Transcript NASA ESMD Systems Engineering Workshop NASA JSC October 16, 17, 2008 How It Started  Fall 2005 - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin visited U of.

NASA ESMD
Systems Engineering Workshop
NASA JSC
October 16, 17, 2008
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How It Started
 Fall 2005 - NASA Administrator Michael
Griffin visited U of Texas at Austin
- Strongly suggested including Systems
Engineering instruction in engineering
programs.
 ASE Department Chair invited Ms. Lisa Guerra of NASA ESMD
to UT Austin to accomplish this task.
 Texas Space Grant was asked to facilitate the workshop and
dissemination of the course materials
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Preliminary Events
 2006-Present – Ms. Lisa Guerra (NASA ESMD)
 IPA from NASA to UT Austin
 Extensive Systems Engineering experience
 Surveyed Systems Engineering Curricula across US (2006-07)
 Developed Space-focused Course Modules (2006-07)
 Space Capstone Design Course in Fall 2007
 Pilot “Intro. To Systems Engineering” Course in Spring 2008
 2006-2007 – Curriculum Revision Opportunity
 Increased Space Flight Technical Area from 7 to 13 hours
 “Intro to Systems Engineering” a required course in Tech Area
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Systems Engineering Workshop
 Planned for August 2008 at JSC
 Cancelled by “Hurricane” Eduardo (JSC closed for one day)
 Re-Scheduled for October 2008 at JSC
 Hurricane Ike
 Hilton at JSC severely damaged
 A miracle – Hilton was operationaL
 Conference was held as scheduled
 70+ Attendees
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Workshop Activities
 Assembly of faculty associated with systems engineering and
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space design
Importance of Systems Engineering to NASA
Description of course materials created during project
Description of how course integrated into undergraduate
curriculum
Panel -- student SE interns and their JSC mentors
Panel – faculty who would use materials
Course Topics / Modules
• Project Life Cycles
• Project Scoping
• Concepts of Operations
• System Hierarchy
• Requirements
• Functional Analysis
• Trade Studies
• Design Margins
• Costs / Risks / Verification and Validation
• Technical Reviews , etc.
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Fall 2008
 Transition Period
 Systems Engineering
 Required for Space Flight Option (roughly half of students in
department)
 Spacecraft/Mission Design Course
 Have 4 students with Systems Engineering background
 Four Design Teams
 Mid-Semester Presentations just finished
 Content / Maturity much improved over previous semesters
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Curriculum Expectations
• Better understand the “whole picture”
• Aware of the importance of subsystems and interfaces
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between them
View from multiple perspectives
Understand the importance of requirements
Understand the concept of “unintended consequences”
Earlier focus on problem identification and solving
• Last week – mid-term design reviews – much more
complete and mature than ever before
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Materials
 Materials are on a CD
 Contacts:
 [email protected]
 [email protected]
 [email protected]
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QUESTIONS?
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Space Flight Technical Area
 Basic Courses include one course:
 2/3 Orbital Mechanics + 1/3 Attitude Dynamics
 Courses in Technical Area
 Advanced Orbital Mechanics Course (3)
 Attitude Mechanics Course (3)
 Spacecraft Subsystems Modeling Laboratory (1)
 Systems Engineering Course (3)
TOTAL 13 Semester Credit Hours
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S/C Systems Modeling Lab
 Replaces Space Applications Lab
 Replaced material goes into Advanced Orbital Mechanics
course
 Focus on Spacecraft Subsystems
 Working Knowledge of Subsystems
 Preliminary Sizing
 Estimating Performance
 Modeling and Simulation Techniques
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One Hour Project Credits
• Up to six one-hour credits (one per semester) for non-class
related project participation.
– Satellite build projects
– Design – Build – Fly Projects
– Student participation in research projects
• Hours accumulate along with COOP hours for technical
elective credit.
• Previously, students received no formal credit for these
efforts.
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