Systems Engineering Chapter

Systems Engineering Chapter Members and Contacts,

I have posted this semester’s meeting schedule to the official calendar (located here). We do not have any guest speakers at UCF lined up yet, but we will be attending the INCOSE Orlando meetings as a group. Their monthly meetings consistently feature prominent speakers from the industry and intense forum-style discussions with chapter members. If you are interested in attending and cannot find a ride, please contact myself or one of the other board members and we would be happy to carpool with you. Our contact information is listed here.

I have also posted the meeting times for the project team and the board or directors. If you are interested in working on the project with us, you can find more information on this page, or you can contact our Activities coordinator, Marvin Zarra. If you are interested in becoming part of our chapter’s leadership, you can contact myself. Also don’t forget, You can turn in membership applications at any of our meetings and begin experiencing the full benefits of being part of an established professional organization with an active student membership right here at UCF! You can download the application here.

Corey McCall
President, SEC
sec@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

Update 11/16:
Presentation: link
DARPA RFI: link

Hey Everyone! On the 16th of November at 6:00pm, we will be having our next general meeting in the ENG2-310 computer lab with Dr. Thomas Burke. Dr. Burke got his BA in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, then went on to Caltech to get his PhD in Chemistry. He has had many publications, and his career is one to be envied by the majority of engineers, as he has done work for the CIA, TRW, Bearingpoint, and many other top notch companies.

Dr. Burke came to us to propose a project that we have decided to take on as our very first. We will be redesigning the DoD technology acquisition system while researching the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Global Information Grid data network as a case study. If you would like to know more about the project, come to our meeting where Dr. Burke will be introducing it to us.

Link to the official flyer: Click Here

Update: Here are the slides from the presentation. They are not to be used without explicit permission from the author. If you have any questions, contact us at secucf@gmail.com
Dr. Sala’s Presentation
Corey’s Project Presentation

We will be holding a general meeting on Monday, October 12th at 6:00pm in the EGN2-310 computer lab. At the meeting, guest speaker Dr. Serge Sala-Diakanda, will discussing the evolution of modern Systems Engineering. We will then discuss the project that our chapter plans to take on this semester. Below, I have attached an abstract of the presentation and a biography of the guest speaker.

This meeting will be open to members as well as non-members, so invite your friends! If you are interested in becoming a member, please fill out and return the membership application (click here) along with the required $20 membership fee and a copy of your current class schedule.

We will also be voting on members to fill our currently vacant Activities Coordinator and Vice President positions. The voting will be online and open to all members so if you have not yet returned your completed membership application, please do so at this meeting! If you are interested in either of these positions, please submit a single paragraph on why you are qualified before the meeting. More information can be found here. We would love to have you as part of the SEC team!

Abstract:

Systems engineering applications are rapidly expanding beyond the traditional field of aerospace and defense. Today, systems engineers are needed in such varied domains as healthcare, supply chain management, and civil engineering, just to name a few. Many of the challenges found in those domains require the design and development of complex computer-based systems. A best practice in such case is commonly referred to as Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). This presentation will introduce the systems modeling language (SysML), and will provide practical examples as to how the language can be used to design complex solutions.

Biography:

Dr. Sala-Diakanda is visiting assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (IEMS) at the University of Central Florida. He is also director of the IBM Systems Engineering Laboratory from the Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering (IASE). Dr. Sala-Diakanda holds a doctorate in Simulation and Modeling, a M.S. in Manufacturing Systems and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. His current research focus is on the applications of systems dynamics and systems engineering method for the design and conceptualization of complex engineered systems. He currently the graduate course of Systems Engineering (ESI 6551) and will teach the new undergraduate course in Systems Engineering (EIN 4517)

Corey McCall
President, SEC
secucf@gmail.com
http://secucf.com

Update (9/10): Here are the slides from the presentation. Click here to download.

Systems Engineering Chapter (SEC) is a club designed to create awareness and educate UCF about the systems engineering profession and its principles. We are a UCF registered student organization and an official student division of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), the largest professional organization in the industry. Our student chapter will be conducting activities specifically geared toward students, but each member of SEC may enjoy the same benefits as a professional INCOSE member. These include attending local INCOSE Orlando chapter meetings and tutorials while networking with industry leaders currently in the field.  Other benefits of SEC and INCOSE membership are listed on our website.

On Wednesday, September 9th at 6:00pm, we will be hosting a special membership meeting to introduce new members to what systems engineering is and how SEC plans to support it this semester. The meeting will be held in the systems engineering computer lab on campus in Engineering II, Room 311. If you are interested in joining SEC or have any questions about our organization or the systems engineering profession, you are welcome to attend for a short presentation and free pizza. You can also access our newsletter and membership application on our website. Please fill out the application and return it with the required membership fee of $20 at the meeting. If you are unable to attend the meeting, we will also be at the CECS Fall Club Showcase in the Engineering II atrium on September 9th from 10:00am to 2:00pm.

Hope to see you there,

Catherine Cum
Membership Coordinator, SEC
secucf@gmail.com
http://secucf.com

Corey McCall
President, SEC
corey-m@knights.ucf.edu
http://secucf.com