Systems of Systems Engineering
Profession
IEs make processes better in the following ways:
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More efficient and more profitable business
practices
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Better customer service and product quality
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Improved efficiency
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Increased ability to do more with less
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Making work safer, faster, easier, and more
rewarding
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Helping companies produce more products
quickly
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Making the world safer through better
designed products
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Reducing costs associated with new
technologies
Are you drawn towards:
 People
 Solving problems
 System-level analysis
 Complexity
 Unstructured problems
 Leading diverse groups
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John Dasburg - CEO Northwest Airlines
Michael Eskew - CEO UPS
Henry Ford - founder of Ford Motor
Company
Joe Forehand - CEO Accenture
Lee Iacocca - former CEO Chrysler
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Charles O. Holiday - CEO DuPont
Dick Kovacevich - CEO Wells Fargo
Edward Whitacre, Jr - Chairman and CEO of
AT&T
Yun Jong Yong - CEO Samsung Electronics
Mike Duke - President and CEO, Wal-Mart
USA
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Drew Brees - NFL Quarterback
Charles Armstrong - President of Seattle
Mariners
Tom Landry - Former Dallas Cowboys Coach
Maj Gen Robert L. Caslen, Jr - Deputy
Director, War on Terrorism
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Sometimes called systems engineering or
operations engineering or even enterprise
engineering
First autonomous department established in
1908. ME started in 1817, Civil 1835,
Electrical 1882.
Employed Engineers, NSF 2000
There are 276
accredited ME
Programs
Aeronatuical
6%
Other
15%
Civil
16%
Sales
7%
There are 110
accredited
IE programs
Computer
5%
Mechanical
Electrical/
16%
electronics
22%
Industrial
13%
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Currently there are about 201,000 IEs
Projected growth 14-20% between
2006-2016.
The Department of Labor predicts
that by 2016, the US will need:
◦ 89,000 new Industrial Engineers (up from
71,000) in the 2004 study
◦ 45,000 Electrical Engineers (3-6%)
◦ 114,000 Civil Engineers (14-20%)
◦ 58,000 Mechanical Engineers (3-6%)
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Supply and Demand is working for
IEs!
Median Annual Salary ($'s)
Salary Curves by Experience 2005
120000
100000
80000
60000
Civil
40000
Electrical
20000
Industrial
Aerospace
0
9
14
19
24
29
Years Experience
Source: Career Journal.com
Level of responsibility
In charge of programs so extensive and complex as to
require staff and resources of sizable magnitude
Makes decisions and recommendations that are
recognized as authoritative and have a far-reaching
impact
Average total
annual income
$151,237
112,173
Makes decisions and recommendations that are
recognized as authoritative and have an important
impact
98,623
Has full technical responsibility for interpreting,
organizing, executing, and coordinating assignments.
85,531
Applies intensive and diversified knowledge of
engineering principles and practices in broad areas of
assignments and related fields.
73,491
plans and conducts work requiring judgment in the
independent evaluation
61,483
Independently evaluates, selects and applies standard
engineering techniques, procedures and criteria
53,243
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Operations Research
Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Process Engineering
Human Factors
Quality Control
Healthcare systems
Entrepreneurship
Management
Business Minor
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Insights from IEs working in
different jobs in different
industries.
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Involves mathematical analysis and
optimization
◦ Finding the best arrangement of routes for an
airline or delivery organization
◦ Figuring out how to get all the thousands of
supplies to a manufacturing plant or army with the
least cost
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Industrial Engineers are often in charge of
laying out or redesigning manufacturing
lines and designing manufacturing
processes
◦ Where should the next factory be built?
◦ How can an assembly line be reconfigured to
account for the next product model?
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Industrial Engineers learn how to analyze
the flow of information, materials and
people through a system to improve
performance
◦ Analyze how the paperwork flow for a
government program can be improved
◦ Model the flow of people through an emergency
room to improve safety and performance.
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Industrial Engineers study how people
think, move and respond to input in order
to design systems that work well.
◦ Ergonomics is the study of people physical
capabilities
◦ Human Factors emphasizes mental capabilities
◦ Human-Systems Design is the study of how
people interact with mechanical and computer
systems.
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Industrial Engineers know how to
use statistical sampling to
analyze the quality of a product
◦ Many companies employee IE’s to
measure and track their final
products
◦ The trend is to improve quality by
improving the design and
manufacturing process, rather than
fixing problems at the end.
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Industrial Engineers specialize in
looking at the broader picture to
find the root cause of problems.
They often are put in direct
charge of managing and
directing changes that directly
affect worker’s lives.
They understand how to
integrate people into designs.
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Regular Core
Design for Manufacturing
Human Factors/Ergonomics
Engineering Economics
Information System Design
Process Engineering
Quality Control
Senior Project
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Project-intensive
Lots of reading
Less emphasis on obscure mathematics,
more emphasis on applications
Tends towards a business focus
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Friendly, outgoing
Wide interests
Often involved in extracurricular activities
Like to work in teams
Have a broad, engaged
worldview
Love learning new things
Iowa: The Wind Energy Capital
3GW of Wind
Power Capacity
3M people
20 wind energy
companies
Wind Today, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2008
Predictive Engineering
and Power Estimation
Wind Turbine Modeling
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Science
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Practice
realized with
Data Mining
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What to Do With an Old Wind
Farm Equipment?
 Reuse (most preferred)
Restored 1949 VW Bug
 Remanufacture
 Recycle
 Disposal (should disappear)
Life cycle engineering
Multi-Criteria Optimization
Clinical Medicine
Diagnosis of Solitary
Pulmonary Nodules
Water Quality
Courtesy: CDI Project, The University of Iowa
HVAC
Electric
reheat coil
Hydronic
reheat coil
Valve
Damper
Infuser
Diffuser
Zone
Variable air
volume box
Industrial Product Configurator
Innovation
Product/Service
Customers
New product/service
Data
Flash Drive Design
Circular, rectangular,
contoured, stylish
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Cap, lock mechanism, slider,
swing (orthogonal, parallel),
push
Shape
Safety
Carrying mechanism
Multi-functionality
Grip
LED indicator
Orientation indicator
Storage indicator
Yes, no
Keychain, lanyard, pocket
only
Backup, pen, notepad, camera,
multi-connection, security
 Evan Roz
 Anoop Verma
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