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SYSE-801 Systems Engineering Principles
Campus RCMS
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title Systems Engineering Principles
Course Code SYSE-801
Credit Hours 3-0
Pre-Requisutes
Course Objectives The purpose of the course is to help students learn to think like systems engineers. Specifically, the students will learn:
  • A hierarchical model of complex systems, composed of a set of commonly occurring building blocks or components.
  • A system life cycle model derived from existing models but more explicitly related to evolving engineering activities and participants.
  • A model of the steps in the Systems Engineering method and their iterative application to each phase of the life cycle.
  • A concept of ‘materialization’ that represents the stepwise evolution of an abstract concept to an engineered, integrated and validated system.
  • Specific responsibilities of systems engineers as they evolve during the system life cycle and the scope of
Detail Content
  • Foundations of Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Engineering & the world of modern systems
  • Systems Engineering Landscape
  • The system development process
  • System Engineering management
  • Concept Development stage
  • Needs Analysis
  • Concept Exploration
  • Concept Definition
  • Decision Analysis & Support
  • Engineering Development stage
  • Advanced Development
  • Software Systems Engineering
  • Engineering Design
  • Integration & Evaluation
  • Post Development Stage
  • Production
  • Operations & Support
  • Retirement & Disposal
Text/Ref Books
  • Kossiakoff, A., Sweet, W. N., Seymour, S. J., Biemer, S. M., Systems Engineering Principles & Practice, 2nd ed. Wiley Series, NewJersy, 2011.
  • Blanchard, Benjamin S., Fabrycky, Walter J., Systems Engineering and Analysis, 5th ed. Prentice Hall International Series, 2010.
  • Various handouts and research papers.
Time Schedule Fall 2015
Faculty/Resource Person Dr Salman Shahid
PhD (USQ Australia)
Discipline : Biomedical
Specialization: Bioelectromagnetics