Systems Engineering Challenges for Multi-Disciplinary Work Environments

Presentation at Universidad ANDRES BELLO, Santiago, August 17, 2005 By: Mark Austin, (... with help from John Baras, Vimal Mayank, Natasha Shmunis, Shah-An Yang)
Table of Contents	Contact Information and Project Participants
Systems Engineering Challenges and Drivers Our Definition of Systems Engineering Systems Engineering versus Traditional Engineering Disciplines Need for a Fresh Look at Systems Engineering Technical Challenges facing the Practicing Systems Engineer Management Challenges facing the Practicing Systems Engineer Systems Engineering Education/Research at UMCP Graduate-Level Systems Engineering Programs University, Industry and Publishing Components Pathway from Research to Curriculum Development Our Strategy and Approach to Systems Engineering Practice Promote Team-based View of System Development Management of Complexity through Separation of Concerns Promote Use of Visual Modeling Languages Promote Use of Disciplined Design Methodologies Promote Early Detection of Errors Research Topic. Building Architecture Floorplan Design Motivation -- Smart Buildings/Smart Spaces Established Approaches to Floorplan Development UML Representations for Building Floorplans Connecting Requirements to Building Floorplans Prototype Software Implementation	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. E-mail: austin@isr.umd.edu Web: http://www.isr.umd.edu/~austin UMCP Project Participants: Mark Austin, John Baras, Vimal Mayank, Natasha Shmunis, Shah-An Yang. Students in the Master of Science in Systems Engineering (MSSE) and Professional Masters in Systems Engineering (ENPM) program at UMCP. Industry Participants: General Electric Research and Development, Lockheed Martin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.