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2018-2019 University Catalog 
    
2018-2019 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ARO 2011L - Fundamentals of Systems Engineering and Design Laboratory (1)


History, purpose and science of systems engineering. The system life cycle and systems thinking. Needs and requirements analysis. Risk and opportunity management. Consideration of ethical, social, economic contemporary issues and environmental factors on system design constraints. Ethics codes in aerospace industry. System decomposition, design, trade study and down selection processes. Model based systems engineering methods. Conceptual and preliminary aircraft and space vehicle concept design and sizing methods. Aircraft constraint diagram conceptual design project using wind and water tunnels testing and test results. Program execution, tracking and control. Interface control, documentation and configuration management. Principles of technical writing. Team leadership principles. Team based system design project and presentations.

Prerequisite(s): ARO Major; ARO 1011L , or ARO 101L and ARO 103L; ARO 1021L  or ARO 102L.
Component(s): Laboratory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once



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