645.662 Introduction To Systems Engineering
Lecture 1A
Introduction & Administration
Title
Introduction & Administration
Presentation ID
645.662
Target Course
Introduction to Systems Engineering
Author
Will Devereux
Date Originated
1/21/19
Current Version
1128.v2
Date of Current Version
08/04/2022
Last Updated By
Will Devereux
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Module 1A Goals
At the end of this lecture students should be able to:
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Identify the instructors and how to contact them
Learn a bit about Johns Hopkins
Understand the course philosophy, objectives, outline, and organization
Know where to find, and understand the importance of, the Course Syllabus
Know where to find, and understand the importance of, the Course Outline
Know where to find all other important course information
Identify the Textbook and other required and optional documents
Know of the various online tools needed for the course
Know where to find help and support
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645.662 Introduction to Systems Engineering
Instructors
Will Devereux
C. Thompson Pardoe
Gary Honea
Work:
Cell:
E-mail:
Home:
Cell:
E-mail:
Work:
Cell:
E-mail:
(240) 228-6509
(301) 943-6907
will.devereux@jhu.edu
(410)-489-4196
(240)-446-8989
cpardoe1@jhu.edu
(520) 663-9951
(520) 471-1352
ghonea1@jh.edu
Instructor Bios are on Canvas
Feel free to reach out to any one of us, or all of us!!!!
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Today’s Agenda
• Brief Introduction to Johns Hopkins & APL
Will
• Instructors’ Bios
Will, Tom, Gary
• Introduction and Administration Specifics
Will
• Student Introductions
You
• Module 1B – 1H Lectures
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Margaret Johns – married – Gerard Hopkins
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Their son, Johns Hopkins, was the grandfather of
THE Johns Hopkins
• Born 1795
• Left school at age 12 to work on his family’s farm until age 17
• Went to Baltimore, starting a mercantile house* at age 24
• 1867 incorporated The Johns Hopkins University and Hospital
• 1873 at his death bequeathed his $7M estate equally to both
- At the time, the largest philanthropic bequest in U.S. history
Johns Hopkins University: the first American research University
* privately financed commercial enterprise dealing in the import and export of goods
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If…
someone tells you
he got his degree
from John Hopkins
University, check
his transcript very
carefully.
Johns Hopkins University
Schools and Divisions
A Brief Introduction to APL
APL
Mission
Areas
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A Brief Introduction to APL
APL
Mission
Areas
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APL’s Space Exploration Sector
4 August 2022
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Johns Hopkins University
Engineering for Professionals
Instructor Bio
William S. Devereux
JHU/APL
Will Devereux
Professional Background
• BSEE University of Maryland, 1980
After a few
months
of COVID
WFH
After many
months
of COVID
WFH
• MSEE JHU, 1983
• APL career (4 decades, and counting…)
• Started with RF, analog, and digital design; microprocessor designs, assembly language programming (Mostly
GPS tracking and navigation receivers)
• Moved to flight hardware systems used for independent developmental T&E for brilliant pebbles,
independent operational T&E for SLBM guidance systems, RVs, etc.
• Led development of space-based GPS Navigation System on NASA’s TIMED spacecraft (2001 - …)
• Instrument Manager for PEPSSI instrument on New Horizons – Historic Pluto Flyby in July, 2015
• APL Space Exploration Sector line management
• Systems Engineering group supervisor (5 years)
• Engineering and Technology Branch supervisor (10+ years)
• Space Systems and Analysis Branch Supervisor (2014 – 2021)
• JHU Whiting School of Engineering, Engineering for Professionals program
• Program Manager for Academics, Space systems Engineering Program since early 2018
• Instructor: Space Systems Engineering; Systems Engineering (in the SE program) and academic advising
Personal Interests
• Lots of home remodeling (after early career in home building)
and upkeep on my small horse farm
• Was very involved parent raising two athletic daughters
(coaching, playing, driving, watching…)
• “Weekend warrior” athlete has yielded to basic workout
activities and …Triathlons On injured reserve now…
• Hiking, skiing, sky diving (well, once…)
• 2 Adult daughters, two granddaughters
• Remarried with 3 stepchildren!!!!!
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Engineering for Professionals
Instructor Bio
Tom Pardoe
JHU/APL (retired)
Tom Pardoe - Professional Background
• JHU/BSE (electrical) (’65)
• APL career (40 years)
• Predominantly Hardware Design
• Probably only design engineer at APL to have done deep submergence
electronics, surface ship electronics, ground support equipment, USAF flight
qualified hardware, and space hardware.
• Space Program Management
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Apollo Ground Support System
Mid Course Space Experiment
MESSENGER and HELIX (STEREO) Proposals
Space Instruments, Space Radar
Black Programs
• … I’d rather be foxhunting
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Personal Interests
• I am retired which allows me to be really choosey!
