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Fundamentals of Systems Engineering

Prof. Olivier de Weck · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

General introduction to systems engineering using both the classical V-model and the new Meta approach. Topics include stakeholder analysis, requirements definition, system architecture and concept generation, trade-space exploration and concept selection, design definition and optimization, system integration and interface management, system safety, verification and validation, and commissioning and operations. Discusses the trade-offs between performance, lifecycle cost and system operability. Readings based on systems engineering standards and papers. Students apply the concepts of systems engineering to a cyber-electro-mechanical system, which is subsequently entered into a design competition.

Students will prepare a PDR (Preliminary Design Review)-level design intended for the Cansat Competition.This year’s class will be taught in the form of a Small-Private-Online-Course (SPOC) and offered simultaneously to students at MIT under number 16.842 and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) as ENG-421.

Lectures

Class Videos

  1. Session 2: Requirements Definition 1 h 40 min · Video
  2. Session 3: Systems Modeling Languages 1 h 42 min · Video
  3. Session 4: System Architecture and Concept Generation 47 min · Video
  4. Session 5: Concept Selection and Tradespace Exploration 1 h 44 min · Video
  5. Session 6: Design Definition and Multidisciplinary Optimization 1 h 31 min · Video
  6. Session 7: Miscellaneous Topics - MBSE and Introduction to CAD 1 h 36 min · Video
  7. Session 8: Systems Integration and Interface Management 1 h 31 min · Video
  8. Session 9: Verification and Validation 1 h 38 min · Video
  9. Session 10: Commissioning and Operations 1 h 9 min · Video
  10. Session 11: Lifecycle Management 1 h 47 min · Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Teacher
Prof. Olivier de Weck
Term
Fall 2015
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering, Astronomy and space
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Olivier de Weck. Fundamentals of Systems Engineering. Fall 2015. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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