WELCOME to
System Technology
Introduction
What is a system?
Definition: A set or arrangement of things that are related and form an organic whole. Relationships tie the system together.
Now that we have a definition, what is it? It is almost everything. A system is composed of smaller systems or components that work together (hopefully) to perform a function. There are many social systems including your town, state, country. There is an educational system, a highway system, a utility system. Your television, computer, car, and your home are all systems. The F-18 aircraft is a system with many subsystems such as radar, flight control, weapon control, and vision systems.
What is systems engineering?
Definition: Systems engineering is applying engineering efforts to customer needs and transforming them into a description of product performance and physical realization.
In applying systems engineering to a system design, the first objective is to define the customer needs and wants. From this, the requirements are specified. Utilizing good systems engineering means that during the design there are the technical considerations plus many other considerations including cost, installation, usability, reliability, maintainability, safety, human factors, government regulations, and risk. All of these are analyzed over the life of the system. The life of the system is the total duration of the use of the system, until it is disposed.
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Please read the project report given above (it is a large file, so please allow time to download)
The following paragraph summarizes some of the information in the project report.
The report gives a unique approach to using Venn diagrams to analyze the design sample space. Information regarding alleviating risk during the system design is discussed. The robust system is demonstrated as the preferred system over the optimal system. Subsystems and components which are acquired from outside suppliers have variations in their parameters which are not obvious but need to be understood.
The report includes a section entitled Tools and Best Practices on page 15. The student is asked to select three of the topics in this section, go to a website reference below, and develop definitions of these tools.
Explain how the use of these tools is beneficial in systems engineering design.
Send the above information to your professor at their email address or to the author at the following email address: mailto:systech@gte.net. There should be a minimum of one paragraph responding to number 2 and one paragraph responding to number 3 above.
Taguchi methods http://www.amsup.com/taguchi_methods/index.htm Utility theory http://www.gsu.edu/~dscthw/8350/03sched.htm House of quality http://www.isixsigma.com/dictionary/House_of_Quality-371.htm Quality function deployment http://www.amsup.com/qfd/index.htm Exponential distribution http://www.weibull.com/AccelTestWeb/exponential_distribution.htm Weibull distribution http://www.weibull.com/AccelTestWeb/weibull_distribution.htm Histograms http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue12/relbasics12.htm Pareto charts http://www.hanford.gov/safety/vpp/pareto.htm
Assignments in EDTC613 Integrated Technology Learning Environment:
Introduction to Technology Rich Learning Environment for Systems Engineering
Assignment 1: Instructional Display, Museum Reaction
Instructional Display, 4 Hour House, INCOSE Video, Video Not Included Here
Assignment 3: Media Resource List
Assignment 4: Online Mentoring - Using Systems Engineering to Design a Fish Pond
Assignment 5: Cultural Connections - Systems Engineering: Human Factors
Assignment 7: Multimedia Workstation - University Offered Systems Engineering Programs
Assignment 9: Instructional Environment
Dr. Ramo on Systems Engineering, TRW Video, Video Not Included Here
System Reliability (PP), (Excel), need both
Richland College Course Presentations
Math 1414.8016 - College Algebra