• Teaching this class, occasionally SM-1, and PM-3 in the Summer session keeps a
level of mental stimulus that is fun
• Project Instructor for “Partnership” SM-4 Project
• Project mentor for individual SM-4
• “Riding to hounds” twice a week from September to March takes care of the
physical activity
• Activity with the Lions Club International organization fulfills a need for
community involvement
• A twenty-two year old grandson takes care of any “free” time I might have left
• A lot of cooking (not just on the grill) accounts for what is left.
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Johns Hopkins University
Engineering for Professionals
Instructor Bio
Gary Honea
Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Professional Background
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B.S.A.E. 1990, M.S.M.E. 1992 both at University of Arizona
Mechanical Engineer P.E. License in State of Arizona 1998
Private Pilot License 1991
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, May 1992-Aug 1992
• Mars Rover – Sojourner Prototype (Rocky)
• Pima Community College, Aug 1993 – Dec 1993
• Adjunct Professor in mathematics
• M3 Engineering & Technology Corporation, Feb 1994-Feb 1996
• Project/Mechanical Engineer
• Mining and Observatories
• Hughes/Raytheon Missile Systems/RMD Feb 1996 – on
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Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile BLK-1
AIM-9X
Advanced Cruise Missile
Miniature Air Launched Decoy - Navy
Joint Stand-Off Weapon
Systems Test Department Manager
Air Power Mission Area Test Architect
• JHU Raytheon Instructor Aug 2021 - on
Personal Interests
• Married to my best friend of 32 years (also Tucson native)
• Joanna is the Executive Director of a private/charter school
• I am the chief volunteer
• Daughter is a test engineer with Paragon Space
• Son is a fireman/paramedic with Northwest Fire
• Hobbies include
• Music
• Triathlon
• 2 times Ironman (retired)
• Mountain biking
• Trail running
• Amateur chef
• Land Rover mechanic
• Life-long learner
• Skeptical empiricist
• Role Models
• Julius Caesar
• Marcus Aurelius
• Abraham Lincoln
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Joanna Honea
• Dave Grohl
Course Philosophy
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Instructors are part time, bringing varying experiences and perspectives to supplement the course
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Focus is on practical real world application of Systems Engineering (SE)
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Reflected in academic format
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Objectives-based learning
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We strongly encourage and will facilitate substantive and regular interactions and communication
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Use of Online Materials and Tools
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Between instructors and students
Between students
Lectures and support material on Canvas
Quizzes and homework on Canvas
MS Teams, accessed from Canvas, or app on computer, phone, iPad/tablet
“Live” synchronous weekly office hours, via Teams, recorded for asynchronous viewing
Team-based project
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Learning Objectives 1
What you should get out of this course:
• An understanding of what a system is, as well as the various levels that comprise a System’s hierarchy
• The ability to define the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - generic and sponsor-specific
• The ability to understand and describe the various steps in the Systems Engineering (SE) process
• The ability to understand and describe how the SE process is applied throughout the SDLC
• The ability to identify and describe the technical management tools used to assist the SE, including:
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Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP)
Risk Management (RM)
Configuration Management (CM)
AoA and Trade Studies
Modeling & Simulation (M&S)
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
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Learning Objectives 2
What you should be able to do after this course:
• Understand the alternative types of SDLCs and how to identify similarities among them
• Understand the relationship between Specialist Engineering, Project Management, and Systems Engineering
• Differentiate between the types of requirements and apply techniques for writing good requirements
• Perform functional analysis (FA) and develop FA diagrams; e.g., Functional Block Diagrams and N2 diagrams
• Allocate functions to components, and understand when in the SE process to perform “design”
• Develop physical block diagrams
• Describe the importance of interfaces between similar elements (e.g. functions) and the relationships between
elements of a different class (e.g. functions and components)
• Identify, analyze, assess, and write risks and develop mitigations
• Understand the different types of trade studies, and when and how to use them
• Understand and describe the application of the SE process for a complex system development effort
• Apply these systems engineering concepts to the preliminary analysis and definition of complex space systems
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Learning Objectives 3
What you will not get out of this course:
• A specific pre-defined roadmap for the development of a complex system
• There is no magic cookbook
• An in-depth discussion of the technical subjects encountered developing complex systems
• Follow-on courses and electives, post-master’s training, and on-the-job training can provide that, if
that is what you wish
• Everything you need to know to become a competent SE
• There is no substitute for direct experience
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Lecture Formatting
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Most lectures begin with the “Big Picture” view of the SDLC
The specific lecture content will be identified in the “Big Picture” view to give
students a better understanding of where the lecture content is applicable.
Example Topic
Physical Definition
Concept Development
Needs
Analysis
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Concept
Exploration
Concept
Definition
Engineering Development
Advanced
Development
Engineering
Design
Integration
& Evaluation
Post Development
Production
Operations
& Support
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Text Book
Systems Engineering: Principles and Practice
Author:
Kossiakoff, Alexander, et al
ISBN-13:
978-1119516668
ISBN-10:
1119516668
Edition/Copyright:
3rd ed., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
Sons, Inc.
