Systems Engineering
If you wish to acquire new skills but don't have the time to invest in our certificate programs, you may take any of the
following three-credit courses individually:
SYSEN 5110
Applied Systems Engineering
(Fall 2008, August 28-December 19)
This course provides a practical overview of the systems engineering process, including requirements analysis, functional design, structural design, systems analysis, tradeoff analysis, verification, and validation. It uses numerous industrial examples, case studies, and a term project to make the ideas concrete and applicable.
SYSEN 5210
Systems Architecture, Behavior, and Optimization
(Spring 2009, January 19-May 15)
This advanced course explores the graphical and analytical tools that are used within the systems engineering process (simulation, optimization, probability, system dynamics, and design structure matrices). It uses case studies and a term project to illustrate the application of these tools.
SYSEN 5310
Systems Engineering for the Design and Operation of Reliable Systems
(Fall 2008, August 28-December 19)
This course focuses on the tools and techniques for integrating quality, reliability, and durability into the design of complex systems. Topics include: failure mode and effects analysis, quantifying uncertainty about modal parameters, fault trees, event trees, performance metrics, component reliability and accelerated life testing, statistical process control, design of experiments, and response surface methodology.
CEE 6910
Principles of Project Management
(Spring 2009, January 19-May 15)
This core course in project management is designed primarily for people who will manage technical or engineering projects characterized by unusually high levels of uncertainty. Although it focuses on both the "technical" tools of project management and the "human" side of project life, it emphasizes interpersonal skills rather than the optimization of schedules. You should leave the course with the basic skills to become an effective project manager.
CEE 6970
Risk Analysis and Management
(Spring 2009, January 19-May 15)
Through this course you will develop a working knowledge of risk terminology and reliability engineering, analytic tools and models used to analyze environmental and technological risks, and social and psychological risk issues. Discussions address life risks in the United States, historical accidents, natural hazards, threat assessment, transportation risks, industrial accidents, waste incineration, air-pollution modeling, public health, regulatory policy, risk communication, and risk management.
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