Aerospace Systems Engineering

AE 8803SCH(AE6372) Aerospace Systems Engineering Fall 2003 COURSE OUTLINE

I. Textbook and Class Materials A. Primary Text (PT): Dieter, G.E., Engineering Design: A Materials and Processing Approach, 3rd Edition, 2000, McGraw-Hill

B. Secondary Text (ST): Systems Engineering Fundamentals, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, VA, October 1999 (Available on my web site: www.ae.gatech.edu/~dschrage)

C. Course Notes(CN): Additional Course Notes (CN) will be given out in class (or made available on Dr. Schrage’s Web site) to complement the text materials

II. Professors/Instructors A. Primary Instructor: Dr. Daniel P. Schrage, Room 302 Knight A.E. Bldg, e-mail: [email protected], telephone: (404) 894-6257

B. Other Instructors: On occasion research engineers/GRAs from CASA/ASDL may serve as substitute instructors for particular material/tools III. Grading A. Exams 1) One Mid Exam will be given worth 50% 2) One Team Project on Complex System Design Formulation for a particular set of complex system requirements (including presentations and final reports) (50%)

1 Course Schedule

Class/Date Topic Homework 1/Aug. 19 Overview of Georgia Tech Read Chap. 1 Aerospace Design Program Primary Text (PT) Course Outline Review

2/Aug. 21 The Product Design Process Read Chaps.1-3 Simple and Detailed Second Text (ST)

3/Aug. 26 The GeorgiaTech Read CN: Schrage IPPD Methodology Nikolsky Lecturer

4/ Sep. 2 Technology Innovation and Read Chap. 2 PT and the Design Process

5/Sep. 4 The Seven M&P Tools Read Chap.4, ST and Quality Function Read CN: QFD Deployment (QFD)

6/Sep. 9 Need Identification and Read Chap.3, PT Problem Definition; Requirements Analysis

7/Sep. 11 Team Behavior and Read Chap. 4, PT and Tools; Seven M&P Tools and QFD

8/Sept. 16 Establishing Value Objectives Read Chaps. 12- and an Overall Evaluation 15, ST Criterion (OEC)

9/Sep. 18 Gathering Information Read Chap.5, PT

10/Sep. 23 Concept Generation and Read CN Evaluation

11/Sep. 25 System Synthesis Read CN Techniques

2 Class/Date Topic Homework 12/Sep. 30 Use of Morphological Read Chap.5, ST Matrices

13/Oct. 2 Functional Analysis Read CN

15/Oct. 7 System Synthesis Read Chap.12, ST

16/Oct. 9 Evaluating Alternatives Read CN

17/Oct. 16 Making Decisions; MADM Read CN Techniques: AHP, TOPSIS

18/Oct. 21 Introduction to Pugh Concept Read CN Selection Method

19/Oct. 23 Introduction to Multi-Attribute Read CN Decision Making (MADM) Methods

20/Oct. 28 Introduction to AHP and Read CN TOPSIS

21/Oct. 30 Review for Exam #1: GT Prepare for Methodolgy for Front End. Exam #1 for Systems Engineering

22/Nov. 4 MT Exam : GT Methodology For Front End of SE

23/Nov. 6 Introduction to Robust Design Read Chap. 12, PT Methods and Process Design 24/Nov. 11 Introduction to Robust Read CN Design Methods; Taguchi Read Chap.6,PT And Six Sigma Approaches

3 Class/Date Topic Homework 25/Nov. 13 Embodiment or Preliminary Read CN Design: Product Architecture

26/Nov. 18 Product Life Cycle Read CN Engineering Considerations

27/Nov. 20 Lean Manufacturing and Read Chap.7, PT Lean Thinking Read Chap.13,ST

28/Nov. 25 Modeling and Simulation Prepare for Team for Product Life Cycle Presentations Management 29/Dec.2 Team Project Presentations

30/Dec. 4 Team Project Presentations

Final Reports Due NLT 12 Dec. 2003