This lecture introduced the concept of lifecycle management and also summarized other key concepts taught through the semester.

11. Lifecycle Management

This lecture covered the topic on operational considerations and commissioning in systems engineering design.

10. Commissioning and Operations

The focus of this lecture is design verification and validation. Other concepts including design tesing and technical risk management and flight readiness review are also introduced.

9. Verification and Validation

Interface management is the primary focus and students learned various approaches to conduct interface management for system integration.

8. Systems Integration and Interface Management

In this lecture, students had interactive discussion with INCOSE Board of directors.

7. Miscellaneous Topics â€” MBSE and Introduction to CAD (Guest Lecture from Solidworks)

In this lecture, students learned the process overview in the NASA design definition process and how to optimize the design.

6. Design Definition and Multidisciplinary Optimization

This lecture covered ground on the phase of conceptual design and preliminary design in a design process.

5. Concept Selection and Tradespace Exploration

This lecture focused on the phase of system architecture and concept generation in a design process and introduced different methods and tools.

4. System Architecture and Concept Generation

This lecture covered a lot of ground on various systems modeing languages used in a design process.

3. Systems Modeling Languages

2. Requirements Definition

In this video, Prof. Olivier de Weck shares his strategy of having students write personal reflective memos in preparation for the oral exam.

Reflective Memos

In this video, Prof. Olivier de Weck discusses two summative assessment strategies he uses in the course: online written and oral exams.

Online Written and Oral Exams

In this video, Prof. Olivier de Weck defines concept questions and shares how he uses them in the course.

Teaching with Concept Questions

In this video, Prof. Olivier de Weck shares specific strategies for assessing student work completed in teams.

Assessing Student Work Completed as Teams

In this video, Prof. Olivier de Weck shares how team charters help students develop identities and goals that direct their work in the CanSat Competition.

Team Charters

In this video, Prof. Olivier de Weck discusses the ideal student team size for the CanSat Competition.

Ideal Team Size for the CanSat Competition

In this video, Prof. Olivier de Weck shares how the CanSat Competition provides an application for students' learning in the course.

Engaging Students in the Design Process through the CanSat Competition

In this video, Prof. Olivier de Weck shares how looking at failed past CanSat projects can help students improve current projects.

Learning from CanSat Examples

In this video, Prof. Olivier de Weck shares what it was like to teach the course as a SPOC, including feedback from students about the experience.

Teaching the Class as a Small Private Online Course (SPOC)

In this video, Prof. Olivier de Weck describes how the course is a door-opener to the world of systems engineering and discusses how the classic "V Model" is used to orient students.

Course Design and Orienting Students with the "V Model"

Fundamentals of Systems Engineering

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