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Thursday, July 28, 2005

System Engineering Case Studies

Unlike System Engineering assignment 3, which I was enthusiastic for, I am unmotivated on the final project for our System Engineering class. We were presented with 2 options for our final project for System Engineer. We can work on improving the efficiency of a jet engine or we can present processes and methodologies for the development of military system call Theater Battle Management Core System (TBMCS). Either topic isn't very appealing to me. The TBMCS case study is the worst between the two. The TBMCS case study is the longest I have ever read, all 70 page long. Wow!!! I am leaning towards to the Jet Engine case study. It is more quantitative (less reading and writing) and I might even be able to combine materials that were covered from my Fabrication Technology class. If someone knows how to get me motivated for this assignment, please let me know.

7/28/2005 1:07:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) Comments [4] School
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7/28/2005 2:02:13 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

Motivation: it's the end of a horrible class.

Yoav Shapira |yoavsAT NOSPAMcomputer dot org

7/28/2005 2:37:38 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

I was starting to like the class but the case study is a serious letdown. So I am back to ambivalence now.

While I think that System Engineering will always be Aerospace, Automobile, and Defense centric, I know that concepts in System Engineering can also be applied to other industries like software and consumer products. The class should embrace the new economy to evolve. Just my 2 cents.

Cybersam

7/28/2005 4:32:40 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

It's your blog, you can have more than 2 cents, as much as you want ;) No one's trashing the SE discipline itself, only our course content.

Yoav Shapira |yoavsAT NOSPAMcomputer dot org

7/28/2005 10:45:08 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

You are right, it is my blog after all. I can say whatever I want. ;-)

Damn right...

Cybersam