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Note: 3rd ed. is new as of Mid-2020
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NASA SE Handbook
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Rev 1 released in 2006
Rev 2 released in 2016
Introduction
Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
The NASA Program Life Cycle
System Design
Product Realization
Crosscutting Technical Management Special Topics
Appendices
NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, Rev 2, 2016
Expanded Guidance for NASA Systems Engineering Volume 1: Systems Engineering Practices
Expanded Guidance for NASA Systems Engineering. Volume 2: Crosscutting Topics, Special Topics, and Appendices
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USAF USSF Space & Missile Systems Center
Space Systems Command
• SMC SSC•
SE Primer & Handbook, 2nd Edition
• Overall, an informative document
• Provides DoD/USAFUSSF space perspective
• Many good templates, outlines, and examples
SMC Systems Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition
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INCOSE SE Handbook
(A great reference)
Membership typically
required for access
Note:
You can register for an INCOSE Store account and
download for your personal use many useful and
informative documents for free
… but not the SE Handbook...
Companion document: Systems Engineering Handbook V4.0 Tutorial
Project Number: INCOSE PITC-2003-01 Product Number: INCOSE-TP-2003-017-02
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Course Overview
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See Course Syllabus on Canvas
• Accessed from “Course Syllabus” (left navigation
pane)
• Provides overview of course in great detail
• Provides coursework requirements
• A Must Read
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Course Organization
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See Course Outline on Canvas
• Accessed from “Modules” (left navigation pane)
• Provides description of course activities in chronological order
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Organized by Module
Shows important dates
Use as a detailed roadmap as you progress thru the course
• Provides description of required student actions and deliverables
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Students can use this as a checklist for each module
• A Must Read
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Online Tools
Canvas: https://jhu.instructure.com/
MS Teams – Collaboration environment
• Channels for various topics
• Supports chat, VTC, document sharing, etc.
MS Teams - multi-participant VTC with
screen sharing
• Used for class meetings
• Used for weekly Office Hours
• Also available for project team meetings
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Course
Organization
Access Course Modules on Canvas
• Contains most activities and materials
needed for each particular segment of the
course
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Overview
Readings
Lectures
Quiz
Homework
Modules released weekly
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Course Outline (1 of 2)
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Course Outline (2 of 2)
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Assignments and Grading
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Course Assignments
• 2 Individual homework assignments
• 5 Individual quizzes
• 1 Mid-Term Exam
• 1 Team Project written report
• 1 Team Project presentation
• Participate in class!
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Two Individual HW Assignments
• Assigned at end of Sessions 3 and 5
• Individual work only
• Cite any external references
• Submit via Canvas
• Single attempt, however exceptions can be made
• Instructor grades and comments on Canvas
• Focus is on Lecture material and Textbook
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A Few Words on Homework
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“Apply everything you learned in kindergarten…”
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Name, assignment number, date…
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Outline your work FIRST
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Don’t just start writing or diagraming
Almost always, you will produce better product in shorter time
Often, it helps to hierarchically develop your thoughts/answers/responses
Make it easy for your instructor to grade your work
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Well, maybe not kindergarten; middle school perhaps
Show that you care about the work you produce
Neat, well organized, on-topic, etc.
Help us help you
Quantity DOES NOT trump quality
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Five Individual Quizzes
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Assigned at the end of Sessions 1-5
Individual work only
Submit via Canvas
Single attempt
T/F, multiple choice, multiple answer, fill in blank
Auto grading on Canvas
Focus is on Lecture material and Textbook
Quizzes are not easy !!!
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Mid-Term Exam
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Assigned at the end of Session 5
Covers material from modules 1 through 5B
Individual work only
Single attempt
Two components:
• Quiz-like questions, auto graded on Canvas
• Systems Analysis Problem
Submit via Canvas
The Mid-Term Exam is a significant undertaking - be prepared!
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Team Project
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Introduced early in the course
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Teams are to develop a conceptual design to address a challenging problem
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Will require application of the principals and approaches covered in course
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As the course progresses, Office Hours (Teams) sessions typically become focused on Project-related discussions
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Written report based on required deliverables
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Presentation via our normal MS Teams venue on the last day of class
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Both written report and presentation package submitted via Canas
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Both written report and slides to have attribution – each section/slide!!!
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Grades reported on Canvas
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Grading
Individual HW Assignments (2) x 10%
Individual Quizzes (5) x 4%
Mid-Term Exam
Team Project Written Report
Team Project Presentation
Class Participation
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20%
25%
15%
10%
10%
100%
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Grading
Final Score
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Late Assignments
Extensions are granted
In general
IF
students have contacted the instructor ahead of the due
date,
AND
The justification for request makes sense
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For an Overview of
General Information about the course
… and Homework
…and Quizzes
…and Project
…and Grading
- See Course Syllabus -
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Summary
• This is an Introductory course to the field of Systems Engineering
• Will not make you an SE expert, but will lay the foundation for you to
become one
• Focus is on total life cycle, SE process and SE tools in general
• Follow on courses will dive into specific SE topics
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Student
Introductions