NAVAIR champion

By FY2011:800 DL students100 Resident

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SEA Curriculum

QTR 1 SEI1001 SE2003 SE1002 SE2101

su/ w Math I for SEFundamentals of

Mechanical Systems

Math II for SEFundamentals of Electromagnetic

Systems

Foundation Skills

15-7 (4-2) (4-2) (3-1) (4-2) SE Thread

QTR 2 SE3100 SE3112 OS3180 NW3275 SE4000 SA Thread

f/ sp

Systems Engineering

Fundamentals

Combat Technology I

(Sensors)

Probability and Statistics for

Systems EngineersJMO I Seminar Technology

16-3 (3-2) (3-0) (4-1) (4-0) (2-0) JPME

QTR 3 SI3400 CC300X OS3680 NW3276 SE4000 Project

w/ su

Engineering Project

Management C4ISR

Naval Tactical Analysis

JMO II Seminar

13-6 (3-4) (3-0) (3-0) (2-2) (2-0)

QTR 4 SE3302 SE3113 OS3380 OS4680 SE4000

sp/ f System SuitabilityCombat

Technology II (Weapons)

Combat Systems Simulation

Naval Systems Analysis

Seminar

15-3 (3-2) (3-0) (3-1) (4-0) (2-0)

QTR 5 SE3303 SE4115 OA 4602 NW3230 SE0810 SE4000

su/ wSystem

Assessment

Combat Technology Integration

Joint Campaign Analysis

Strategy & Policy Integrating Project Seminar

16-14 (3-2) (3-2) (4-0) (4-2) (0-8) (2-0)

QTR 6 SE0810 SE0810 NW3285 SE0810 SE4000

f/ sp Integrating Project Integrating Project NSDM Integrating Project Seminar

6-24 (0-8) (0-8) (4-0) (0-8) (2-0)

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The Meyer Institute of System Engineering (MISE)

• Established in 2001, one of three NPS Institutes which report to Dean of Research

• Faculty primary appointment may be in MISE or a department– Many SE faculty have joint appointment to MISE

• To identify major DOD problems/needs for interdisciplinary campus-wide analysis

• Assemble teams of faculty and students– Teams of Teams addressing major systems problems

• Notable early successes– Seabasing (92 students 18 faculty (7 departments))– Force Protection (various scenarios)– Joint Expeditionary Logistics, others

• Process being reinvigorated

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Navy Problem

InstituteN

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xpertise“Customer” with a problem

NPS Student/Faculty Project

Project Leadership

The Meyer Institute of System EngineeringFounding Vision

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Navy Problem

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xpertise“Customer” with a problem

NPS Student/Faculty Project

Project Leadership

The Meyer Institute of System EngineeringFounding Vision

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MISE Associated Chair Professors

• Chair, Undersea Warfare– RADM (Ret.) Ray Jones – Director, NPS USW Research Center

• Chair, Expeditionary and Mine Warfare– RDML (Ret.) Rick Williams– Assistant Director, NPS USW Research Center

• Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Industry Chair– Visiting Professor Bill Solitario (Primary Appointment to the SE

Department)

Questions?

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DoD SE Reference Curriculum

• Developed at Stevens Institute of Technology– Sponsored by DoD

Chief Systems and Software Engineer, OSD (AT&L)