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SWISSED’16 Conference (@ Zurich); Prof. J. Sekler, FHNW 1

The Systems Engineering Landscape from the

Perspective of a Swiss Univ. of Appl. Sciences

(Prof. Jörg Sekler, FHNW - School of Engineering,

Systems Eng. branch & Inst. for Automation Eng.)

Swiss Society of Systems Engineering

INCOSE Swiss Chapter

Presentation @ SWISSED’16 conference

12.09.2016

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J. Sekler, Professor for „Systems Engineering“ Modules

(Introduction in Industrial SE, Micro-Mechatronics, Microsystems Technol.)

The SE Educational Landscape

from the Perspective of a Swiss UAS

Content:

- SE to prevent ‘chaotic & dangerous’ project situations

- Why SE programs @ higher educational institutions

- Comparison of public vs. private formation

- Landscape of public SE education in CH, USA, WW

- Targets & contents of SE study programme (@ FHNW)

- Some examples of complicate vs. complexity problems

Systems Engineering

What is the meaning of the following images and symbols ?

Future Systems Engineers should know about !

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SE eliminates the risk for chaotic & dangerous project situations

Systems Engineers manage also complicate & complex situations !

Systems Engineering (SE)

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How to avoid chaotic or risky project situations ?


• Undergraduate & Graduate Programs:

Bachelor & Master Studies

• Applied Research & Development (incl.

state-of-the-art labs & tools): CTI-, EU-,

ESA-, .. funded projects

• Knowledge & Technology Transfer:

contract studies, consulting, ..

• Continuing Education: CAS / MAS /

DAS, workshops & other courses

News in the press:

NZZ of 11.09.2013

FH = HES = UAS: University of Applied Sciences

(and not: High School, Technical College, Engineering

College, ...)

UAS in Switzerland – Conditions for Recognition &

Accreditation (acc. to Federal Law !)


Introduced in 1999 by 29 countries as an European process

of harmonization of higher education, for the benefit of better

comparability and mobility within similar study programmes.

Introduction of academic programs with formal accreditation

by government bodies: bachelor programmes plus consecu-

tive master degrees (MA, MSc, MEng, MLaw, MMed, MTh, ..).

According to agreement, also Ba. levels should professionally

be qualifying (!), as in many Anglo-Saxon countries; traditional

structures of Humboldt oriented education prevent full compatibility.

Are the 3+2 year educational curricula, in program content and qualification level,

worldwide really fully equivalent/comparable ? How about new PhD/MD diploma

ideas ?

What about non-academic postgrade MAS/DAS/CAS + EMBA programmes ?

How about professional certificates for advocates/lawyers, geodesists/geometers,

medical specialist FMH (and e.g. British certificates of prof. associations) ?

Are internat. INCOSE certificates (ASEP, ..) accepted by government bodies ?

Bologna reform: more divergences than before ?


Systems Engineering Societies

Ein Angebot des internat. Branchenverbandes für Systemingenieure INCOSE !

Das sog. systemische Denken kann komplementär zu einem techn.

Hochschulstudium erlernt und mit einem Berufsattest ergänzt werden:


Landscape of SE education

& aR+D in Switzerland

ETHZ/EPFL locations with SE

branches

UAS locations with branches in (Micro-)

Systems Engineering

HF (TS) locations with SE branches


Landscape of SE education in Switzerland (“HF“)

Systems Engineering – at colleges of higher professional education & vocational training


Landscape of SE education in Switzerland (UAS):

Schools (‘Faculties’) of Engineering with SE branches

.


Landscape of SE education in Switzerland (UAS)

Swiss UAS offering Bachelor of Engineering degree studies at 7 (8) different

locations, specialized in systems and/or industrial engineering (and focussing

on different profiles and specialities in applied research & development):

FH Buchs – NTB (FHO): Micro-Systems & Nano-Technology, Materials, Optronics,

Automation, Mechatronics, Medical Eng., ...

FH St. Gallen (FHO): Mechatronics (in close cooperation with NTB-profile)

FH Yverdon (HES-SO): Robotics, Industrial Automation, Production Techniques

FH Neuchâtel (HES-SO): Micro-Systems Eng. (combined with Prec. Eng. & Electronics !)

FH Sion/Sitten (HES-SO): Infotronics, Power & Control, Design & Materials

FH Brugg-Windisch (FHNW): Automation Eng., Micro-Systems & Mechatron. Technol.,

Eng. Informatics

FH Winterthur (FHZ): Mechatronics, Medical Engineering

FH Chur (FHO): Information-/Communication Systems (in cooperation with NTB)

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Landscape of SE education in Switzerland (UAS)


Landscape of SE education in Switzerland (UNI)

Systems Engineering @ the Federal Institutes

of Technology (ex Polytechnics) in Zurich &

Lausanne (other programs exist there as well !)


