Systems Engineering Education Workshop; Washington DC; November 2014

系统工程教育研讨会；

• 批准号: 1451743
• 负责人: William Scherer
• 金额: $ 2.76万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-11-01 至 2016-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1451743&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Systems; Engineering; Education; Workshop; Washington

It is widely accepted that systems engineering is a key element of all large engineering projects; however, one estimate is that the Department of Defense alone loses about $200 million per day as a result of poor systems engineering, and other Federal agencies acknowledge that they cannot meet their projected missions using current systems engineering practices. There has been a proliferation of calls for systems engineering, including the Secretary of Defense and the National Academies. Simultaneously over the past 25 years, elements of a theory of systems engineering have emerged. These elements point to an opportunity to formulate systems engineering as a rigorous engineering discipline. The elements span mathematics, economics, business, and psychology, as well as significant elements of engineering and the sciences. Numerous Universities and professional societies offer diverse educational programs and certifications in systems engineering. This workshop on systems engineering education will assist in the unification of these disparate perspectives and help the systems engineering community move forward via improving the overall systems engineering education function.A survey of systems engineering related programs identified a diversity of systems engineering educations programs, without a consensus on how to create better systems engineering processes and the associated underlying educational foundations. The primary purpose of the workshop is to investigate the future of systems engineering education and not conduct a review of the history nor the current state of systems engineering education, but a look forward. The workshop will bring the leaders of the systems engineering community in the US together to investigate the following issues: 1) the needs of government and industry in terms of the tasks and roles that belong to systems engineering, 2) the elements of the skill and knowledge sets required to meet the systems engineering needs, 3) the organization of these elements into coherent systems engineering curricula at all levels, 4) the underlying theories that provide the needed skill and knowledge sets and that will form the basis of systems engineering education, and 5) the knowledge gaps that need to be researched that would enhance systems engineering education. Results of the workshop will be disseminated via a report and an archival publication.

人们普遍认为，系统工程是所有大型工程项目的关键要素;然而，有一项估计是，由于系统工程不佳，仅国防部每天就损失约2亿美元，其他联邦机构承认，他们无法使用当前的系统工程实践来满足其预期任务。 对系统工程的要求越来越多，包括国防部长和国家科学院。 同时在过去的25年里，系统工程理论的要素已经出现。 这些因素指出了一个机会，制定系统工程作为一个严格的工程学科。 这些元素涵盖数学，经济学，商业和心理学，以及工程和科学的重要元素。 许多大学和专业协会提供系统工程方面的各种教育课程和认证。 系统工程教育研讨会将有助于统一这些不同的观点，并帮助系统工程社区通过改善整体系统工程教育功能向前迈进。系统工程相关计划的调查确定了系统工程教育计划的多样性，没有就如何创建更好的系统工程过程和相关的基础教育基础达成共识。 研讨会的主要目的是调查系统工程教育的未来，而不是回顾系统工程教育的历史和现状，而是展望未来。 该研讨会将汇集美国系统工程界的领导者，共同研究以下问题：1）政府和行业在属于系统工程的任务和角色方面的需求，2）满足系统工程需求所需的技能和知识集的要素，3）将这些要素组织成各级连贯的系统工程课程，4）提供所需技能和知识集的基础理论，并将形成系统工程教育的基础，以及5）需要研究的知识差距，将加强系统工程教育。 讲习班的成果将通过一份报告和一份档案出版物传播。