2018/19

Introduce students to the concept of systems engineering as a philosophy for management, operation and technical projects, especially to manage the interactions of complex systems. Guide students to expand their thinking about design to include the whole lifecycle. Give an overview of tools and methodologies used in industry delving more deeply into life cycle models and model based approaches to systems engineering. Ensure that students are able to consider functional and non-functional behaviour when creating requirements as well as predicting failure modes. Impress upon students the importance of correct specifications with traceable requirements on product success as well as on safety and the environment. Introduce a range of testing considerations and techniques which can be applied when designing a system alongside practical experience of design of experiment. Ensure students can write test procedures and produce a test report to prove a system design.