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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
Pre-Requisutes UG level courses of Engineering.
Course Objectives
  • 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 what a systems engineer must know to perform these effectively.
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
Course Outcomes
  • After the course, the students from various mono-disciplinary Engineering backgrounds will be able to identify special functions and responsibilities of systems engineers in comparison with those of systems analysts, design specialists, test engineers, project managers and other members of the systems development team.
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
Faculty/Resource Person Lecturer - Fawad Khan