Landscape of SE education in the US

© http://www.incose.org/educationcareers/pdf/INCOSE_LISTofUS_Based_SE_Programs.pdf


Landscape of SE education worldwide


• School of Applied Psychology

• School of Architecture, Civil Eng., Geomatics *

• School of Business *

• School of Engineering * (www.fhnw.ch/technik)

• School of Life Sciences

• School of Social Work

• School of Teacher Education

• Academy of Art & Design

• Academy of Music (since 1.1.2008)

FHNW – our different schools (merged since 1.1.2006):

* originating from former federal controlled

(other from cantonal) domains


http://www.fhnw.ch/technik

Architecture,

Civil Engin.,

Geomatics*

Life Sciences*

Education

Applied

Psychology*

Education

Social Work*

Economics*

Education*

Engineering *

Economics

Art & Design*

Music*

Social Work

Economics

Basel-

Stadt

Basel-

Land

Solo-

thurnAargau

* Main locations = ’headquarters‘

Engineering School with branches in Olten & Muttenz

FHNW – our different locations (in 4 cantons):


Bachelor degrees:

– Engineering & Management

– Computer Science (incl. iCompetence)

– Electrical Engineering & Information

Technology

– Energy & Environmental Technology

– Information & Communication Systems

(trinational)

– Mechanical Engineering

– Mechatronics (trinational)

– Optometry

– Systems Engineering (www.fhnw.ch/technik/st)

Master degrees:

– MSE (common degree of all Swiss UAS, with

different specialisations)

FHNW - School of Engineering – Study Programmes:


http://www.fhnw.ch/technik/st

Students in Systems Engineering branch (at FHNW) should ..

• become acquainted with the specific vocabulary of the “systems world”(such as hierarchical decomposition of techn. systems, “systems-in-the-systems”,

boundaries/interfaces/interconnections, life cycle processes, black- & white box, ...)

• know about systems components and their most important features and

attributes

• acquire specific knowledge about SE relevant applications(within 3 profiles: Automation Engineering / Micro-Systems Technology &

Mechatronics Engineering / Embedded Systems & Information Technology)

• apply the acquired knowledge within a PBL (problem-based learning)

exercise (functional analysis of a highly complex/complicated technical system)

• be well prepared for other theoretical and lab courses as well as for the

semester projects (P3..P6 student projects & bachelor / master thesis)

• know about the use of project planning & design tools (such as GANTT-/PERT-

charts, concurrent systems design & modelling, …)

• be aware of systems safety/failure risks and how to manage them !

Learning Targets & Contents in SE cursus


PBL-exercise: Functional analysis of a highly

complex-complicate technical system

Some examples of topics analysed within the last years ..

• Railway systems (ICN, ICE, TGV, Pendolino, …), Railway Traffic Control

• Aviation systems (A-380, Military jets, …), Air Traffic Control (Skyguide)

• Cars (Hybrid Cars, …)

• Satellites / Space Station

• Baggage / Letter & Parcel handling

• Elevator / Cable & Aerial Railway

• Brewery or Chocolate Manufacturing Facilities

• Automated Production Lines

• IMAX Cinema installation

• Oil Platform

• High Rack Warehouse

• etc.


PBL - problem based learning exercise as semester integrated project work !

Systems Engineering in the Industry

The well-known Mechatronics- / Automation- Pyramid.

Including the Systems Engineering SE process with its systemic notations

(on the left), as well as showing the importance of miniaturization using the

Micro-Systems Technology MST (on the right):

The Viewpoint of the Automation Industry [..]


Systems Engineering Societies

Professional Associations of Systems Engineering INCOSE / GfSE / SSSE !SWISSED’16 Conference (@ Zurich); Prof. J. Sekler, FHNW 2312.09.2016

Targets & contents of SE study programme: Extension of Traditional Engineering (I)

SE/Project Planning & Control Overlapping


Targets & contents of SE study programme: Extension of Traditional Engineering (II)

Babylonian confusion – or a flurry of events: responsible for project failures ?


Design of modern techn. systems

Quelle Originalvorlage:

Mechatronik Lehrbuch

systems

engineering

+

+

techn.-physical

engineering

Applied

Systems Theories

FHNW degree programs:

• Mechanical Engineering

• Electrical- & Information

Engineering

• Computer Engineering

• Business Engineering

• Systems Engineering

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Extension of Traditional

Engineering (III)

Targets & contents of SE study programme:

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Complicate vs. Complex Systems (I)

A critical analysis of (techn.) systems needs to evaluate the system type,

often distinguishing between complicate versus complex versions;

No technical system is composed of only one of the two types!

Assessment of the system type


Systems with high degree of „Complexity“ vs.

Systems of „Complicacy“ only


Summary - Conclusions

• There are two well distinguishable ways in getting acquainted with the tools &

tricks of SE: a more scholastic-theoretical one, by studies at universities; and

alternatively a postgrade training, like the one offered by INCOSE; but there

are also private companies specializing in the continued formation

• One has to accept the historical differences in the cultural setup between the

traditional Humoldtian based and the Anglo-Saxon educational models, beside

other cultures outside the US

• Although SE education traditionally is offered – at undergraduate level – by

many academic institutions, more newly also in CH, it is questionable if even

graduate academic formation is giving (for practitioners) a higher outcome

compared to a postgrade training by professional associations

• Students enrolled in BSc. branches often don't immediately understand the

intrinsic value of the systemic approach, missing previously acquired practical

project experience

Therefore, it’s time for closer cooperation of both public and private

institutions, in information exchanges, organizing common events (like

workshops and alike), … ! Where are the ideas from the public ?


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Space Shuttle DISCOVERY über der Schweiz

(STS-114 Mission am 28.7.2005 in 353 km Höhe)

With my sincere congratulations to my SSSE colleagues for the great success of all SWISSED conferences 2014-16, and ..

with many thanks to YOU for your feedback !

Space Shuttle DISCOVERY over Switzerland

(STS-114 mission on 28.7.2005 in 353 km a.s.l.)

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